Chef Heidi offers a diverse range of cooking classes, inviting you to experience a number of different cuisines.
Her extensive travels, culinary research, and life as a busy mother combine to make her classes both authentic AND accessible!
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About Chef Heidi Fink
Heidi Fink, a Red Seal Chef and an award-winning cooking instructor, has been teaching cooking classes in Victoria, BC since 1999. Her approachable teaching style, clear instruction, and easy-to-follow gourmet recipes have earned her a loyal following on Vancouver Island.
Previously the Executive Chef of ReBar Modern Food, and a Culinary Instructor at Camosun College, Chef Heidi now shares her cooking knowledge and enthusiasm through her classes, culinary tours, and food writing.
Heidi’s Seasonal Picks
Feature Resource
Moss Street Farmers’ Market
Known as the “Victoria’s premier farm market,” this wonderful weekly, year round market is in its 34th year. It’s the place to visit if you want to buy a variety of local farm-direct produce — the market features over 30 local organic farmers, as well as food producers, artisans and vendors. I love it espcially for food shopping because it's one of the best farm-forward markets in the CRD. Family-friendly and lots of fun, plan a trip to Moss St next Saturday!
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Local Strawberries
The strawberry crop on Vancouver Island is bumping right now. For the next few weeks, you can head to any farm stand or grocery store and bring home pints and quarts and flats of beautiful fragrant local strawberries. They are one of my favourites fruits, especially when picked fresh from a local farm. One of my favourite recipes is for fresh strawberry shortcake — the combination of toasty biscuit, sweet-tart berries and luscious cream makes for what I call The Best Dessert in the World.
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Flavour Trails
A celebration of local food and community, the Flavour Trails Festivals bring together the people, stories, and ingredients that shape our local food systems. Each festival weekend will hightlight the farms, cideries, breweries, distilleries, markets, restaurants, and food businesses of each region, starting with Downtown Victoria in the spring, then to Central Saanich, Saanich, and North Saanich as the summer progresses. Visit one festival or all of them and enjoy tours, demos, tastings, and more!
Cookin’ on the Coast on CHEK TV!
Chef Heidi offers delicious recipes, an engaging teaching style, and many helpful cooking tips to ensure viewers come away with the confidence and enthusiasm they need to cook delicious food at home.
Between preparations we hit the road for a behind the scenes look at food producers on Vancouver Island. Each episode wraps up with a beverage pairing.
Recipes Highlights from Heidi’s Blog
Jun. 28, 2021
Cooking In Season
Salad Meals to Beat the Heat
In this recipe round up, I have gathered my best and most delicious summer salad meal recipes in one post, for days when it’s too hot to cook!
Jun. 7, 2020
Cooking In Season
Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream
Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream, with its creamy tangy cheesecake base and fruity strawberry swirl, has become my new favourite spring dessert.
Feb. 18, 2011
Cooking In Season
Cauliflower with Indian Spices
In this delicious winner of a recipe, tender pieces of cauliflower are infused with Indian spices, and makes for a wonderful side dish to any meal.