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 Vikram Vij
Chefs Rob Clarke and Brian Luptak of The Arbor
Chefs team of West Oak
Cooking Tableside at Hy’s
Paul Teixeira – Ragazzi Pizza
Chef Stefan Hartmann at Bauhaus Restaurant
Chef Ned Bell of the Vancouver Aquarium
Chef David Robertson of The Apron Cooking School
Pastry Chef Candace of EBO Restaurant with her delicious Squash Tart
Chef Phil Scarfone of Nightingale Restaurant (center) with Dom and Frank of Via Tevere Pizzeria
Chef Robert Uy of The Apron
Chef Parinya Lopston – Ban Chok Dee
Chef George Kerasiotis (left) and Richard Wolak, aka Vanfoodster (right)
Chef Yen Do of House Special
Chefs Maria-Elena (L) and her daughter Greysy de la Rosa (R) of Patron Tacos & Cantina
Chef Giuseppe Cortinovis of Nightingale
Chef Alex Hon (l) and Chef Quang Dang of West Restaurant
Brewers, Bartenders and industry folk
Vern and Sam of Parkside Brewery
Robyn Gray of Prohibition Bar
Sabrine Dhaliwal of UVA Vancouver
Jayton Paul – Winner of Nightingale
Richard (aka Vanfoodster) with some Celebrities
Chef Mark McEwan (L) and Richard Wolak aka Vanfoodser (R)
On the Global BC TV Morning News #SaturdayChef with Chef Ui Ratsomjit of U & I Thai and host Lynn Colliar
Lynda Steele — Radio Host (left) and me on @CKNW980 #BestandtheFoodiest celebrating national donut day
On Global BC TV Morning News with Host Lynn Colliar, and Chef Manos Grammatikogiannis of Nammos who made his Greek style Beef Ragout
Filiming at Q Shi Q fwith host Joe Leary or BC Brew on Tap show for Shaw TV with Chef Hiro Amano
Servers
Server at Reflections in the Rosewood Hotel Georgia
Terra Breads Butter Croissant with The Farm House Natural Cheeses Fromage Frais and Nectarine Preserve, made with nectarines from Parsons Farm
Server at Bodega on Main
Server with Fois Gras Cherry Lollypops at Holt Renfrew Cafe
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
