FoodFest Back to Basics- Holiday Feast Edition

Nov 21, 2025

As part of our ongoing commitment to promote, support and educate about local agriculture, the Comox Valley Farmers’ Market and the North Vancouver Island Culinary Association (NVICA) hosted a FREE information session, FoodFest Back to Basics- Holiday Feast Edition, on Saturday November 22, 2025.

The Chefs were on-site at the Native Sons Hall between 9-1 cooking up a delicious holiday feast and sharing their seasonal secrets with you, specifically how to produce a seamless turkey dinner without being tied to the kitchen for the majority of the celebration. This was an event that you didn't want to miss as the Chefs will have your tastebuds wanting more.

As the festive season is fast approaching the Chefs made a turkey dinner with all the fixings, including;

turkey (2 ways Option 1: turkey galantine and Option 2: roasted turkey)

roasted kalettes with lemon & toasted hazelnuts

braised cabbage with leek & cranberry shrub

roasted squash, carrots & beets with hot-honey glaze

savory bread pudding stuffing

Chef Ronald St Pierre, Chef Jonathan Frazier & Chef Lesley Stav along with several culinary art students and NVICA volunteers will be using in-season vendor products to create these delicious dishes.

Although this is not the “traditional” way that many of us have been taught to make this dinner and the presentation will be different than seen on TV and in magazines, what it lacks in presentation it makes up for in flavour and time savings.

Customers were welcome to pop in and out at any time to observe and ask questions. The Chefs provided loads of tips and tricks to make your dinner go as smoothly as possible.

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