2024: The Year of Women in Wine

Good Wine Gal: Women in Wine from Porto to Kelowna  Living most of my life in British Columbia, I’ve witnessed the evolution of our local wine industry. With international wine training, I appreciate how global wine trends have influenced BC and its people. Today, the focus is on sustainability, which rests on three pillars: People,…

Leah Patitucci Heads to Jeunes Chefs Rôtisseurs Competition

Jeunes Chefs Rôtisseurs  Competition October 5-9 in Mexico City Since winning the Gold Medal and Canada’s Chef Paul Mastalir Award for Kitchen Excellence at the Canadian National Competition last year in October 2021, Leah Patitucci, from Kelowna’s Mission Hill Family Estate Winery, has been waiting for her chance to compete on the international stage. She…

Chef Joseph Tran Wins Gold at the 2017 Chaine des Rotisseurs Jeunes Chefs Rotisseurs Competition

Joseph Tran to compete at 42nd Annual La Chaine des Rôtisseurs event in Taiwan in September 2018 Congrats to Joseph Tran, from Victoria’s Inn at Laurel Point, who won the gold medal and the Fulgence Charpentier Trophy at the 2017 La Chaîne des Rôtisseurs Jeunes Chefs (Young Chefs) Rôtisseurs Competition held in Ottawa, ON on October…