Ruby Lake Adventure

DV Cuisine's First Culinary Adventure,
October 24-26, 2003

"To Love Food is to Love Life"

"A truly memorable event, that far exceeded my very high expectations. Thank you all" - David White, Edmonton
Read more of our guests' comments below.

Nick Versteeg of DV Cuisine and Irene McGuinness of I.M. Marketing joined forces to offer a culinary getaway weekend from October 24-26, 2003 at the scenic Ruby Lake Resort on the Sunshine Coast. The theme "To Love Food is to Love Life" weekend was a tremendous success owing to its inspiring focus on education, experience and entertainment.

The focus throughout the weekend was on local food and aimed at providing that ideal mix of fun and information. Chef Chris Mills, who represented Canada at the famous 2002 Bocuse d'Or culinary competition, was our first guest chef and created a seven course meal of gastronomic glee paired with wines by Daniel Liddy, GM of Whistler's Val d'Isere.

A variety of seminars on food issues and unusual food was giving people "food for thought" which added a lot to the total experience. On Saturday afternoon our guests were free to enjoy the beautiful surroundings, which included a boat trip up the Hawthum Sound and a visit to an organic fish farm, while the other group went on a chanterelle mushroom hunt guided by Aldo Cogrossi. Our guests came back revitalized and in awe.

Read a full description of the weekend's activities.

Here are some of our guests' reactions:

"A fabulous weekend full of memories that I shall never forget" - Michael Jackson, Halfmoon Bay

"The weekend was fantastic. It is hard to know what to recommend for improvements. This was an outstanding visual and food learning and food experiencing weekend with some of world's most knowledgeable people" - Dave Barrett, Vancouver

"A truly memorable event, that far exceeded my very high expectations. Thank you all" - David White, Edmonton