Chef David Hawksworth to Open New Restaurant at the Revitalized Hotel Georgia

DAVID HAWKSWORTH TO OPEN NEW RESTAURANT AT REVITALIZED HOTEL GEORGIA
Hawksworth leaves winning streak at West for his first solo venture
(Directly from the press release.)


Vancouver, B.C., Dec 7th 2007 – David Hawksworth, one of Canada’s foremost chefs, has announced plans to open his first restaurant at the revitalized Hotel Georgia, a landmark property in the heart of downtown Vancouver. Positioned on the corner of West Georgia and Howe Streets, it is under renovation and scheduled to re-open late in 2009.

The heritage hotel first opened its doors in 1927. During its heyday in the 50’s and 60’s, the hotel’s Cavalier Grill, under chef Xavier Hetzman, was known as the restaurant in town. It was a social hub hosting Howe Street brokers, lawyers and judges from the nearby law courts, along with Hollywood legends and visiting royalty. Some fifty years later, David Hawksworth announces his plans to restore the restaurant to its former glory and recapture some of the era’s glamour.

The name of the new restaurant remains unknown at this time as Hawksworth fine-tunes the concept. He confirms that “quality, excellence and innovation