Over the past year I have met many wonderful bartenders, chefs, and personalities in not only the restaurant industry but in all sorts of places that are unique in one way or another.
Here are some random shots of those people who I caught on camera.
Bartenders
Satoshi Yonemori at Grapes & Soda making the Dante’s Handshake
Micky Valens at Wildebeest as he makes the El Kartel cocktail
Max Borrowman at Torafuku makes From Mexico with Love
Chefs
Chef Clement Chan at Torafuku
Chef Dan McGee at Au Comptoir
Chef Geoff Rogers at Blacktail
Chef Thien at Bodega on Main and the delicious Boquerones en Vinagre and the famous Albonigas
Chef Keith Pears, Chef James Thomson and Chef Candice Low of EBO Restaurant at Feast of Fields.
Executive Chef Tee-Jae Conwi (right) of Spencer’s Lounge at Feast of Fields.
Executive Chef Karan Suri (right) and Chef Jay Harris (middle) of Globe at YVR of Fairmont Vancouver Airport at Feast of Fields.
Executive Chef Ricardo Valverde at Ancora Dining.
Chef Ned Bell and Chef Liam Lewis (right) at Whole Foods collaboration dinner.
Chef Tai of Bob Likes Thai Food at the Indian Summer Festival Gala.
Chef Enrique Menendez at Patron
Chef Ryan Reed at Nomad
Richard (aka Vanfoodster) with some Celebrities
Lawrence Ferber – Journalist (left), Uwe Boll – Film Director (middle) and Richard Wolak – Vanfoodster at Bauhaus Restaurant
With Chef Mark McEwan (right)
Me with Thor Diakow -TV host (left) over some pizza while he judges in my pizza challenge
Lynda Steele — Radio Host (left) and me on @CKNW980 #BestandtheFoodiest celebrating her first day hosting and our first show together.
Michael Eckford – Radio Host (left) and I celebrating Chinese New Year @CKNW on the #BestandtheFoodiest
Drex @drexlive – Radio Host at CKNW (left) joined me on a historic restaurant weekday brunch Food tour in East Van where we ate at The Roundel .
On the News
On the Global BC Weekend Morning News ‘Saturday Chef’ with hosts Leigh Kjekstad and
Jay Janower along with Richard Wolak (vanfoodster) and Chef Sue Culm of Darby’s in Kits #ChiliChallengeYVR
On the Global BC Weekend Morning News ‘Saturday Chef’ with host Leigh Kjekstad, Richard Wolak (vanfoodster) and Chef Tai Luong Nguyen of Linh Cafe #MeatballChallengeYVR
On the Global BC Weekend Morning News ‘Saturday Chef’ with hosts Leigh Kjekstad and
Jay Janower along with Richard Wolak (vanfoodster) and Chef Jeff Miller of Argan Bistro #CalamariChallengeYVR
On the Global BC Weekend Morning News ‘Saturday Chef’ with host Sonia Beeksma along with Richard Wolak (vanfoodster) and Chef Keev Mah of Sai Woo #TastingPlatesYVR
Friendly Faces
Sons of Vancouver
Rafik Douk – Server at Reflections Bar
Paul Kõvamees – Kombucha Brewer at O5 Tea
The server at Hy’s Steakhouse playing with fire as he makes my Bananas Foster
Dan Garcia (right) with his Churros Ice Cream Sandwich at Hugo’s Churros
There were so many people that I met this past year, these are just some of the special photos moments out of thousands of photos.
By: Richard Wolak