{"id":11884,"date":"2017-08-03T23:49:57","date_gmt":"2017-08-04T07:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/?p=11884"},"modified":"2017-08-08T13:13:21","modified_gmt":"2017-08-08T21:13:21","slug":"gourmicious-unique-gourmet-dining-experiece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/gourmicious-unique-gourmet-dining-experiece\/","title":{"rendered":"Newly Launched Gourmicious Promotes Private Dining"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I recently attended the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/recap-italian-top-chef-showcase-launch-gourmicious\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Italian Top Chef Showcase<\/strong><\/a>, presented by\u00a0The Italian Chamber of Commerce in Canada-West, and the\u00a0Consulate General of Italy in Vancouver. And one of the highlights of the evening was the launch of the new online platform,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gourmicious.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gourmicious.com<\/a>, announced by the\u00a0Consul General himself, <strong>Massimiliano Iacchini<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/FullSizeRender-18-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11820\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/FullSizeRender-18-1.jpg\" alt=\"Italian Top Chef Showcase\" width=\"2304\" height=\"1536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/FullSizeRender-18-1.jpg 2304w, https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/FullSizeRender-18-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/FullSizeRender-18-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/FullSizeRender-18-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2304px) 100vw, 2304px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After the event, I had a chance to talk to one of the co-founders, Zara, who gave me more information about <a href=\"https:\/\/gourmicious.com\/\"><strong>Gourmicious<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The website is a by-invitation platform that connects like-minded gourmet enthusiasts through unique dining experiences. \u00a0With the platform, diners are able to taste well prepared home-cooked meals in different cuisines, meet new friends and learned about new cultures.<\/p>\n<p>For the <strong>diners<\/strong>, they get to taste the creations from chefs in each and every corner of the World. All they have to do is enter their destination and dates into the search bar to discover distinctive places to dine anywhere.<\/p>\n<p>For the <strong>chefs<\/strong>, they get to showcase their creativity and authenticity in the meals they prepare.<\/p>\n<p>And the platform is facilitating the <strong>hosts<\/strong> as well, who are able to provide their dining and\/or kitchen space through Gourmicious, making an earning from utilizing this opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/gourmicious1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11885\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/gourmicious1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1101\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/gourmicious1.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/gourmicious1-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/gourmicious1-768x440.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/gourmicious1-1024x587.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The very first private dining event was hosted in Rapallo,\u00a0Italy by pastry chefStefano Cecconi\u00a0and it was featured in the local paper, <strong>Rapallo Daily<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11889\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11889\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/FullSizeRender-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11889\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/FullSizeRender-5.jpg\" alt=\"Stefano Cecconi's Private Dinner Party in Rapallo, Italy\" width=\"480\" height=\"484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/FullSizeRender-5.jpg 743w, https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/FullSizeRender-5-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/FullSizeRender-5-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/FullSizeRender-5-300x302.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11889\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stefano Cecconi&#8217;s Private Dinner Party in Rapallo, Italy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/FullSizeRender-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11888\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/FullSizeRender-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"924\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/FullSizeRender-4.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/FullSizeRender-4-244x300.jpg 244w, https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/FullSizeRender-4-300x370.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are professional chefs in Canada that are interested to\u00a0host dinner party through the new platform, including:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alex Mok<\/strong> (Executive Chef, <em>Boathouse Port Moody<\/em>), \u00a0a\u00a0local celebrity chef who has co-hosted a Hong Kong travel television show for TVB and NOW TV &#8211; <em><strong>Canadian Walker<\/strong><\/em>&#8221; (Season 1 to 3) and as co-author of a travel\/recipe book titled <strong><em>Canadian Walker @ Vancouver<\/em><\/strong>. He is also a regular guest on Fairchild Radio &#8220;Modern Deborah&#8221;, as well as the &#8220;Living Lifestyle Deborah&#8221; show on Fairchild TV. He was our ambassador for the Launch of Gourmicious.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11887\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11887\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/14448788_1267179549981535_7479785599667861014_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11887 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/14448788_1267179549981535_7479785599667861014_n-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Alex Mok\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/14448788_1267179549981535_7479785599667861014_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/14448788_1267179549981535_7479785599667861014_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/14448788_1267179549981535_7479785599667861014_n-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/14448788_1267179549981535_7479785599667861014_n.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11887\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alex Mok<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11814\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11814\" style=\"width: 1840px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/FullSizeRender-13-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11814\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/FullSizeRender-13-2.jpg\" alt=\"launch of gourmicious\" width=\"1840\" height=\"1228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/FullSizeRender-13-2.jpg 1840w, https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/FullSizeRender-13-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/FullSizeRender-13-2-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/FullSizeRender-13-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1840px) 100vw, 1840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11814\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alex Mok and Zara at the Launch of Gourmicious<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Rob Thomas<\/strong> (Winnipeg), who has a food column in <strong>Dish<\/strong>, a local magazine focusing on food and wine. He hosts <em><strong>The Chef&#8217;s Pantry Raid<\/strong><\/em>, a web-based video series, and now is the in-house Chef for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.citytv.com\/winnipeg\/\">Breakfast Television on City TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chefrob.ca\/ChefRobThomas_IntroImage_v001.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"450\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chef Rob Thomas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/gourmicious.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gourmicious.com<\/a> to find out more about this new dining trend.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/gourmicious2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11886\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/gourmicious2.jpg\" alt=\"gourmicious\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1101\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/gourmicious2.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/gourmicious2-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/gourmicious2-768x440.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/gourmicious2-1024x587.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently attended the\u00a0Italian Top Chef Showcase, presented by\u00a0The Italian Chamber of Commerce in Canada-West, and the\u00a0Consulate General of Italy in Vancouver. And one of the highlights of the evening was the launch of the new online platform,\u00a0Gourmicious.com, announced by the\u00a0Consul General himself, Massimiliano Iacchini. After the event, I had [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11886,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/gourmicious2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11884"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11884"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11884\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11894,"href":"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11884\/revisions\/11894"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}