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RICARDO FERREIRA STEPS UP AS RESTAURANT DIRECTOR OF CINCIN
(Directly from the press release.) -
March 17, 2008
Vancouver, BC -
Ricardo Ferreira has been appointed as the new Restaurant Director of Vancouver's venerable Italian restaurant
CinCin, bringing over 15 years of hospitality experience amassed in leading restaurants throughout Vancouver and the UK.
Previously, Ferreira was the Restaurant Manager of CinCin's celebrated sister restaurant
Blue Water Cafe, where he was an integral member of the front-of-house team since 2002. For three-and-a-half years prior, he worked for Vancouver's
Relais & Chateau designated
Wedgewood Hotel. ...
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KATHERINE MANSON IS NEW GM FOR AURORA BISTRO
(February 1, 2008)
Katherine Manson will be leaving
Zin Restaurant & Lounge to join the team at
Aurora Bistro Her last day as General Manager at Zin will be this Sunday February 3rd and the Zin team will be hosting a farewell open house for Katherine between 5:00pm and 8:00pm in the Zin lounge Sunday February 3rd. If you are unable to stop by, you will find Katherine at Aurora starting Tuesday February 5th.
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THE AERIE RESORT & SPA ANNOUNCES NEW GM AND CHEF
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Edited from the Press Release)
(January 24, 2008)Victoria, BC - Egon von Foidl, President and CEO of
HRG International, is pleased to announce the appointment of two pivotal staff members:
Andrew Trinder as the Resort's general manager and
Castro Boateng as the Resort's executive chef. ...CONTINUE READING...
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And now for the official version ...
FRANCOIS GAGNON APPOINTED EXECUTIVE CHEF AT CINCIN(
Directly from the Press Release -
January 18, 2008)François Gagnon has been named the Executive Chef of Vancouver’s venerable
CinCin Ristorante. A seasoned professional hailing from top restaurants throughout Quebec, France and Vancouver , Gagnon brings over 15 years of professional cooking experience to the helm of CinCin’s wood-fired kitchen.
Following his graduation from Quebec’s distinguished Centre Integer en Alimentation et Tourisme (CIAT) program in
Culinary Arts, Gagnon trained under world-renowned chefs in France, including
Roger Verger at the acclaimed
Relais & Château property
Le Moulin de Mougins and
Joel Garault at Monte Carlo’s
Hotel l’Hermitage. ...
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JOSH WOLFE ANNOUNCED AS EXECUTIVE CHEF OF COAST RESTAURANT (
Directly from the press release.) (
January 18, 2008)
Glowbal Restaurant Group officially welcomes Toronto native
Josh Wolfe to its well established culinary team as Executive Chef of
COAST Restaurant. Recently lured - by the culinary freedom and plethora of local ingredients - into the top post at COAST, he is set to offer guests his freshest culinary inspirations.
"Josh is a dynamic chef of considerable skill and talent," says
Emad Yacoub, proprietor of Glowbal Restaurant Group. "We have been to Toronto twice to meet with him and finally lured him to Vancouver to be a part of our team." ...
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A NEW PASTRY CHEF FOR BRIX RESTAURANT AND GEORGE ULTRA LOUNGE
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Edited from the press release - January 17, 2008))
Managing Partners and Proprietors
Patrick Mercer and
David Hannay are pleased to welcome
Lisa Perkins to their
Brix Restaurant & Wine Bar and
George Ultra Lounge.
Taking over the already excellent bread and pastry program from Chef
Michael Sonsmann at Brix will not be a challenge for Lisa. The talented pastry chef has already led the pasty kitchen at top-rated Vancouver restaurants such as
Raincity Grill and the
Opus Hotel’s
Elixir. Lisa attended the
Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts in Vancouver, graduating top in her class in Baking and Pastry Arts. Most recently she has been perfecting her chocolate making skills at
Chocolate Arts, where she has worked for the past 3½ years. Previous to that, Lisa spent two years as the Pastry Chef at Raincity Grill.
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GAGNON FOLLOWS PERRIER AS EXECUTIVE CHEF OF CINCIN(Directly from the press release.)
Mark Perrier will be stepping down as the Executive Chef of
CinCin. In his place, Top Table Restaurant Group has appointed
Francois Gagnon as CinCin’s new Executive Chef (see bio after the jump), who will start in early 2008. Francois joins CinCin from a successful tenure at
Blue Water Cafe where he was the Executive Sous Chef for four years, assisting
Frank Pabst and being an integral part of Blue’s culinary success. ...
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AIDEN ARRIVES, AND SADLY COLIN LEAVES US
November 21, 2007
Happily they arrive ...Cassandra Anderton reminds us that last Thursday, November 15, 2007,
Kate and Chef
Angus An of
Gastropod welcomed their baby
Aiden into the world. A heart felt congratulations to the happy family.
And so sadly they leave us ...We reprint a letter from
Kurt Larson on the untimely death of his good friend and colleague,
Colin Law.
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
It is with sadness that I have to inform you that Colin Law passed away suddenly early Tuesday morning in a car accident.
He was not only a colleague, but more importantly a friend and I will miss him dearly. He was our first sales guy and he played a huge and significant role in developing our brands in the Vancouver market here. He did a fantastic job and I am sure we would not be where we are today with out him. He has left a huge hole for us to fill.
The one thing I can take solace in is the fact that Colin lived life to the fullest and probably lived twice as much in his 37 years as I have in the past 40 years. For me I will miss talking about beer with him, having a few drinks and just generally shooting the shit. We spoke if not every day it was every other day and I was lucky enough to see him in Whistler on Nov 9th. In just the 3 years I have known him I have some great memories, like going to IVSA's on the island; Colin and I sitting in the front of the car while Loki licked my ears from the back seat. That dog went with him everywhere!
Rest in peace Colin. I will miss you. I hope they have Kokanee and Brooklyn EIPA on draught where ever you are now.
JUST ADDED: A celebration of Colin's life is going to take place Sunday, November 25th, 2007, 6:00pm to 9:00pm at Boneta, 1 Cordova St Vancouver, BC.
All are welcome to come to raise a glass (or two), swap some stories and celebrate the life of an incredible man, Colin Law. Please feel free to contact me if you need anything else. I look forward to being with you all.
Kurt Larson
AFIC EXIM (Canada) Corp
Email: kurt@aficgroup.com
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NEWSPAPER CLAIMS CHEF ROB FEENIE HAS LEFT LUMIERENovember 3, 2007Well, the truth is finally getting coughed up. The
Vancouver Sun will break the "Rob Feenie is Leaving Lumiere" story in tomorrow's (Saturday's) edition of their paper. However, the whole article is already available online.
Chef Breaks Ties.
And just when we were about to say that we thought it was going to be the
Globe and Mail who was going to have the honours, we see that the G&M has also rushed
Alexandra Gill's version into print. Not to our surprise, none of it is much different than what we first guessed back in
September 26th.
Feenie is scheduled to appear tomorrow at noon on the
Best of Food and Wine Show with Anthony Gismondi and Kasey Wilson (
CFUN 1410), although he has stated that "he is NOT going to talk about it". Well, we wish him luck with that one.
Quite frankly we are happy to hear the end of this business.
Rob, we sincerely wish you all the best in your future endeavours.
Mr and Mrs Sidoo, we wish you good luck, period!
Chef
Dale Mackay, we wish you hadn't had to walk into this mess.
UPDATE: Aw, now wait a gall darn minute. This story isn't over yet. We can feel it in our bones. Does anyone else smell a ploy here?
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NEW TOP CHEF AT LE GAVROCHE IS STEFAN PIMENTAOctober 26, 2007A couple of newsworthy items came out of last night’s sold out dinner for
Tinhorn Creek Winery at
Le Gavroche restaurant.
The first is that Tinhorn Creek has started plans for a restaurant at the winery. The blueprints (once given the green light by the building authorities) will have room for approximately 65 seats inside the restaurant and 65 on a patio outside. It will be located near the area that now houses the winery's outdoor amphitheatre.
Tinhorn Creek will own only the property and the facilities. The restaurant operation itself will be run by Le Gavroche owner,
Manuel Ferreira, making this Ferreira’s third BC restaurant after Le Gavroche (Vancouver’s West End) and
Sonova (in Kerrisdale).
There is no word yet on whether Ferreira plans to do a Portuguese-style menu for the winery restaurant or if he has something else in mind. Perhaps he is still reeling from the collision he experienced only a few days ago with a large stag on the road outside of Osoyoos. An accident which totaled both his truck and the deer, but fortunately left his own person unharmed.
Now that he will be overseeing three restaurants, Ferreira is definitely going to need more help back at Le Gavroche, and he seems to have found this in the form of an all new kitchen team and front of house staff.
Former chef at Le Gav for the past 8 years,
Roger LeBlanc, has left for New Brunswick and plans to open his own restaurant.
“He used to work for 16 hours a day, now he will be working 24,�? sympathizes Ferreira.
New in the top spot is Chef
Stefan Pimenta. Born in New Delhi to parents of Portuguese decent, Pimenta has lived in the (previous) Portuguese colony of Goa. He has been employed at Le Gavroche for the past two years as Sous Chef and previously had worked at
Circolo and Whistler’s
Apres Restaurant. Before that he apprenticed for four years with
Hervé Martin at
L’Hermitage on Robson Street.
Starting tonight (October 26), Pimenta will feature a
Wild Game tasting menu at Le Gavroche, all of it paired with wines from the restaurant's well stocked cellar, but thankfully, none of it the result of Ferreira’s frightening fender bender.
Reservations can be made at 604-685-3924.
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RAINCITY GRILL ANNOUNCES NEW CHEF DE CUISINE - PETER ROBERTSON
October 21, 2007 (Edited from the press release.)
Vancouver, BC… Harry Kambolis is pleased to introduce Peter Robertson as the new Chef de Cuisine at Raincity Grill.
Robertson advancement within the company has been rapid. He begin as sous chef at Raincity Grill's sister restaurant, C, within one week of Quang Dang's arrival at that restaurant as Chef de Cuisine, and moved on to the position of Chef de Cuisine at Raincity Grill only two weeks ago.
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