Owner and Executive Chef F. Tadd Chapman hails from Vancouver Island, on the beautiful west coast of Canada, where he began his culinary studies at the age of 15. Through high school...
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Product Development Chef - Earls Kitchen and Bar
I was born and raised in Nanaimo, British Columbia, and my love of cooking began very early. Food is central to many Asian...
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My interest in food started at the age of 10. When my father was home from working in camp, he would get me to help him cook dinners and weekend breakfasts. It didn’t take much to get me...
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A west coast native, Sean's impressive culinary career began at age 16; he trained at Nanaimo's Malaspina college and went on to apprentice with the Canadian Culinary Olympic team. Sean...
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(Culinary Arts 1993 and Hospitality Management 1990)
With a great combination of both formal education and training in the kitchen and front end operation of a restaurant,  ...
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Jarrett graduated from VIU Cook Training in 1989 and went on to apprentice at the Hilton in Toronto with Master Chef Albert Schnell. This led to his professional beginnings in various 5...
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I graduated from the Culinary Arts program at Vancouver Island University in January 2000. In March 2000, I started work at the Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge in Jasper, Alberta. During my...
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I started my culinary career at Vancouver Island University ten years ago because, even as a young child, I loved to make pies and tarts with my Mom's leftover pastry. After graduating...
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