4th Annual Cowichan Bay Spot Prawn Festival – 2012!
Where: Cowichan Bay, BC
When: May 12 & 13, 2012, Mother’s Day Weekend
For the first time ever, the festival will run both Saturday and Sunday this year.
The Spot Prawn fishery is open in May and June each year. These local prawns are available fresh during the fishery, and frozen year round.
Last year’s event: 3nd Annual Cowichan Bay Spot Prawn Festival
We are pleased to announce the third annual Spot Prawn Festival for Vancouver Island. This year promises to be a bigger and better festival. The idea was hatched between local prawn fishermen and chefs to promote one of the most amazing and sustainable seafoods of our region. This years festival is a cooperative effort between the town of Cowichan Bay and the Pacific Prawn Fishers Association.. Special Guest at this year’s event will be Robert Clark, Executive Chef of C Restaurant in Vancouver, founding member of the Chef’s Table Society and recipient of Vancouver Magazine’s Green Chef Award for 2009 and recently awarded the 2011 Seafood Champion Award.
This is a family friendly, fun day of chef demos, spot prawn sampling, music and spot prawn sales fresh off the boats. Local eateries will be featuring a spot prawn dish or menu for the week following the event. The day will be a great opportunity to learn cooking tips, sample great food and buy a fantastic local product – regarded as one of the best prawns anywhere. This year promises to be bigger and packed with more fun for the family. We will have lots of food options in the village as well as expanded entertainment and chef demos. The fresh prawn season starts around the first week of May and usually runs for about 8 weeks. Live prawns will be sold during the season at Cowichan Bay Seafoods (more info at www.cowichanbayseafood.com).
“The goals of the spot prawn festivals are to highlight an environmentally sound and locally sourced product and to remind us that farmers markets don’t stop at the waters edge” The Chefs Table Society of BC.
Click on the link below for a printable file (pdf) of this years recipes:
