Meet chef Jessica Pelland #withTownHall

By Leeann Froese Every week for the past couple of years it has been our pleasure to introduce people we encounter and then capture #withTownHall!

This does not mean that we have hired someone new and added them to Town Hall Brands; rather we just connect with so many amazing people that we want to expand networks and introduce them to you, and you to them. This week #withTownHall, we introduce you to Jessica Pelland.

Jessica Pelland is a culinary star, and we are thrilled to know her through her role as a chef in Calgary.

Jessica is the executive chef at Calgary's Charbar, a Prairie & west coast ingredient driven restaurant and bar that has been inspired by wood-fired Argentina cuisine.

Jessica, under 30, is already an award winning Chopped Canada winner, and has been named a Top Foodie in Western Living magazine. She had her first restaurant role straight out of high school, and from 2010, Jessica honed her skills working alongside John Jackson and Connie DeSousa at CHARCUT Roast House as their right hand, before going on to open Charbar in 2015.

She has a reputation for her ambition. She hunts and fishes, and in the kitchen she specializes in whole-animal butchery, curing, grilling, roasting, and working magic with a refined rustic-cooking style. With her love for food, cooking, and discovery, I feel that Jessica is a rising star and I am sure she is just getting started.

With all she does, will you help us welcome Jessica as our featured person #withTownHall this week?

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Meet Clement Chan With Town Hall

By Leeann Froese It's Saturday - that means it's time to introduce you to one of the fabulous personalities in the world #withTownHall

This does not mean they work as part of our team, or are our client (although sometimes they are).

We just interact with so many amazing people that we want to expand networks and introduce them to you, and you to them.

This week #withTownHall we introduce you to Clement Chan

Clement is co-owner of Le Tigre Cuisine - a food truck and catering company. He is also was a season three contestant on Top Chef Canada.

In May, Clement and partners are planning to launch Torafuku, a ramen restaurant with West Coast Flavours. and as a sneak preview to that, just this past week under the banner of the new restaurant Torafuku, Clement and his team won best dessert at the BCPMA Healthy Chef Competition. Congrats!

I wanted to introduce you to Clement this weekend, because tonight he is part of something very special: #dinnerpartyYVR.

Partnered by Cressey, and sponsored by one of our clients Serendipity Winery, #dinnerpartyYVR is a social dining event that has connects Vancouverites in around the home dinner table, all to raise funds for charity. More than 30 hobby chefs cook for strangers in their homes, and the guests pay to attend, but all proceeds of each dinner are donated to a charity of the hobby chef's choosing.

Clement, along with 12-year old #dinnerpartyYVR veteran Liam Lewis, will host a dinner party for some special dinner guests. Diners will be treated to a gourmet meal in Cressey’s luxurious Meccanica Penthouse.

He has a lot going on!

Whether you already know Clement or not, please help us support him and say hello.

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Meet Welbert Choi With Town Hall

By Leeann Froese It’s Saturday – that means it’s time to introduce you to a new personality #withTownHall.

This does not mean they work as part of our team, or are our client (although sometimes they are).

We just interact with so many amazing people that we want to expand networks and introduce them to you, and you to them.

This week #withTownHall please meet Welbert Choi.

Welbert is a man of many talents, notably as chef de cuisine at Forage. He is also a father and talented photographer - see his photo work here.

In addition to all that Welbert does, he is a really nice guy, so can you please say hello to Welbert with a comment – or go give this post a like or share on Facebook or Twitter so more people can meet him too!