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Food Fight! The Battle for Brunch

Food Fight! The Battle for Brunch Terminal City Club April 22, 2012

By Lisa Nakamura Nguyen /

Sisters Shauna Towriss (l) of Clark Wilson LLP and Destin Haynes of Hootsuite.



WestJet’s Myrna Pawlick (l), with husband, Rob.



Team from Variety (from left): Barbie Hislop, executive director; Dave McConachie, president; and Jim Ross, treasurer.



Deborah Stetz (l), with Doug Rogers, Variety’s former president and current chairman of the board.



Justine Sobell (l), with Melanie Jenkins of Scotiabank.



From left: Loretta To of Canada Border Services Agency, Bonnie Le of Ledcor Industries, Wendy Tsung of Service Canada and Jenny Ly of Double L Screen Printing.



Glenn Kelly (l), with wife and Century 21 real estate agent, Dinni Kelly.



Melanie Voth (l) and Jessica Thompson of the BC Ministry of Children and Family Development. Melanie took home the autographed Trevor Linden jersey, a live-auction item at the event.



From left: Gregory Anders of Building Insight Technologies Inc., Paul Deyong and Jeffrey Barnett.



From left: Laurie Cocardon, behavioural consultant at Monarch House Autism Centre; Tami Leidl, director of Variety’s Heart Fund; and Jan Hik.



From left: Nicole Bakker of UBC faculty of law, Scott Hislop of KPMG and Kristy Hislop of PWC.



Supporters of Variety Lynda-May O’Brien (l) and Phyllis Grady.



Olsen Europe’s Magdalena Pavlovic (l) and Anka Tutnjevic.


Food Fight! The Battle for Brunch
Terminal City Club
April 22, 2012

Combine the excitement of Iron Chef with a brunch-loving philanthropic crowd, and you get Food Fight! The Battle for Brunch. Presented by Variety The Children’s Charity and MarketPlace IGA, this fundraising event brought together B.C. chefs to compete for the title of Food Fight champ. This year’s competitors were EBO Restaurant, Edible Canada at the Market, Save On Meats, Terminal City Club, The Abercorn Inn Hotel & Restaurant, Tigh-Na-Mara Seaside Spa Resort and Yew Restaurant + Bar. 

Guests mingled and nibbled on mouth-watering creations – like the quail egg and corned beef eggs benny, and the warm preserved lemon scones – then cast their vote for their favourite Food Fighter. This year’s runner up was the Terminal City Club, and for the second year in a row, Yew Restaurant took home the top title. Emceed by Vancouver personality Fred Lee, the event also featured silent and live auctions, featuring high-ticket items like an autographed Trevor Linden jersey and a WestJet package. This annual event was a finalist for the 2011 Vancouver Board of Trade Spirit of Vancouver Awards.