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Food blogger Tara Noland booked into our Craving Kensington food tour as a treat for an out of town guest. We didn’t know about Tara’s phenomenally successful blog. Tara just showed up to enjoy the day with her friend and she wasn’t fussed at all that we didn’t know about it. Her modesty was a…

Here’s a link to the article called “Surprising Calgary” (pages 46 – 47). It was part of an Air Transat feature on Alberta as “The Canadian Eden”. How cool is that? Kudos to the writers Helene Laurendeau, Mamzelle Poppy and Sarah-Emilie Nault who came with their photography crew to enjoy four Alberta cities in four…

Here’s a Media Post article by the World Food Travel Association’s Eric Wolf entitled Food Tourism: The Latest Fad Or Here To Stay?   With 25% of vacation dollars spent on food, the article makes a call for regions to consider differentiating their area’s brand of food. Turns out tasting the truly regional specialties of an…

For their crazy dedication to coffee terroir, coffee roasting for the pure flavour of the bean and artful hand-pulled barista coffees at their cafes around Calgary – Phil and Sebastian Coffee Roasters has become one of the great Food Artisans of Alberta. You can read more about how they helped our President and CEO’s, Karen Anderson with…

Alberta is reinventing itself as a culinary destination – You Are Where You Eat Sep 16, 2014 by Alix Kemp The local food movement has taken off in Alberta, evidenced by an exploding interest in farmers’ markets, increasing numbers of restaurants that boast locally sourced produce and a growing contingent of food-centric festivals. But it…

Thanks two Phoenix and senior reporter Lisa Wolansky at Trending on Shaw for the fun opportunity to talk about what we do at Calgary Food Tours Inc. and to share some of our favourite local food products. It was my first time on live television. Did I seem nervous? I wasn’t. But, only because Lisa…

  Here’s a fun map of the World’s Great Food Tours and guess what? Calgary Food Tours was the only Canadian food tour company to make the list. That’s cool. Thanks to our friends at Taste of Catalina Food Tours for the vote of confidence. It’s nice to belong to a great group of Food…

It may not be the silver screen but we were thrilled to be included in this Telus TV series called Calgary Eats and to have our Kensington tour highlighted in this short video clip. People ask us all the time, what’s a food tour? Now we have this beautiful visual answer to share with them.

This is a coconut cupcake from Decadent Desserts and it’s got our vote as one of the best things to eat in Alberta. Owner Pam Fortier started making these especially for Calgary Food Tours because she knows how much we love the giant version that is a full-on layer cake. Both cake and cupcake are filled with…

People often ask us what is a food tour and why should I take one? Here’s a Lonely Planet article of the “Top 10 Food Tours for Globetrotters” that, true to their style, gets right to the point. Take a food tour when you get to a city and you’ll gain the insider knowledge on where…

Here’s a fun Taste Trekkers profile of Calgary Food Tours Inc. from a 5 question interview with owner Karen Anderson. Have a quick read. Did you learn any fun new facts about Calgary’s food scene? We’ve got lots more where that came from. Calgary is filled with crazy good chow to tell you about.  

Calgary Food Tours was highlighted in a travel and meetings industry journal for our contribution to creating distinctive downtown offerings for groups planning meetings for Western Canada. We’ve got walking tours of tasty neighbourhoods and that’s really just the tip of our food mountains. We love all the ingredients, chefs, markets and restaurants we get to…