An international festival of flavours, with more than 50 food trucks and a Culinary Stage featuring top local chefs, will bring the tastes of the globe to the Richmond World Festival on Friday, Sept. 1 and Saturday, Sept. 2 in Minoru Park.
This year’s Culinary Stage chefs bring diverse cultural influences, including chef Max Straczek, who travelled around Europe and opened Poland’s first Michelin Star restaurant before returning home to Canada.
Chef John Chang, of JC Roti, has won awards for his outstanding roti and has worked in Chinese, Japanese, Malaysian and European restaurants.
Chef Kimiko Suzuki was born in Wakayama, Japan and now shares her traditional Japanese cooking techniques as an instructor and food writer.
They will be joined by fellow chefs Sanjay Pandey, Raj Thandi and Tammy Wood in sharing signature dishes with a focus on locally sourced food and a fusion theme.
After the Culinary Stage team gets their mouths watering, festival-goers can head on over to the FEASTival of Flavours, an international food truck festival with more than 50 vendors.
Choices include tacos, dumplings, dim sum, curries, barbecue meat, mac-and-cheese, perogies, waffles, cannoli, and much more. There’s also plenty of traditional festival fare from hot dogs and burgers to kettle corn and cotton candy.
The Richmond World Festival – a free event – will feature more than 75 music and dance performances on nine stages, including headline shows by Tokyo Police Club and Korean hip hop star Verbal Jint.
Other festival highlights include interactive cultural activities and the Artisan Marketplace. Full event details are online at RichmondWorldFestival.ca.
