The Cork And Keg Festival – Pick Your Pair
Though it’s only the second year of the Fraser Valley Cork & Keg Wine and Beer Festival, the success and community involvement with the event has climbed dramatically since last year. Lynette Faye, the managing partner of KIS Consulting and founder of the event, along with her two partners Christa Kantola and Janis Cox, says that starting […]
Providing Linens That Make Financial And Environmental Sense
With an ever-increasing focus on environmental impact, businesses dealing with large amounts of waste are under substantial pressure to decrease their footprint in every aspect. Luckily for such establishments, especially those in the hospitality industry, there is Canadian Linen. This eco-friendly company makes acquiring and cleaning of linens and uniforms as easy, cost-efficient and environmentally friendly […]
Being Green In The Kitchen
With restaurants catering to a vast amount of customers, the waste from the kitchen and food alone creates a huge impact on the environment and can negate other sustainable practices of the establishment. Making changes in the way that food is prepared, stored and disposed of can greatly reduce harmful effects on the environment. No […]
Turn Over A New LEAF
What do you do when you see an excess of waste in the hospitality industry with no nationwide program to help manage and reduce the waste? If you are Janine Windsor, you start the first organization in Canada to do just that. LEAF (Leaders in Environmentally Accountable Foodservice) is a certification program developed to address […]
Growing Chefs! An innovative way to get children excited about healthy food.
In 2002, Merri Schwartz realized that her profession as a chef had allowed her to gain so much knowledge about sustainable food practices and supporting local food suppliers that it really should be shared. She felt that, in doing so, part of her role was to open the channels of knowledge distribution for chefs, but […]
Dining In The Dark
Finally, an adventurous way to eat dinner. What has hit Australia and a few chosen hot-spots in the US, has now come to Canada – twice. First in Montreal and now after three years, another location is opening in Toronto. Going by the name of O. Noir, this new way of dining offers patrons a […]
Text Messaging: Just between friends or viable business tool?
Is there anything we don’t use technology for in our society? Slowly but surely technology has crept into every area of our lives and daily routines. Some hotels are using new methods of technology, including text messaging, to keep in contact with customers. Maintaining a dialogue with them through text messaging is an up-and-coming way […]
Dessert: The Unsung Hero of the Dining Experience
Ordering dessert on a night out for most people is an extreme rarity. When asked if they want dessert, most people pat their stomachs, exhaling the words “Oh no. I’m much too full.” Dessert is seen by some only as fattening, extravagant and unnecessary. I have to admit that I am one of the rarities—I always order […]
The Vancouver Waldorf
Boutique hotel and the heart and soul of the arts and culture scene in Vancouver. It was only a short year or so ago that The Waldorf Hotel was a little known pub in East Vancouver. Now however, it is far from little known. In fact, the Waldorf is quickly becoming theplace to be in the heart and […]
