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Hunter climbed the culinary ladder from an early age, and has been called “Chef” for a few years now. Currently, one of the Chefs behind East Vancouver’s Waldorf Hotel, he leads a double life with environmental and political NGO’s on the side. It’s like this – at work he literally cooks up carne asado like [...]

Ron Berezan is the founder and proprietor of The Urban Farmer and is joined by colleagues from throughout Western Canada in this work. Ron has been an organic gardener for over 30 years and permaculture practioner for over ten years. He is trained in the “Grow Bio-intensive” organic gardening method at Ecology Action in Willits, [...]

After many years of bartending in Vancouver at establishments such as Babalu, The Opus Hotel and The Caprice, Gerry moved to the Okanagan and currently tends bar at RauDZ Regional Table where he works closely with the kitchen to design a cocktail program that utilizes locally sourced organic fruits, vegetables, herbs [...]

Trevor spent the past 6 years responsible for Granville Room’s cocktail program, and has recently taken over the Bar program for the entire Donnelly Group. He has completed Pernod Ricard’s BarSmarts program and other spirit education courses. For Trevor, continuous learning is extremely important. His passion for cocktails has taken him to Kentucky, Tokyo, San [...]

Eric Lorenz is a tequila and mezcal aficionado, importer, writer, educator, booze traveler, and researcher in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Eric is Canada’s first Certified Mezcalier and holds the CSS, the Distintivo ‘T’ Diploma from the Consejo Regulador del Tequila, certifications from WSET, and has been a Judge at the annual Spirits of Mexico Competition in [...]