Stephen Wong, Chair of the Judging Panel Food Columnist & Cookbook Author, Food & Wine Consultant Since the late 80’s I’ve contributed articles to various publications on Chinese and Asian foods. That includes a series of food pages in The Vancouver Sun on Asian ingredients and cooking; a weekly column in The Province on wine […]

Bensan Li CBC Radio Canada International Chinese program host, Maple Magazine columnist, Vancouver Film & Television Artist’s Society  “Enriched by over five thousand years of culture and history; accentuated by its vast geographic and climatic variations; China is a land of flavours. Here in Vancouver there is no shortage of skilled Chinese chefs and their […]

B.C. Lee Retired Vancouver Councillor & Judge, Critics’ Choice I grew up eating Chinese food cooked from recipes passed on from my great grandmother; but my appreciation of Chinese food does not stop at its authenticity. I was born in Macau, a Portuguese colony. I enjoy the fusion of Portuguese flavour in my Chinese dish, […]

Lee F. Man Food Writer & Judge, Critic’s Choice I feel very lucky.  Growing up in a Chinese household in Vancouver, I saw first hand how fantastic local ingredients married with Asian techniques produced a superlative local cuisine.  Friends and family gathered at the table to share stir fried fresh Dungeness crab, local cod steamed […]