About

Richard Wolak – Founder

VANCOUVER FOODSTER is an online guide that provides “Essential Food & Drink Intelligence” to Vancouver and the area outside.

Offering expert advice on the hottest restaurants, cafes, food trucks, bakeries along with reviews, events, openings and more — VANCOUVER FOODSTER is Vancouver’s most fabulous online destination.

Keeping you informed about the most interesting dining trends, the latest food luminaries and the best new foods, wines, spirits and cocktails around the city and region.

Finding the restaurants that are of interest, you can search by Tags (see right side page) and click on appropriate tag such as Foodies or Hot Spot OR enter name of restaurant or word into the Search box (top right side page).

Richard Wolak is the editor and publisher of Vancouver Foodster, you may be wondering why he created VancouverFoodster.com, well over the years his friends have always asked him for restaurant suggestions and told him that he should be a food critic, well one thing led to another and VancouverFoodster.com was born in July 2009.

He has been writing about food, cafes and restaurants professionally since 1993 when he co-wrote his first book “Vancouver’s Best Espresso Spots”.

He wrote the monthly Bar Stars column in Vancouver View Magazine prior to the magazine closing in August 2012.

Richard has been the Host the SIP & TASTE monthly feature on Just Here for the Beer radio show on AM 650 since May 2011, in February 2013 the radio show changed stations to AM 1410.

He has interests in all aspects of marketing as well as branding, advertising, design, online publishing, blogging, Social Media along with film, music, theatre, dance, art and travel.

In February 2012 he launched Tasting Plates and event series of roving tours taking place in different areas of the city featuring a multitude of different ethnic restaurants to eat and mingle. In June 2012 he launched Food Talks an event series featuring experts who are all movers and shakers in the food community in and around Vancouver. In January 2013 he launched Noodle Mania another tasting event for noodle lovers at restaurants all over the city.

In his spare time you might find him having a meal at a restaurant or an espresso at one of Vancouver’s great coffee shops. He spends a lot of time connecting with friends, listening to music, seeing films, theatre, dance, art and walking the neighborhoods around the city.

If you want to invite me to attend your event or to eat at your restaurant, then please send me an email to editor (@) VancouverFoodster.com (do not dm invites to me on twitter as that would not be considered in any way).

Follow his continuous updates on twitter and like us on facebook as well as google+ You can also find him at CMI Chat Media Inc the parent company of Vancouver Foodster.

Richard Wolak can be reached at: richard (@) vancouverfoodster.com

Media invites: editor (@) vancouverfoodster.com

Advertising: sales (@) vancouverfoodster.com

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