Naughty, legendary, decadent and just about the most fun with food that you can have with your clothes on...or off. Bearfoot Bistro founder, Andre St. Jacques, pulled out all the stops November 10, at his Bearfoot Bistro After Party, as part of Whistler’s Cornucopia Food and Wine Festival. Bearfoot’s soiree saw 1,500 revelers party hard, until way past 4am.

Imagine, 25 refreshment stations serving every kind of beer, wine, liqueur, cocktail, energy drinks and just about everything else that can be poured - plus champagne, sliced open with the traditional sabre. The food, like the libations, lived up to the event’s Cornucopia banner, with caviar, exotic salads, Fois Gras, chocolate and other delights from well-known restaurants like Lumiere, Vij’s, Cioppino’s, Bin 941 and Tojo’s.

But what really puts this party into orbit are the servers. Food and drinks served by lovely women wearing nothing but body paint art. And, in the case of chocolate and other tidbits, several of the ladies recline on the table, turn their bodies into serving dishes while diners help themselves. You just had to be there.

And what’s a party without music? The After Party had plenty of it – four bands in all; but the highlight was the Abba salute group, Abbacadabra. Yes, the dance floor was packed shoulder to shoulder, hip to hip and… well you get the picture.

This year’s theme was Moulin Rouge, which meant costumes, decorations and noise – funny how people lose their inhibitions when they get dressed up and put on a mask. Lots of fun, though.

And thank Goodness for the Oxygen Bar, with the mounds of food and drink and those beautiful painted women, not to mention the handsome hunks with there Arny bodies, more than a few people really needed an oxy shot.

The price? $250.00 a person. What a deal. What a party.

“Every year I try to push the envelope,” say St Jacques. And so he did. The After Party was a total success, as everyone recovers from this year’s event and gets ready for 2007.