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ERIC PATEMAN
Eric Pateman is President and Founder of Edible Canada, a leading ambassador of Canadian cuisine and storyteller for hundreds of small companies. A Vancouver native with a lifelong passion for food and wine, Eric has worked in the hospitality industry for over two decades as a chef, hotel consultant, restaurateur and entrepreneur as well as having the opportunity to rate restaurants for the Mobil Travel Guide. Eric is regularly sought as an expert on Canadian food and wine. He was named as the recipient of the Mayor of Vancouver’s Art Award for Culinary Arts in 2013, one of Business in Vancouver’s Top 40 Under 40 Business People in 2007, and to Western Living Magazine’s list of the Top 40 Foodies Under 40 in Western Canada in 2008. When Eric isn’t eating, travelling or leading his team at Edible Canada, he’s home in the mountain town of Squamish or hanging out in Whistler, his favourite place to relax and unwind. 57
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