Feast of Fortune organized by St. Paul's Foundation

Scotiabank Feast of Fortune 2023

Join us in person on Saturday, February 11 at 5:30 PM for the 2023 Scotiabank Feast of Fortune, an elegant Lunar New Year gala.

Enjoy an evening of exciting performances, an opportunity to sample dishes from the Chinese Restaurant Awards, a one-of-a-kind live auction, and more as we welcome the Year of the Rabbit.

There is also a silent auction with an array of unique goods, services, and experiences. Place your bids and follow your favourite items in real-time from now until February 11 at 9 PM. For full rules and bidding, click here.

For more information, please email Johnson Lee at jlee@providencehealth.bc.ca.

Give today to the Scotiabank Feast of Fortune

Since 2008, donors like you have helped raise over $8.7 million to fund life-saving diagnostic tools, surgical equipment, research studies, and so much more.

While much has changed in the 16 years since our very first Scotiabank Feast of Fortune, one thing has remained steadfast: the community’s generous, ongoing support of St. Paul’s Foundation and Scotiabank Feast of Fortune.

Watch a recap of our 2020 Scotiabank Feast of Fortune for a taste of the excitement and festivities to come. We look forward to welcoming you to our 2023 gala!

Exciting live performances

There will be a traditional lion dance to usher in the Year of the Rabbit and bring both prosperity and good luck. Silk Road Music – a JUNO-nominated and West Coast Music Award-winning ensemble – will fill the room with a captivating Chinese-Western musical fusion.

Attendees will also get to see a performance by Les 7 Doigts (The 7 Fingers), sure to keep them on the edge of their seats. Combining acrobatics and theatricality to create intricate choreography with superhuman skills, this Montreal-based group performs contemporary circus at the highest level.

Unique to Scotiabank Feast of Fortune gala, guests will also have the opportunity to taste signature dishes from Chinese Restaurant Award-winning chefs.

We’re proud to welcome: Chef Li Bo from Fish Man; Top Chef Canada runner-up, Chef Deseree Lo; Chef Leo Wang from Chang ‘An; Chef Toby Chen from L’Abattoir; and Executive Chef William Lew from Club Versante.

For those wanting to give the Gift of Fortune to further brighten the New Year, there are two fantastic options on offer – with partial proceeds donated to St. Paul’s Foundation.

Premium White Peony and Monkey Picked Tieguanyin premium tea gift set curated by Lam Kie Yuen Tea Company, sure to elevate any sumptuous Lunar New Year feast;
Special Edition Premium Artisan XO Sauce and traditional Cantonese Poon Choi Feast from Chef’s Choice Chinese Cuisine.

For more information and to order, please click here.

Your impact

Your gifts to Scotiabank Feast of Fortune support a future of life-changing discoveries, treatments, and cures.

This year, we are fundraising for the future of medicine at the Clinical Support and Research Centre on the Jim Pattison Medical Campus. This purpose-built research and innovation complex will enable the most significant transformation in health care in BC’s history and put us on the vanguard of discovery with places like Johns Hopkins and the Mayo Clinic.

A state-of-the-art research and innovation hub.
A complex almost twice the size of the current St. Paul’s Hospital.
A nexus for discovery, innovation, and transformational care.
A facility worthy of our brilliant research team now more than 1,200-strong.

You are an essential part of this ambitious vision. With your donation, you become part of this renaissance in life-changing research. Give today.