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Friday, October 19, 2018

High-roller or savvy shopper – Cornucopia food + drink festival offers it all

Whistler, B.C. – Now in its 22nd year, Cornucopia, presented by BlueShore Financial’s 11 day calendar is teeming with a diverse selection of events sited for the high-roller or savvy-shopper, for the connoisseur’s palate to those eager to learn.

Equal opportunity is the theme behind the programming at Cornucopia taking place November 8 – 18, 2018. From cooking demonstrations to drink seminars, winery dinners to gala tastings and late-night celebrations – this year’s festival will leave patrons counting down the days until next year.

Festival guests can also customize the perfect Cornucopia experience with packages that include accommodation and their choice of Signature Tasting events such as Cellar Door, flagship Crush Grand Tasting or Poured Grand Tasting starting from $70 per person, per night.

While most Signature Tastings round out the weekend,  guests can continue the celebration into the week by indulging in a variety of food and drink events. Fill your days with a selection of drink seminars from wine to gin to scotch, or learn a trick or two around the kitchen with local and visiting chefs –at the Culinary Stage and  Nourish Series culinary demonstrations. For the luxury-seekers, the Chef’s Table Luncheons will be held in lavish, private Whistler chalets as a chef prepares decadent lunch before guests; definitely a splurge-worthy event.

Festival dinner events from winemakers to brewers round out each evening throughout Cornucopia such as options from Araxi, Bearfoot Bistro, Legs Diamond and the Fairmont Chateau Whistler. Other dinners include :

• Hunter Gather’s casual Cask N’ Brat
• Multi-course meal with Whistler Brewing and Black’s Pub 
• Quattro's Batasiolo Dinner
• The Four Peaks Dinner at Four Seasons Whistler,
• Sip N’ Savour at Aura restaurant
• Savour at the Westin's "roaming" food stations

These hot tickets are selling quickly don't be disappointed - book soon.

Whatever your budgets may be, the countdown is on to get your tickets to Whistler’s premier fall festival Cornucopia celebration of food + drink.

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Cornucopia, presented by BlueShore Financial is Whistler's Celebration of Food + Drink. The dazzling eleven-day display of gourmet food and drink attracts over 15,000 visitors to the resort and caters to everyone from amateur enthusiasts to aficionados. Respected industry professionals, judges and presenters headline each event, seminar and tasting, offering the best possible opportunity to garner as much information and insight as possible. Held on the cusp of the opening of each ski season in beautiful Whistler, British Columbia, Cornucopia was designed to showcase and support local restaurants, restaurateurs and the food and wine industry. With wide-spread appeal through the immense variety of events available, the festival is truly a food and drink festival with a Whistler attitude. 

Whistler is Canada's premier year-round leisure and meeting destination located in the Coast Mountains 120 kilometres (75 miles) north of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Consistently rated the top ski resort in North America, Whistler was the Host Mountain Resort of the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. The resort offers an extensive range of accommodations totaling 10,000 bedrooms among 24 hotels as well as townhomes, condos, B&Bs and chalets. Whistler also boasts more than 100 restaurants and bars, 200 retail shops, 25 spas and countless activity options from world-renowned skiing and snowboarding, mountain biking and golf, to hiking, rock climbing, and watersports. The Resort Municipality of Whistler is home to a diverse community of more than 10,000 permanent residents.

Tourism Whistler is the member-based marketing and sales organization representing Whistler, operating the Whistler Conference Centre, Whistler Golf Club, Whistler Visitor Centre, as well as 1.800.944.7853 and whistler.com - Whistler's official source for visitor bookings and information. As the convention and visitors bureau for the Resort Municipality of Whistler, Tourism Whistler represents more than 7,000 members who own, manage and operate properties or businesses on resort lands including hotels, restaurants, activity operators and retail shops.

Media can visit whistler.com/media for Whistler facts, media releases, story starters, local personality profiles and access to images and B-roll.

Media Contact

Mary Zinck
Media Program - Cornucopia
Manager, Travel Media - Tourism Whistler
Phone: 604-938-2702
mzinck@tourismwhistler.com