Interviews

We hope this page will eventually see 500 profiles of people who have made life in BC that much more interesting. At the rate we’re going it’ll take three years, in which time we’ll probably just start shooting for 1,000.

The Scout Q&A

Once or twice a week Scout poses 60 questions to a different individual. They pick and choose which ones they’d prefer to answer, with a minimum response rate of 20. It’s some sort of Rorschach test, for sure.

Aaron De Lazzer

Ethical Bean Coffee Company’s Director of Coffee.

Adea Chung

Local designer, Billy Would Designs.

Alexa Loo

Canadian Olympic snowboarder.

Andrea Scott

Skoah proprietor.

Andrey Durbach

Chef and owner, Parkside, La Buca, Pied-a-Terre.

Angus An

Chef and owner, Maenam.

Anthony Nicalo

Proprietor, Farmstead Wines.

Anthony Sedlak

Food Network star and executive chef of The Corner Suite Bistro De Luxe.

Barbara Jo McIntosh

Bookseller, Books To Cooks

Barrett Jones

Coffee Taster, Gatekeeper at 49th Parallel Coffee Roasters.

Brent Comber

Local furniture designer and artist

Chris Johns

Food writer, raconteur.

Coco Love Alcorn

Musician, performer.

Courtney Johnston

Designer, principal at Telly.

Dale Mackay

Executive Chef, Lumiere.

Dan Mangan

Awesome dude, musician.

Daniel Boulud

International celebrity chef and restaurateur.

David Hawksworth

Chef and owner, Hawksworth in the Hotel Georgia (opening Fall 2009)

David Suzuki

Author, scientist, broadcaster, environmentalist, legend.

Dawn Chubai

Broadcaster, singer, actress.

Dina Gonzalez Mascaro

Jeweller, artist.

Fiona Forbes

Co-host of Shaw TV’s Urban Rush.

Gregor Robertson

Mayor of Vancouver

Heather Huntingford

Owner of Kiss & Makeup

James Iranzad

Co-owner and operating partner of Hell’s Kitchen, Flying Tiger, and Abigail’s Party.

Jamie Maw

Food Writer, Legend.

Jean-Georges Vongerichten

International celebrity chef and restaurateur.

John Bishop

Culinary icon. Cookbook author. Owner of Bishop’s.

Julie Hebb

Owner of Forsya Boutique

Kildare Curtis

Designer, co-owner of Eugene Choo.

Kris Krug

Tech guru, photographer, President of Raincity Studios.

Kurtis Kolt

General Manager of Salt Tasting Room.

Marissa Johnson

Singer, Weathered Pines.

Marc Emery

Marijuana Activist & Politician

Michael Allemeier

Winery Chef, Mission Hill Family Estate.

Michael Dinn & Heidi Noble

Principals behind JoieFarm winery on the Naramata Bench.

Michelle Biggar

One of the principals behind local architecture and design firm MGB.

NATHAN GUGGENHEIMER

The chef de cuisine at West Broadway’s DB Bistro

Nico Schuermans

Owner/chef at Chambar and Cafe Medina

Nigel Springthorpe

Beer aficionado and most excellent owner of the Alibi Room.

Nic Bragg

Musician, manager of Zulu Records.

Ndidi Onukwulu

Local musician.

Nikola Girke

Two-time Canadian Olympian.

Paul Grunberg

General Manager, Market by Jean-Georges.

Pino Posteraro

Owner/chef of Cioppino’s Mediterranean Grill.

Rebecca Bollwitt

Local blogger, Miss 604.

Robert Belcham

Chef of the Year, co-owner of Campagnolo & Fuel

Robert Chaplin

Artist and sculptor.

Rob Feenie

Food Concept Architect, The Cactus Club

Sarah Gee & Lindsay Brown

Designers, Ouno Design.

Sean Heather

Proprietor of Salt, Irish Heather, Salty Tongue, The Shebeen, and Judas Goat

Sean Orr

Blogger, Beyond Robson.

Sebastien Le Goff

Sommelier and Operations man at Uva Wine Bar and Cibo Trattoria

Sophie Dikeakos

Owner, Sophie’s Cosmic Cafe. Queen of Kitsilano.

Stephen Encarnacao

CEO and President of Dayton Boots.

Tannis Ling

Owner of Chinatown restaurant, Bao Bei.

Terry David Mulligan

Canadian broadcasting legend, host of The Tasting Room radio show.

Terri Potratz

Designer, editor of The Conveyor Belt.

Tyler Gray

Forager, co-founder and owner of Mikuni Wild Harvest

Veda Hille

Singer, songwriter.

Vince Piccolo

Coffee King and Founder, 49th Parallel.

Wendy Underwood

Travel Media Relations Manager, Tourism Vancouver.

Zakary Pashak

Owner of the Biltmore Cabaret