Viewers of the APTN TV Series Quest Out West: Wild Food will see some familiar places as the new season starts airing this week.
The series is set in the Similkameen and Okanagan outdoors and made local stops last year at the Grist Mill and Gardens, Pure Similkameen Honey, Twisted Hills Craft Cider, Ashnola Powwow Campsite and Summerhill Pyramid Winery & Organic Bistro.
The series is hosted by Tracey Kim Bonneau (Of the Land Productions Inc.) and focusses on the history of Canada’s Indigenous foodie cuisine and its origins.
This is the second season for the popular show which is serving up 13 more episodes that include interviews with foodie elders, historians, organic winery owners and growers.
Guests this season include Duane Howard from the film Revenant; and local actor Mariel Belanger from the Twilight Saga: Eclipse.
“This series showcases important historical, educational and current components of the foodie culture in the Okanagan. As the trend for healthy locally-raised and wild foods; stress free and community shared meals; and knowing where our food comes from; this series has so much to offer viewers. We are pleased that this series’ home is the Okanagan,” Jon Summerland, of the Okanagan Film Commission stated in a press release.
As a featured site on the show the Grist Mill and Gardens is hosting a special event to kickoff the season. The event will be held at the Grist Mill Sat., Jan. 20 from 12 p.m. to 2: 30 p.m. Host Tracey Bonneau and some of the other guests from the show will be at the event where the first episode of the season will be aired. Light refreshments will be provided. Everyone is welcome.
In Western Canada viewers can watch the show on APTN, on either the West (SD) or HD feed. The show will be on at 7:30 pm Pacific Time in BC and at 8:30 pm Mountain Time in Alberta. The series will be aired across Canada, so viewers of APTN will be able to watch this time slot in their respective time zones.
Quest OutWest Wild Food is produced by Of the Land Productions Inc. (www.traceykimbonneau.com ) & Brightlight Pictures (www.brighlightpictures.com).