PRAWNS SPOT-ON
Tasty festival returns
Spot prawn season opens May 14, and that means Spot Prawn Festival soon follows. It's scheduled for May 29, and I don't have to tell you it'll be virtual this year. But as per usual, chefs will be cooking and you'll be eating.
One proviso: you'll be doing the cooking with video assistance from some great B.C. chefs. Participants receive a grocery list (for four) and video links to the cooking tutorials by Angus An (Maenam), Ned Bell and Stacy Johnston (Naramata Inn) and Ken Nakano (Aura Waterfront Restaurant at Inn at Laurel Point, Victoria). Then at 7 p.m., guests chow down in the virtual company of the chefs who will assail you with their knowledge about spot prawns, cooking them and shopping tips.
The event will be hosted by Lien Yeung, CBC TV anchor and reporter. Spot prawns will be available at Vancouver's Fisherman's Wharf, as well as other seafood sources. Tickets are $25 and available through Eventbrite (the web URL is bit.ly/2QO2hmB).
And here's another option. As of May 14, you can order a spot prawn and seafood Manhattan style chowder through Legends Haul or Organic Ocean. Funds raised go to Chefs' Table Society.