Eric Pateman

Eric Pateman is a Canadian chef, entrepreneur and consultant[1] in the food and aviation industries. He currently serves as the Chief Experience Officer & VP, Passenger Experience, at Vancouver International Airport (YVR).[2] Until its closure in 2021, Pateman owned and operated the Edible Canada brand of companies, which included restaurant, retail, and culinary travel divisions.[3] He is also the Executive Chef and President at Sea to Sky Seasonings, which produces the Amola salt line. He provides culinary consulting services to business in the public and private sector around the world through his consulting firm ESP Culinary Consulting.[4]

Pateman is best known for his work in the Canadian food and wine industries, including writing the framework for Canada’s national culinary tourism strategy, provincial culinary tourism strategies, conducting research projects, running culinary festivals, providing cooking demonstrations, hosting events, and doing public speaking engagements.[5] In 2022, he joined the Vancouver Airport Authority as Director of Culinary Experience. As the Chief Experience Officer & VP, Passenger Experience, Pateman is accountable for end-to-end passenger experience including retail, food & beverage offerings, Guest Services, Green Coats and Commercial Services.[6]

Education

Pateman attended Dubrulle Culinary School, studying in the Hotel and Restaurant Management Program. He then completed his MBA in Hotel Finance at Oxford Brooks University, in Oxford, UK with his published thesis focusing on the impact of the Olympics on hotels and restaurants in host cities. Since that time he has worked as an Executive Chef and Hospitality Consultant in North America, the UK, the United States, Australia, New Zealand and Africa.

Businesses

ESP Culinary Consulting is a culinary consulting firm founded in 2016. It provides support for both the public and private sector of the hospitality, culinary, and tourism industries, specializing in culinary tourism development, marketing & branding and strategic operational development.[7]

Sea to Sky Seasonings is an artisan salt and seasoning company founded in 2010. Amola is the rebranded salt division and was established in 2013.[8]

Edible Canada was a culinary tourism business founded in 2006 on Granville Island in Vancouver, British Columbia. Founded as Edible Vancouver, the company soon became known as Edible British Columbia upon moving to Granville Island, and was then eventually renamed Edible Canada in 2010. The business included a bistro and retail store on Granville Island, as well as multiple satellite stores including White Rock, Whistler, Kelowna and Oliver, BC, and offered tours and culinary events across Canada and around the world. Edible Canada was included at 183rd place in the 2014 PROFIT Top 500, which ranks Canada's fastest growing companies.[9] Edible Canada closed during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, and the business was sold in 2021.

Culinary tourism projects

Pateman works on culinary tourism projects in Canada and other countries around the world. International clients include: Italy, Australia, New Zealand, Turtle Island (in Fiji), the UK and more. Forbes has called him "the tastemaker who's defining countries' entire culinary tourism strategies."[10]

Within Canada, he has worked with most of the provinces and territories, notably as the Yukon’s Culinary Brand Ambassador and Manager of the Tourism Conference and Strategy,[11] as well as the Developer of the Canadian Seafood Centre of Excellence and Innovation. Some of his other projects have included: Canada’s National Culinary Tourism Framework[1] and British Columbia's Culinary Tourism Strategy.[12]

In 2020, he was engaged by Accent Inns to create a restaurant for their newest Hotel Zed location in Tofino, BC. The resulting project, Roar, is focused on seafood and live fire cooking, and opened in May 2021.[13]

Presentations

Pateman has spoken on topics concerning culinary tourism, food and beverage strategies and Canadian cuisine in general. In April 2018, Pateman took part in Australia's first tourism conference, presenting on How To Use Food To Drive Destination Visitation. Pateman spoke as an industry leader on the development of culinary tourism.[14] Other speaking engagements include:

  • Pure Life Experiences Conference in Marrakech in Morocco in 2017
  • United Nation’s World Travel Organization’s Forum on Gastronomy Tourism in San Sebastian, Spain in 2017
  • Worldchefs Congress, Russia
  • Global Table, Australia
  • Seafood Expo Asia Reconnect
  • SITE Canada Education Day
  • Fairmont Canadian Historical Dinner Series
  • Children’s Wish Gala
  • GFS Western Conferences (Kelowna and Victoria)
  • Terra Madre Salone del Gusto, Italy
  • Yukon Culinary Festival
  • BC Hospitality Conference
  • Food3000 Conference

Pateman has also presented as an expert guest speaker on "How Canadians Communicate About Food"[15] in Banff, Alberta.

