Vignette, Mount Pleasant’s newest dinner destination, is set to play host to Slow Burn’s first-ever Canadian pop-up on Monday, January 30, 2023. Founded by celebrated Los Angeles-based chefs Andy Doubrava and Tiffani Ortiz, Slow Burn is a roaming restaurant experimenting with closed loop zero waste cooking and features their combined talents in biodynamic farming, food preservation, and redefining fine dining. Tickets are available now via Tock.
The pair is also participating in Dine Out Vancouver’s World Chef Exchange in a sold-out collaboration dinner with Published on Main’s executive chef Gus Stieffenhofer-Brandson.
“We’re excited to bring Slow Burn to Vancouver, highlight our travelling larder and also some of Vancouver’s best, local ingredients,” says Doubrava, formerly executive chef of Michelin-starred Rustic Canyon, and Ortiz, formerly director of food fermentation at Olivetta in West Hollywood. “Vancouver is a great city and one that is progressive with the zero waste movement. We can’t wait to connect with the community and showcase how closed loop cooking can exist in today’s world.”
After years working in Michelin-starred restaurants, while still managing to exist under a thin veil of obscurity, Doubrava and Ortiz offer sustainable dining alternatives on the outskirts of the hospitality industry while maintaining their DIY flair. Since launching in late-2022, Slow Burn has been known to offer broad experiences at each of its tour stops, from casual concepts to 10 to 18-course tasting menus.
These nomadic restaurateurs can be found making use of their long term misos, vinegars, charcuterie and much more from California to New Zealand in various venues. At Vignette, diners will be treated to an intimate chef-guided blind tasting menu, in addition to various a la carte dishes.
“Andy and Tiffani are amazingly talented chefs, trying to forge a new category in the fine dining space, and we couldn’t be more thrilled to work alongside them at Published with our executive chef Gus and as a stand alone pop-up at Vignette,” adds Cody Allmin, co-founder of Boxset Collective, the team behind Published on Main, Bar Susu, Novella, Vignette, Twin Sails Brewing, and Thorn & Burrow Wines. “Our team believe wholeheartedly in cooking sustainability, in foraging, fermentation, and more. This will be an event not-to-be-missed.”
Seatings start at 5:00 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $235 (+GST) and available now via Tock. Guests can add-on optional beverage pairings, including beer, wine, cocktails, and zero-proof creations by Boxset Collective wine director Jayton Paul and bar director Joe Casson.
For more information about Slow Burn, please visit www.weareslowburn.com.
