Foodies of the Year

Foodies of the Year

Introducing the 2015 Foodies of the Year

We’ve been privileged to document the West’s explosion of great food during our magazine's history, and we’re even prouder to present our 2015 Foodies of the Year winners.

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2013 Foodies of the Year

We’re half a decade into this exercise of scouring the West in search of the young turks who are shaping (and shaking up) the way we eat, shop and drink, and narrowing the list to just 40 has become progressively more difficult each year. All of which underscores the point that living here—with its near-perfect blend of urban and rural, beauty and bounty—is the ideal place to be a foodie.

Foodies of the Year

2012 Foodies of The Year

This year’s feted include ranchers, drink-slingers and everyone in between. The thing they all have in common? A youthful approach to using the bounty of the West with passion and zeal.

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2011 Foodies Of The Year

They’re young, talented and pretty damn confident. From Edmonton’s 27-year-old foodie blog queen to the 30-year-old chef who’s upending Vancouver’s Italian scene, these are the men and women reinventing how we eat in the West.

Foodies of the Year

2009 Foodies of the Year

In our second annual listing, meet the new generation of passionate chefs, restaurateurs, food producers, wine and spirits experts and activists who are helping to define and change the way we eat in Western Canada today.

Foodies of the Year

2008 Foodies of the Year

These restaurateurs, chefs, winemakers, bartenders, producers and activists have rocked local palates in their own communities—and changed the way we eat across the West ... one delicious plate, glass, taste at a time.