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TAKASHI ITO, c.c.c  |  Executive Chef

What is your favourite ingredient?  Soy sauce!! I can’t live without it.

What would you eat and drink as your last meal?  Sautéed foie gras with poached Okanagan peach and Sauterne as the first course; Australian rack of lamb with rosemary and Dijon mustard, with St. Emilion as the main course; Finished with Kabocha and rum mousse, almond Mont Blanc and ice wine. And two portions of each please. One for here, the other to go.

What is your most treasured possession?  Imagination.

What is your secret fast food indulgence? Either the chinese food court at T&T in Richmond or Cheeseez!

What is the most unique ingredient you’ve ever cooked with?  Grasshoppers!

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CHRIS JONES  |  Director of Food & Beverage

What is your favourite ingredient?  Cilantro. The herb of all herbs!

What would you eat and drink as your last meal? My mother’s prawn enchiladas and a Don Julio margarita on the rocks.

What is your most treasured possession?  My chocolate lab- The Beautiful Ruby!

What is your secret fast food  indulgence?  Do Pig, Foo and Hernandez qualify?  Then guilty!

What is your favourite Cocktail?  AKettle One Vodka martini with a splash of lillet shaken so hard that when poured, it looks like you could take your family ice skating on it, topped with 3 beddis blue cheese stuffed olives.