{"id":30522,"date":"2015-04-29T16:34:22","date_gmt":"2015-04-29T23:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goodlifevancouver.com\/?p=30522"},"modified":"2026-09-30T16:17:41","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T23:17:41","slug":"interviewing-connie-desousa-and-jessica-pellman-from-charcut-and-charbar-calgary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/interviewing-connie-desousa-and-jessica-pellman-from-charcut-and-charbar-calgary\/","title":{"rendered":"Interviewing Connie DeSousa and Jessica Pellman from CHARCUT and Charbar Calgary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodlifevancouver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ChefConnieDesousa-594x335.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"30523\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/interviewing-connie-desousa-and-jessica-pellman-from-charcut-and-charbar-calgary\/chefconniedesousa-594x335\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/wp-content\/uploads\/ChefConnieDesousa-594x335.jpg?fit=594%2C335&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"594,335\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ChefConnieDesousa-594&amp;#215;335\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/wp-content\/uploads\/ChefConnieDesousa-594x335.jpg?fit=594%2C335&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30523\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodlifevancouver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ChefConnieDesousa-594x335.jpg?resize=594%2C335\" alt=\"ChefConnieDesousa-594x335\" width=\"594\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/wp-content\/uploads\/ChefConnieDesousa-594x335.jpg?resize=594%2C335&amp;ssl=1 594w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/wp-content\/uploads\/ChefConnieDesousa-594x335.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodlifevancouver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jessica-cleaver.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"30524\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/interviewing-connie-desousa-and-jessica-pellman-from-charcut-and-charbar-calgary\/jessicacleaver\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jessica-cleaver.jpg?fit=576%2C864&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"576,864\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;9&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark II&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1389748838&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Charles Hope Photography&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;67&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.01&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Jessica+cleaver\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jessica-cleaver.jpg?fit=576%2C864&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30524\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodlifevancouver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jessica-cleaver.jpg?resize=576%2C864\" alt=\"Jessica+cleaver\" width=\"576\" height=\"864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jessica-cleaver.jpg?w=576&amp;ssl=1 576w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jessica-cleaver.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Top Chef Canada finalist Connie DeSousa of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.charcut.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">CHARCUT Roast House <\/a>and her colleague Jessica Pelland, the\u00a0soon-to-be Executive Chef of Calgary&#8217;s most anticipated new restaurant charbar, were in town to\u00a0collaborate with chef Andrea Carlson at Burdock &amp; Co. as part of <a href=\"http:\/\/eat-vancouver.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">EAT Vancouver\u2019s<\/a> festival&#8217;s Dinner Series.<\/p>\n<p>We \u00a0caught\u00a0up with them today at YEW Restaurant where they were\u00a0prepping for the dinner where they dished a little on what&#8217;s going on in Calgary and what they are doing while in Vancouver. I was hoping to be able to edit this file a bit more, but I&#8217;ve yet to master this task and wanted to get the interview up before EAT Vancouver ended, so here it is as rather raw, but very interesting, content. Also a note to myself, I best lay off the caffeine as two cups of coffee made me edgy and that, along with the being slightly star (or in this case chef) struck, didn&#8217;t quite work in my favour!<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-playlist wp-audio-playlist wp-playlist-light\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-current-item\"><\/div>\n\t\t<audio controls=\"controls\" preload=\"none\" width=\"766\"\n\t\t\t><\/audio>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-next\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-prev\"><\/div>\n\t<noscript>\n\t<ol>\n\t\t<li><a href='https:\/\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/wp-content\/uploads\/2b1b-edited.mp3'>2b1b edited<\/a><\/li>\t<\/ol>\n\t<\/noscript>\n\t<script type=\"application\/json\" class=\"wp-playlist-script\">{\"type\":\"audio\",\"tracklist\":true,\"tracknumbers\":true,\"images\":true,\"artists\":true,\"tracks\":[{\"src\":\"https:\/\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/wp-content\/uploads\/2b1b-edited.mp3\",\"type\":\"audio\/mpeg\",\"title\":\"2b1b edited\",\"caption\":\"\",\"description\":\"\\\"2b1b edited\\\". 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