Welcome to Chef’s Corner! The BC Restaurant & Foodservices Association and the BC Agriculture Council invite BC restaurants to feature more BC foods and beverages on their menus as part of the province-wide Eat BC! campaign. Use this page as a helpful resource to source locally grown and processed BC foods and beverages and to learn how Eat BC! can help celebrate your restaurant’s commitment to fresh, local and tasty BC foods and beverages – all year long!

Congratulations to Fresco Restaurant, voted Eat BC! restaurant of the year by participating diners!

Registration for Eat BC! 2008 is now open. Click here to register today!

Restaurants that participate in Eat BC! are working in partnership BC farmers, fishermen and other members of BC’s agriculture community to build upon and maintain a sustainable and environmentally conscious food system for British Columbia.

As a participating Eat BC! restaurant you will receive:

Two window posters that will identify your restaurant as an Eat BC! participant.
Eat BC! table toppers.
Buttons featuring the Eat BC! logo and the words “Ask me about Eat BC!”.
A downloadable Eat BC! Fresh Sheet template.
A special Eat BC! order guide from Neptune Foodservice, Sysco Vancouver, Sysco Kelowna and Hills Foods.
A list of BC suppliers that would like to work with your restaurant this September.
Opportunities to have your Eat BC! Signature Dish recipe published online.
Opportunity to win Eat BC! Restaurant of the year (voted by Eat BC! diners).
A server appreciation contest.
Special offers from participating suppliers and media partners.
An information package that contains detailed information about the Eat BC! program and tips for how to successfully manage Eat BC! in your restaurant.
A great sense of pride because you are raising the profile of local foods and supporting BC farmers, fisherman, cattleman, value added processors, your environment and your local economy.
Diners at your restaurant who are eager to Eat BC!.

Promotional materials will be mailed to participating restaurants by September 4th.

1) Create an Eat BC! Signature Dish

Once you have registered your restaurant for Eat BC! 2007, you will be ready to submit your Eat BC! Signature Dish Description(s). To qualify, Eat BC! Signature Dishes must be comprised mainly of BC foods that are grown, raised, caught and/or majority processed within BC.

Signature Dish Descriptions must by submitted by September 7th, 2007. Submit Your Eat BC! Signature Dish Description.

2) Provide a Complimentary Appetizer or Dessert to BCAA Members Who Purchase Your Restaurant’s Eat BC! Signature Dish

We are excited to announce a special partnership with BCAA for this year's Eat BC! campaign.

When a BCAA member diner shows his/her BCAA membership card to a server at your restaurant AND orders your restaurants' Eat BC! Signature Dish from September 14th to September 30th, 2007, the diner will receive a complimentary BC themed appetizer or dessert.

As a participating Eat BC! restaurant you MUST agree to honour this special partnership with BCAA. The value of the complimentary appetizer or dessert offered at your restaurant is at your discretion – you can choose either an appetizer OR a dessert – you are not obligated to offer BCAA member diner's a choice. Only the BCAA card holder is entitled to receive this special offer (i.e. one card holder does not represent an entire table).

3) Distribute & Collect the Official Eat BC! Contest Entry Form

The much anticipated Eat BC! contest is back. Prizes for this year include dinners for two, every week for an entire year, $1000 free gas from Husky & Mohawk Gas and a $250 Gift Certificate from MarketPlace IGA .

As a participating restaurant, you agree to distribute and collect the official Eat BC! 2007 contest entry form. Contest entry forms should be distributed to diners upon seating and collected by servers soon after.

Eat BC! will provide your restaurant with a contest entry collection envelope or box and necessary postage to return the completed contest entry forms to BCRFA at the close of the campaign.

BCRFA Members: The cost to participate in Eat BC! 2008 for all BCRFA members is one gift certificate of sufficient value for two persons to dine at your registered restaurant, excluding alcohol, tax and gratuities. Gift certificates must be valid for a period of one year. Eat BC! gift certificates are packaged to form the much anticipated Eat BC! grand prize – dining out for two, every week for an entire year! Some gift certificates may be packaged to encourage additional media promotion throughout British Columbia or used as smaller prizes at campaign events throughout the year. Click Here and register today!

Non-BCRFA Members: The cost for non-BCRFA members to participate in Eat BC! 2008 is $150 plus one gift certificate that is of sufficient value for two persons to dine at your registered restaurant, excluding alcohol, tax and gratuities (see above "BCRFA Members" for gift certificate details). As a special offer from BCRFA, your $150 registration fee includes a one year complimentary membership to BCRFA! For more information about the value of BCRFA membership, please visit www.bcrfa.com or phone 604-669-2239. This special membership offer is available for new BCRFA members only!

We are excited to announce a special partnership with BCAA for this year's Eat BC! campaign.

Eat BC! Restaurant of the Year

Participating restaurants are eligible to Win Eat BC! Restaurant of the Year. On each contest entry form, consumers are asked “do you want to nominate this restaurants for Eat BC! restaurant of the year?”. The restaurant who receives the most nominations will be named “Eat BC! Restaurant of the Year for 2008”. A photo of the winning restaurant will be posted on the Eat BC! website and a special press release will be circulated to media to announce the win.

Eat BC! Server Contest – Beer for a Year!

Servers are an integral part of the Eat BC! program. Without servers, diners wouldn’t receive their contest entry forms or be encouraged to order your restaurant’s Eat BC! Signature Dish. Servers in your restaurant can help us bridge the rural/urban divide in BC by relaying valuable information to consumers about the local foods and farms that are featured on your restaurant’s menu. As a thank-you, servers in your restaurant are invited to participate in a special contest this September to Win BC Beer for a Year! To enter, servers just need to write their name on the back of all contest entry forms they collect on behalf of Eat BC! At the end of the promotion one lucky winner will be announced – Good Luck!

During Eat BC! it’s easy to source BC foods & beverages. Download one of the BC food and beverage product guides below to get started!

“Celebrate your commitment to fresh, local, tasty BC foods and beverages having your BC themed recipe published on eatbc.com. Recipes you submit will be featured on the recipes section of the website and will feature your restaurant and/or chefs name and a link to your restaurant’s website. Submitting a recipe is a great way to celebrate your commitment to BC food and beverages and will inspire others to support local too! Click here to submit your recipe. Please include your restaurant’s name, chef’s name and website URL with your recipe submission. Photos are also welcome!”

1) Create an Eat BC! Signature Dish

2) Provide a Complimentary Appetizer or Dessert to BCAA Members Who Purchase Your Restaurant’s Eat BC! Signature Dish

3) Distribute & Collect the Official Eat BC! Contest Entry Form

Eat BC! Restaurant of the Year

Eat BC! Server Contest – Beer for a Year!

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