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.
Chefs
Chef Giovanni Trigona (c), Frenchy of Coast Restaurant (l) and Chef Umberto Menghi guest at the Italian Kitchen opening party (r)
Chef Maritza Orellana at Bodega on Main
Chef Vikram Vij & Chef Stefan Hartman
Chef Mark Singson
Peter Fong of Ganache Patisserie
Chef Felix Yau at Fife Bakery
Chef Nik Lim
Chef Pino Posteraro of Cioppino’s
Chef Dario Rossi cracking open the crusting on the Salt Crusted Sea Bass
Chefs Thomas Haas and Steven Tran of Thomas Haas
The Chefs team Emily, Deniz, Dan. at Contra Kitchen by The Curatorialist
Chef Jason Labahn at Honey Salt with the Salted Honey Pie
Tayybeh Syrian Kitchen chefs at the Indian Summer Festival gala
Executive Pastry Chef Dominic Fortin of the Bearfoot Bistro in Whistler
Cookbook Authors
Chef Caren McSherry
Brad Hill – Author of The Gastown Foodie
Karen McAthy – author
Lee Murphy – Author of The Preservatory
Ryan Slater and Zach Berman, Co-Authors of The Juice Truck Book
Baristas, Brewers, Bartenders and industry folk
Taketo Mizue at Milano Coffee
Barista at Dalina
Bartender Max Borrowman of Juniper and his El Diablo
Sommelier Luc Trottier
Anthony Langner of Steel & Oak Brewing
Dan Schell of Peacock & Martin
Marc Roberts of Backcountry Brewing
Ian Widgery of the Welcome Parlour
Server Tiffany at 1886 Restaurant with the Imperial Peking Duck
Richard (aka Vanfoodster) with some Celebrities
Drex (L) and Richard Wolak aka Vanfoodser (R) at CKNW
Richard Wolak (L) and Jody Vance (R)
Zahra Alani (L) and Richard Wolak (R) co-hosts Food Glorious Food podcast at CKNW
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