Chinatown
There’s only one place you’ll find Mayor Gregor Robertson, Amazing Race finalist Ryan Steele, CTV News anchor Mi-Jung Lee, CBC’s Rick Cluff and Cecilia Walters and 30 Days Adventure founder Marc Smith serving brunch this Saturday and that’s the Celebrity Dim Sum event at Floata Seafood Restaurant on Keefer Street in Chinatown.
The seventh annual brunch is a popular fundraising event that sees celebrities from across the city pushing dim sum carts to ticketholders with proceeds dedicated to AIDS Vancouver’s Community Outreach Program, which provides HIV information, education and support to people at high risk of contracting the disease.
The most significant appeal of the event is the opportunity to meet and network with well-known Vancouverites. Acting as MC again is the Courier’s UnLeeshed man in the city Fred Lee, and Sophie Lui from Global TV News. Also serving dim sum this year is CTV’s Ann Luu, television host Fiona Forbes, Breakfast TV’s Kyle Donaldson and Michel McDermott, OMNI News anchor Bowen Zhang, Joytv’s Carmen Ruiz y Laza, Leah Bolton and Dean Atwal, former Real Housewife of Vancouver and recording artist Mary Zilba, and QueerFMVan radio host and Megamouth Media founder Barb Snelgrove.
Besides brunch, guests can also take in the hugely popular chicken feet eating contest. Live and silent auctions round out the afternoon. The event is presented by Joytv and this year’s sponsors include Be the Change Group, Breakfast Television/CityTV, Haywire Winery, McMillan LLP, OMNI TV, Vancity, WestJet and WE Vancouver. Celebrity Dim Sum starts at 11 a.m. Sept. 27, at the Floata, 400-180 Keefer St. For ticket information visit aidsvancouver.org/celebrity_dim_sum.
