COOKSCAMP – the Mise-en-Place Podcast

COOKSCAMP – the Mise-en-Place Podcast

The Mise-en-Place Podcast, produced by the Chefs’ Table Society of BC, features ‘deep dive’ conversations with industry leaders on career and business issues that define the life of the professional cook. Season 3 offers even more insights into the day to day operations and state of our ever evolving industry.

Latest Podcast

Mise en Place – the Podcast 1: Erin O’Byrne

So happy to be back with todays podcast. We have been on a late summer/ early fall hiatus, traveling and getting our businesses ready for winter. I am excited that our first guest back was one of our presenters at COOKSCAMP 2024. Erin is a Mental Health & Psychological Safety professional with over 20years of experience in leadership and human resources work. Her presentation in conjunction with Go2Hr was one of our most popular activations. The resources available for the leaders managers, owners and employees are vast and all encompassing. They are also always being updated with the best new data and best new practices. Erin is back today to give some more practical real world advice and resources to make our working lives better. 

November 20th, 2024|

Past Podcasts

Mise en Place – the Podcast 13: Luke Boswell

On this weeks podcast we have Essex born Chef, Luke Boswell now running and partnered in Bar Corso on Commercial Drive, here in Vancouver. We chat about the importance of travel, great ingredients and humbling need for family. He will be up at COOKSCAMP next week, so make sure you go up and say hello. He will probably be in the kitchen. As always please DM at @cookscamp2024 suggestions of people who should be on the podcast. 

September 3rd, 2024|

Mise en Place – the Podcast 12: Andrea Carlson and Gabriella Meyer

On todays podcast we have two of my oldest industry friends. Chef and Co Owner of Harvest Community Foods, Gabriella Meyer and Chef and Owner of Michelin starred Burdock and Co, Harvest Community Foods and Bar Gobo, Andrea Carlson. These two Chefs have been champions of local food and sustainability for a very long time. Their symbiotic approach to the farmer/ producer is what I consider the model for how those relationships should be cultivated. Because of these great relationships, they both produce incredibly delicious Read More ...

August 28th, 2024|

Mise en Place – the Podcast 11: Bruno Marti

Incredibly happy to Have Chef Bruno Marti on today's podcast. At the young age of 15 Bruno set out on his own to learn the craft of cooking and has never looked back. Born in Switzerland, and from humble beginnings, Bruno carved out a career that has taken him around the world. Chef's pursuit of his love for languages, his incredible work ethic towards the craft of cooking and his never ending desire to prove to himself that his work in Culinary Competition will bring Read More ...

August 20th, 2024|

Mise en Place – the Podcast 10: Robert Belcham

On this weeks podcast we do something a bit different. Chef Poyan Dinesh takes the helm and interviews our regular podcast host Robert Belcham. With 30 years in the hospitality industry, tells the stories of his career that help explain how he ended up here in Vancouver opening restaurants. From Fuel to Monarch burger, Robert has opened and ran a string of successful ventures and left an indelible mark on BC's hospitality scene. 

August 12th, 2024|

Mise en Place – the Podcast 9: Kate Siegel

On this weeks podcast we have Kate Siegel, the Executive Pastry Chef of Fairmont's Pacific Rim Hotel. From humble beginnings in small town Ontario, to running the pastry program at the Fairmont's most premiere property in Canada.
Kate' unique perspective on the hospitality community and where it is and where it could go, shows her love and respect for the people within it. I truly believe we need more leaders like her changing the game. I hope you enjoy this chat as much as I Read More ...

July 29th, 2024|

Mise en Place – the Podcast 8: Lina Caschetto

So amazing to have my favourite Chef and Sandwich artist on the Podcast today. Lina Caschetto has an inspiring story about finding her own way through life and through our industry. Her background in design and many years of working and honing her craft in Paris, has made her unassuming little sandwich shop one of the best bites of food in the city. I hope you enjoy her stories of adventure and fun, but always with a very strong backbone of tenacity and grit. And Read More ...

July 23rd, 2024|

Mise en Place – the Podcast 7: Michael Ziff

On today's podcast we have long time hospitality veteran Michael Ziff. With his vast array of experience of opening some of the best restaurants in Vancouver to running one of the best restaurants in the Okanagan. The iconic Poplar Grove Winery, which opened its restaurant five years ago with Michael at the helm and it has grown into the go to restaurant in Penticton/ Naramata. 
Hospitality in general is about telling the story of the restaurant, the food and the wine. It is integral to Read More ...

July 16th, 2024|

Mise en Place – the Podcast 6: Elmo Pin Pin

Once in a while you can be really pleasantly surprised by a local business. That happened to me last December. I moved into a new apartment with my wife Tina and san Eli and we were discovering our new place and all that came with it. A new bakery/ pastry shop that I had not heard of before was in the new retail section of the complex and I wanted to try it out. They had coffee and a beautiful pastry case of really beautiful Read More ...

July 8th, 2024|

Mise en Place – the Podcast 5: John Bates

I am very excited to welcome Chef John Bates from Interstellar BBQ in Austin Texas. We had the opportunity to meet and cook together at last months Tofino Wine and Dine event up in Tofino BC. Cooking over fire and chatting great food always brings cooks together, and he had a late morning before flying back to Texas to join me in the Podcast Studio, to chat food, the industry and all things BBQ. I had an opportunity 7 years ago to go and eat Read More ...

June 25th, 2024|

Mise en Place – the Podcast 4: Poyan Danesh

On this weeks Podcast I am supper happy to have on the most humble and incredibly giving Chefs I have ever had the opportunity to call a friend. Chef Poyan Danesh, who has been working his whole professional career here in Vancouver, is a family man, a lover of great food, champion of the young apprentice and a successful entrepreneur. From his humble beginnings in this industry to some of the best kitchens, to the World Stage, Chef Poyan has accomplished many incredible things in Read More ...

June 18th, 2024|

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