About Vancouver Food Tour
Taste the best of British Columbia’s food culture in style! 
Our guided culinary tours showcase local artisanal fare and restaurant gems in BC’s most vibrant neighbourhoods.
The delectable and informative culinary tours are led by passionate food writers, chefs, and even expert bartenders.
Why you’ll love us
- Food Trotter’s top 3 reasons to join: For Superstar treatment, to eat where the “insiders” eat, and to stumble home happy and full. [Full Article]
- Senses Inspired ate her way through Modern-Chic Chinatown in “new boutique restaurants around the neighborhood that showcased the growing trendiness and gentrification of the area.” [Full Article]
- Food and Tell reviews, “Melody’s tours make the best and most interesting restaurants and bars available to everyone… tasting delicious drinks and food along the way and never having to worry about getting lost or paying the bill.” [Full Article]
- On a Chinatown Tour, CheapOAir learned that “Vancouver’s food scene is vibrant and evolving, but no one understands that better than Melody Fury.” [Full Article]
- On the Craft Cocktail Tour, I Design Your Eyes also experienced the “incredible local music scene in Vancouver” [Full Article]
Meet our Team
Melody Fury – Founder and Culinary Tour Guide
Melody Fury is Vancouver’s modern food culture ambassador. She showcases our city as a food writer and media personality. In early 2011, The Westender’s “Best of the City” edition awarded Melody the Local Entrepreneur of the Year title.
Melody promoted Vancouver’s food scene during the 2010 Winter Olympics. She unveiled her city’s gems to an International audience through NBC’s Today Show, Food and Wine Radio, and Serious Eats.
This food and cocktail enthusiast has been published in four cookbooks and numerous international publications. She contributes locally to The Province Newspaper, 24 Hours Newspaper, Tourism Vancouver, Foodists.ca, Granville Magazine, and Beyond Robson.
Her personal blog, GourmetFury.com, is the winner of Best Local Blog 2011 in The Westender, Best Food Blog, and Best Travel Blog in the 2010 Canadian Weblog Awards.
Brittany Yu – Culinary Tour Guide
As our newest addition, Brittany brings a wealth of experience from the fine dining and hospitality industry to the Vancouver Food Tour team, but most of all, she brings an insatiable passion for food. Well traveled and always hungry, Brittany has sought out some of the best foods across continents.
Also known for her video blog, The Wandering Dumpling, Brittany chronicles her ongoing adventures in food and travel in an entertaining series that is fueled by her bubbly personality, sense of humour, and unhealthy obsession with Shanghainese dumplings.
With over 10 years of involvement in the Vancouver food scene, Britt is the kind of insider who knows exactly what to eat and where to eat it.
Nicole Coetzee – Culinary Tour Guide
A self proclaimed “Beer Nerd”, Nicole brings a hoppy perspective to the Vancouver Food Tour team. With one foot in the craft beer tank and the other in the local culinary scene, she can be spotted hopping all over town from up-scale restaurants, to homey delicatessen and tap-houses alike.
Nicole is involved with educating industry professionals, planning Vancouver Craft Beer Week events, and even brewed at a microbrewery in South Africa. This passionate food lover also dabbles in the wine and cocktail scene and knows exactly where to get an incredible meal, no matter the budget or cuisine.
With dreams of becoming British Columbia’s first female beer sommelier, Nicole recently completed the prestigious Cicerone certification exam. Keep an eye on her blog for updates. Fingers crossed!
Featured in the Press
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Where Magazine
Best of Vancouver Edition of The Westender
The Province Newspaper
