The Nosh Vancouver
The Nosh is a weekly show about the people, places and issues behind what—and where—we eat and drink. Hosted by Anya Levykh.
Episodes
July 15, 2025 • 55 mins
'Pakals' means "Let's eat!" or "Let's feast" in Cebuano. In the Philippines, it's how you celebrate community, have fun, and come together. Now, a celebrated food writer and judge, along with two acclaimed chefs, are coming together to create a feast like no other. And later, a recap of Anya's chat with Diana Silva of Cake it Easy.
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July 8, 2025 • 57 mins
Anya chats with two founding members of a new Vancouver Island restaurant collective that is hoping to highlight the best of Island dining to locals and visitors alike, and later talks about farming, foraging, and dining local with Tomer Rockman of Stone's Throw Organics in Courtenay.
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July 1, 2025 • 56 mins
Curious about sake? And shoju? And rice? And water? (Yeah, it's a thing.) Anya chats with two of the city's most knowledgeable sake sommeliers and restaurateurs about this unique rice-based beverage that is not a wine and not a spirit, with a flavour profile that ranges from delicate and floral to bold and earthy. And yeah, there might be some barley talk as well. Listen in, eh?
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June 17, 2025 • 58 mins
How many chefs are too many? An upcoming event in support of Lapu Lapu Day victims tries to answer that question in the most delicious way. Anya chats with Chefs TJ Conwi and Andrea Aldridge about the event, comfort food, caring for community, fave childhood dishes, and more. And later, it's all about the Indian-French fusion at Peya Restaurant.
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June 3, 2025 • 59 mins
Three legendary Vancouver chefs are coming together to raise awareness and funds for mental health in the hospitality industry, and Anya chats with them about the changes they've seen over the decades, what needs to change moving forward, the challenges the industry is facing, and more.
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May 27, 2025 • 59 mins
From the comfort dishes of her Chinese-Canadian upbringing to her modern gluten-free lifestyle, this chef and food writer has been busy reimagining Asian dishes, sauces and condiments from a celiac-friendly perspective and is now set to release her first cookbook, all inspired by her best friend's (aka. husband's) celiac diagnosis. Anya chats with chef/writer Jannell Lo about her book, cooking and dining out with a gluten-free frie...
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May 21, 2025 • 59 mins
Anya chats with Nikki Bayley, founder of Boards of Keremeos and now Boards of Vancouver about cheese, charcuterie, pickles, Spain, doing what makes you happy, grazing boards, plant-based cheeses, and more. And later, chef Mark Singson joins to talk about his fundraiser for Lapu Lapu Day victims, cooking on Top Chef Season 6, and finding balance.
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May 14, 2025 • 58 mins
Maria Ponce, executive chef for La Taqueria restaurant group, joins the show to chat about growing up in Mexico, cooking in the fine dining milieu, Mexican cuisine in Canada, the problematic nature of "authenticity," and more.Later, Anya chats with forager, farmer and chef Tomer Rockman about local supply, sustainability, urban foraging, and cooking in the field.
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Those sweet, delicate crustaceans are back for another short season. Alex Tung from Chefs' Table Society is on to talk about the upcoming spot prawn festival, where to buy your prawns, how to cook them, and more. And later, Cake It Easy owner Diana Silva joins to chat about pandemic baking with her daughter and how that led to running successful business, ube sweets sans rival, bubble tea, and more.
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April 30, 2025 • 58 mins
It is a heavy week for the Filipino-Canadian community and for all who were impacted by the tragic events of Saturday, April 26, 2025 at the Lapu Lapu Festival. The community is still reeling but is already embodying the concept of "kapwa", the idea of "I am you, and I am not me without you," via counselling, financial support and most especially, food. Anya speaks with food writer, culinary judge, and cookbook author, Joie Alvaro ...
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April 15, 2025 • 56 mins
Anya chats with chef/owner Ashwani Dabas of Peya Restaurant about Indian-French fusions, moving beyond butter chicken and gulab jamun, mother sauces, and more. And later, pastry chef Ksenia Dempster talks spring desserts, cherry blossom onigiri, perfect pie crusts, and she and Anya wax rhapsodic over soft-serve ice cream, ek mek (IYKYK), and peaches.
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April 8, 2025 • 54 mins
Anya chats with chef Angus An of Maenam about his newest opening, the robustness of northeastern Thai cuisine, regional specialties, and more, and later, Tara Davies chats about her experiences behind the bar and running the show at Chupito, being a woman in the industry, living and working in Mexico, raicilla and mezcal, and Chupito 2.0.
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April 1, 2025 • 54 mins
Anya chats with industry veteran Tyson Reimer about his upcoming fish-and-chips (and more) shop in Hastings Sunrise, the ethics of eating octopus and Humboldt squid, the novels of S.E. Hinton, simple food done well, and more. And later, Patricia Massy of Massy Books talks about tariffs, Indigenous authors, and pivoting in the face of another potential economic crisis for the publishing industry.
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March 25, 2025 • 55 mins
The much-loved and long-running Sala Thai closed after almost 40 years of serving generations of loyal customers, but the story isn't over. The next generation is reimagining Thai at Jay Nok while paying homage to their family's legacy. Anya chats with co-founders Bobby Kongsilp and Bumpen “Nok” Khangrang, the husband-and-wife team behind the new False Creek restaurant. And later, Anya chats with Jennifer Kim of Nooroongji Books on...
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March 18, 2025 • 54 mins
Anya chats with Cyril de Ramos, the founder of Hanap Filipino Fusion Bakes about Filipino cuisine and desserts beyond ube, reinventing the classics, upcoming pop-ups, and more. Later, restaurant owners James Iranzad of Bufala, Lucky Taco, and Bells & Whistles, along with Vincent Nguyễn of Anh & Chi, talk about how they're dealing with reservation ghosting by doing good.
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March 11, 2025 • 59 mins
Anya chats with Brent Mansfield, elementary school teacher, co-founder of LunchLab, and school food advocate about running for a cause, the importance of school lunches, their educational and societal impacts, the recent news from the provincial and federal governments, and resetting the structural idea of school lunch entirely.
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February 25, 2025 • 57 mins
agan farmer and vice-president of BC Fruit Growers Association joins to talk about this year's coming harvest, the latest updates, help from the government, and the importance of buying local.
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February 18, 2025 • 58 mins
Anya chats with Canadian Culinary Champion Chef Alex Kim of Five Sails Restaurant in Vancouver about growing up in South Korea, cooking on his grandmother's farm, elevated dining, comfort food for chefs, and more. Later, Booker Winery joins to chat about the wines of Paso Robles and what to expect at wine fest.
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February 4, 2025 • 58 mins
Anya chats with Vancouver International Wine Festival executive director Harry Hertscheg about everything from the history of the festival, wine-cations, supporting Bard on the Beach, aha moments, the interconnectivity of wine regions north and south of the border, the BC wine industry's current challenges, and supporting BC wines. Later, winemaker Kurtis Ogasawara from Robert Mondavi Winery in California joins to chat about the wi...
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January 21, 2025 • 54 mins
From Jessica Simpson-inspired dishes to 10-auntie recipes, the perils of sticky rice, red pockets, slinging haggis and sucking eyeballs, it's a lively discussion with four chefs who are also presenting their own favourite dishes for Lunar New Year at a new chef demo series at Metropolis at Metrotown.
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