Toronto Food Events rounds up the most delicious events, festivals, pop-ups, winemaker dinners, supper clubs and other food related happenings in Toronto this week and next. You can find us here every Friday morning.

THIS WEEK

• Toronto Bourbon Week kicks off today, Friday, November 14 with two spirit-filled events held each day for the next seven days. The full schedule of tastings, cocktail nights and food pairings is online, but highlights include a bourbon brunch at Insomnia and a Triple 'B' & Q at Triple A Bar.
• Veggielicious, a two-week celebration of meat-free prix fixe menus, and specials at participating Toronto restaurants (Bunner's Bake Shop, Doug's Public Kitchen and Humble Beginnings, to name just a few) starts today, Friday, November 14 and will run until November 30.
• The Gourmet Food & Wine Expo featuring tutored tastings, a Food Network chef stage and a spiritology pavilion, is on at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre starting Thursday, November 20 and running until Sunday, November 23. General admission ranges from $20 to $45 depending the day.

UPCOMING

• Toronto Common and Ryoji Ramen & Izakaya (690 College St.) present an Okinawa Tofu Tasting on Tuesday, November 18 and 25. Sample tofu dishes from the regular and late-night menus for $16 and enjoy 10% off additional food purchases.
• On Tuesday, November 25 the Drake One Fifty (150 York St.) hosts a pop-up dinner with Minneapolis chef Jamie Malone for a one night preview of her new restaurant, Brut.
• The Food Dudes and MBA Restaurant Group present a Winter Chef Series with dinners featuring top chefs from across Canada held between December 2 and 21 at The Templar Kitchen (348 Adelaide St. West). Chef Coulson Armstrong of Canoe kicks off the series with a 12-course dinner on December 2 and 3, while dinners from chefs Roy Oh (Anju, Calgary), Marc Lepine (Atelier, Ottawa), Eric Hendry (Model Milk, Calgary), Martin Juneau (Pastaga, Montreal) follow. It all culminates with the Toronto Plate Swap, an eight-course, multi-chef collaboration for charity.
• Rose & Sons is pairing up with Collective Concerts for new series in 2015. Eat & Greet with the Band kicks off with dinner with Elliot Brood at the Phoenix Concert Theatre on January 24.

Photo by Jen Hunter.