Honors and awards

In 2013, Pateman was awarded the Mayor of Vancouver's Arts Awards for Culinary Arts.[16] In 2018, Pateman was nominated by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society (RCGS) as its newest Fellow. Pateman is the first chef who has ever been nominated a Fellow of RGCS, the acknowledgement is awarded to distinguished individuals who not only excel in their fields but do so while promoting Canadian geographical and cultural knowledge to audiences throughout the globe.[17]

He has also received the following awards:

• Tourism Association of Canada Culinary Tourism Award - Flight Across the Top of Canada[18]

• Mayor of Vancouver Art Awards - Culinary Arts[19]

• Top 40 Foodies Under 40[20]

• Business in Vancouver Top 40 Under 40[21]

Publications

• How Canadians Communicate VI: Food Promotion, Consumption, and Controversy[22] • British Columbia Seasonal Cookbook 2nd Edition • British Columbia Seasonal Cookbook 1st Edition[23] • Olympic Dreams: Assessing the Potential Impact of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games on Greater Vancouver's Hotel Industry

References
  1. "Canadian food guru, Eric Pateman". Embed.radionz.co.nz. May 25, 2018. Retrieved March 23, 2021.
  2. "The Executive Team". yvr.ca.
  3. "Edible Canada – Scout Magazine". Archived from the original on 2018-06-18. Retrieved 2018-06-18.
  4. "ESP Culinary Consulting". Espculinary.com. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  5. "500 Coffees #88: Eric Pateman of Edible Canada". Vancouverisawesome.com.
  6. "The Executive Team". yvr.ca.
  7. "ESP Culinary Consulting". Espculinary.com.
  8. "Shop Online - Amola Salts - Artisanal Sea Salt Designed in Canada". Amolasalt.com. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  9. "Introducing the 2014 PROFIT 500". Profitguide.com. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
  10. "Meet The Tastemaker Who's Defining Countries' Entire Culinary Tourism Strategies". Forbes.com. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  11. "Mandate – Priorities and Bylaws | Tourism Industry Association of the Yukon". Tiayukon.com. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  12. "Destination Development". Destinationbc.ca. 23 May 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  13. "At Roar, Fire Finds Its Place Amid the West-Coast Rainforest". vacay.ca. 27 March 2022.
  14. "Meet our speakers: Eric Pateman, Edible Canada". Destination-food.com.au. 11 April 2018.
  15. "How Canadians Communicate VI: Food Promotion, Consumption, and Controversy". Athabasca University Press. 2016.
  16. "2013 Mayor's Arts Awards Recipients Announced". Vancouver.ca. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
  17. "Edible Canada's Eric Pateman Nominated Fellow of Royal Canadian Geographical Society". Scout. Scout Vancouver. 8 November 2018.
  18. "Tourism Industry Association of Canada - 2017 Winners & Finalists". Archived from the original on 2018-07-18. Retrieved 2018-07-18.
  19. "2013 Mayor's Arts Awards recipients announced | City of Vancouver". vancouver.ca. Archived from the original on 2013-12-16.
  20. "Western Living Magazine". Westernliving.ca.
  21. "Forty Under 40". Biv.com.
  22. "How Canadians Communicate VI - Athabasca University Press | Athabasca University Press". Aupress.ca.
  23. "Canadian Culinary Kitchen Ser.: The British Columbia Seasonal Cookbook : History, Folklore and Recipes with a Twist by Eric Pateman, Jennifer Ogle and James Darcy (2007, Trade Paperback, Revised edition) for sale online". Ebay.com.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.