Vancouver Restaurant Awards 2013

                    

                               Photos by Martin Tessler and Carlo Ricci. Illustrations by John Burgoyne

 

From glamorous hotel dining rooms to cosy hole-in-the-wall Korean joints, our panel of experts have supped and sipped their way across the city and around the province to present this (our 24th annual) definitive list of excellent restaurants.

 

                                Best of the Year

 

Restaurant of the Year

Chef of the Year

Bartender of the Year

Pastry Chef of the Year

 

                                Best of Categories

 

Upscale Dining	New Design	New Restaurant	Casual Dining
Food Cart	Coffee House	Seafood	Upscale Italian
Casual Italian	Pizzeria	Upscale French	Casual French
Upscale Japanese	Casual Japanese	Upscale Chinese	Casual Chinese
Dim Sum	Noodle House	Indian	Korean
Thai	Vietnamese	Other Asian	The Americas
Steakhouse	Casual Chain	North Shore	Whistler
Victoria	Vancouver Island	Okanagan	Winery/Vineyard

                                Special Awards

 

Green Award

Lifetime Achievement

Ingredient

Premier Crew

Mentorship

Producer/ Supplier

 

 

How We Did It:

For many categories, our 18 judges were divided into specialized teams. Anyone with a perceived conflict of interest in a particular category was excluded from that category. We thank them all for their time and extraordinary dedication. Meet the judges here.