Ever wonder how chefs come up with menu prices? Or what goes into creating the dollar amount you see on menus and how exactly restaurants make their money? On this episode, the fir...
Archive for the 'Restaurant' Category
Nov 28th, 2017
Episode 144" How do you set food cost"
Oct 12th, 2017
Episode 140 " Where have all the cooks gone?"
Looking for a Chef? Looking for a cook? Join the club! Its becoming more and more difficult to find kitchen staff. Jonathan and Darren discuss what is happening in the 'back of hou...
Jun 19th, 2017
Episode 131"What to do this summer?"
Summer is here and it's time to get out. In this episode chef Jonathan and Darren take the time to go over some fun activities and interesting things to do around your community. W...
Apr 24th, 2017
Episode 126 "What is hot on the dinner Table?"
This time we're talking about what's hot on the dinner table. Checking out the Canadian food scene we go through the top 10 of great food eats and up-and-coming trends for this y...
Feb 22nd, 2017
Episode 121 "What is Dine Around Comox Valley"
Dine Around began an event for local restaurants to showcase some great local products with value conscious pricing during a traditionally slower time of year for the hospitality i...
Nov 14th, 2016
Episode 112 "Tales from Flavour 2016"
+ Finally after a long wait: Flavour - The North Vancouver Island Picnic! We were lucky to have Darren walk the grounds of Flavour while recording interviews with many exibitors an...
With the Comox Valley’s fourth Flavour Festival approaching quickly, Chef Jonathan Frazier and Darren Howlett have the chance to sit down with organizer and executive director o...
Jul 4th, 2016
Episode 100 "The first 100"
#100 – We did it! We hit our first major milestone with episode 100. Passing this threshold would have felt off if we had anyone other than Mr. Blayne Prowse as our guest. There w...
May 21st, 2016
Episode 96"Hot Food Trends"
Chef Jonathon Frazier, Darren Howlett and Blayne Prowse are in the studio again to discuss food trends. Jon participated in Restaurants Canada 2015 chef survey, a Canada-wide poll...
Mar 6th, 2016
Episode 92 "Food Trucks and Courtenay"
The hot topic in the Comox Valley, Food Trucks? Joining Chef Jonathan Frazier and Darren Howlett tonight is none other than Hans Peter Meyer - bon vivant and man about town, to dis...
Comox Valley Dine Around 2016 is coming up quick, so we sat down with Deana Simkin for all of the details. Deana is A member of the committee that organizes the event, as well as a...