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DINE OUT VANCOUVER FESTIVAL RESTAURANT BOOKINGS AND MENUS LAUNCH TODAY

Canada’s Largest Food and Drink Festival Celebrates 20 Years with Over 300 Participating Restaurants

VANCOUVER, BC (January 6, 2022) — Today is the day! Food and drink lovers throughout Vancouver and beyond will be jumping online at dineoutvancouver.com to start booking from the extensive list of restaurants, menus, experiences and hotel packages being offered during this year’s 20th anniversary Dine Out Vancouver Festival, taking place January 14 to 31.

With more than 300 restaurants participating, there is no shortage of ways to celebrate during this special anniversary year of the Festival while supporting the local hospitality industry and the city's exceptional culinary talents.

Always a highlight of the Festival, three-course set menus are available at four price ranges: $20-$29, $30-$39, $40-$49, or $50-$59 — or diners can enjoy tailor-made promotions offered by participating restaurants and many are offering take-out too. Diners can also indulge in a tantalizing lineup of unique food and drink-themed experiences, including a Chinatown tour, Distillery adventure, cooking class, brewery visit, the food truck festival Street Food City, or the highly anticipated Vancouver World Chef Exchange, the exclusive collaborative dinner series which returns after a one-year COVID related hiatus.

Diners can be reassured that their health and safety remains paramount. All dining experiences have been designed to maximize enjoyment and minimize risk, by following all Public Health orders and guidance.

Dine Out patrons can enhance their experience by turning it into a culinary staycation at a participating downtown Vancouver hotel and enjoy a $50 Mastercard Gift Card to be used towards a Dine Out menu or culinary experience. Reservations can be made online.

Dine Out Vancouver Festival is proud to work with the British Columbia Hospitality Foundation (BCHF) as the charitable recipient of the Festival and help highlight the important work the Foundation does. The BCHF supports hospitality workers facing financial crisis due to extraordinary medical circumstances, and provides scholarships related to food, wine and hospitality training province wide. The public are also encouraged to donate to the BCHF via https://www.dineoutvancouver.com/about/charitable-partner/.

Full details, including menus, are online now at dineoutvancouver.com. Diners can follow @DineOutVanFest on Instagram and Twitter, @DineOutVanFestival on Facebook, and the hashtag #DOVF for culinary inspiration.

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About Dine Out Vancouver Festival
Produced by Destination Vancouver, Dine Out Vancouver Festival is Canada’s largest annual celebration of food and drink. Attracting more than 100,000 locals and visitors, the festival takes over the city with 18 days of menus at different prices ranges at hundreds of restaurants. The festival promotes local and regional ingredients, the wines of British Columbia, and the city’s exceptional culinary talent. Dine Out's community partners are the Wines of British Columbia, Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association, Vancouver Hotel Destination Association, The Vancouver Sun/Province, Global BC, Daily Hive, Colour Time, SMC Communications, Evo, Lyft and Westin Bayshore Vancouver. The BC Hospitality Foundation is Dine Out Vancouver Festival's Charitable Partner.  Dine Out Vancouver Festival 2022 runs from January 14 – 31, 2022. @DineOutVanFest #dovf www.dineoutvancouver.com 

About Destination Vancouver
Destination Vancouver is the official destination marketing organization for Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The not-for-profit, member-based organization represents over 800 tourism businesses in Metro Vancouver and beyond. Destination Vancouver markets Vancouver as a premier leisure, business, meetings and group travel destination in strategic markets around the world. www.destinationvancouver.com

Media Contact:
Sabrina Tey
Destination Vancouver
stey@destinationvancouver.com