Meet Gus Stieffenhofer-Brandson #withTownHall

Leeann Froese

January 22, 2016

With Town Hall

By Leeann Froese It’s a new week to bring you amazing people #withTownHall!

If you are new to reading this blog or new to our company - we want you to know that we are proud that we have a big network, and we are continually meeting new and interesting personalities.

This week #withTownHall, we are rolling in on #featurefriday to introduce you to an amazing chef, Gus Stieffenhofer-Brandson.

Gus is currently the chef du cuisine at Perch Restaurant that is situated at the top of the UBC Student Nest. He is also the sustainability chair for The Chefs' Table Society of BC.

Gus was born and raised in Winnipeg and growing up he spent much of his time on his grandparent's farm. Spending time on the farm helped to shape his love of food and the way it brings people together with his first memories consisting of eating fresh vegetables from his grandparents fields.

Taking his first food centric job at the age of 14, Gus graduated from the Culinary Arts Program at Red River College where he learned classic French techniques.

After graduating he worked at top European locations such as the Hotel Atrium in Mainz, the Restaurant Römerquelle Weinrebe and the Michelin Star Restaurant ENTE. It was through these experiences that Gus developed a passion for every aspect of food, from planning to plate.

After honing his craft locally at the Zagat rated Pear Tree Restaurant, Gus joined the AMS last year, bringing an international flair to our west coast ingredients at Perch.

Gus has been busy kicking off 2016 with Dine Out Vancouver, Follow Me Foodie's Six Course Discourse and back in his hometown this weekend for Raw Almond.

If you haven't made it out to Perch yet to see and taste Gus' food art put it into your calendar and head to UBC.

With all that being said will you help us say hello to Gus?

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Leeann Froese

July 30, 2015

Client News

Celebrating Canadian Cuisine on Food Day Canada

Leeann Froese

July 30, 2015

Client News

By Kathleen Beveridge Saturday is Food Day Canada, which means we get to celebrate by eating delicious Canadian cuisine.

And we share it @FoodDayCanada with #CanadaISFood #FDC2015

Canada is known across the globe for a variety of things: saying “sorry” and “eh”, maple syrup, and being cold (although that idea is out the window lately), but what is often forgotten is how delicious and diverse our local food is across the country. And let’s be honest, that’s silly, considering we eat every single day.

At Town Hall we couldn’t be more proud to have clients that are a part of this movement, from Langley’s Well Seasoned Gourmet Food Store’s owner and local food queen, Angie Quaale, who buys local whenever she can and uses it in her recipes; to the members of the Chefs’ Table Society who all stand behind sustainable and local foods, to our winery clients who produce wine sourced from BC grown grapes.

We also have some clients who source locally and sustainably for their restaurants, including Summerhill Pyramid Winery’s Sunset Organic Bistro, the new restaurant at Evolve Cellars, and the soon-to-open Perch Restaurant, located in the beautiful new AMS building at UBC. These restaurants support local farms and are Ocean Wise.

Top this list off with our client, the BC Hospitality Foundation, who supports those working in the Food and Beverage industry with financial support for industry workers when the need arises, keeping the Canadian food and beverage movement on its feet.

It’s more important than ever to buy local and support Canada’s economy, but more importantly the people, who put so much into growing and creating nutritious food to fuel us through each day.

Now I’ll go celebrate by picking local blackberries and raising my glass (full of BC wine) to Canadian cuisine.

How will you celebrate Food Day Canada? In Kelowna, celebrate at Summerhill Pyramid Winery's Sunset Organic Bistro, one of the 250 participating restaurants in Food Day Canada.

Try wine from one of these BC wineries this Food Day Canada:

Blue Grouse Estate Winery

Summerhill Pyramid Winery