Eric Pateman
Eric Pateman is a Canadian chef, and entrepreneur. Pateman owned and operated the Edible Canada brand of companies, which included a restaurant, retail store(s) and a culinary travel division, until its closure in 2021. 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 public and private sector businesses around the world through his consulting arm, ESP Culinary Consulting. Pateman is best known for his work in Canadian food and wine, including writing the framework for Canada’s national culinary tourism strategy, provincial  culinary tourism strategies as well as conducting research projects, running culinary festivals, providing cooking demonstrations, as well as hosting events and doing public speaking engagements. When Pateman isn’t working, he’s home in the mountain town of Squamish or hanging out in Whistler, British Columbia. 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 culinary, hospitality and tourism industries, specializing in culinary tourism development, marketing & branding and strategic operational development. 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. 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. 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." 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 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 and British Columbia’s Culinary Tourism Strategy. 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 is scheduled to open in May 2021. 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. Other speaking engagement 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 " in Banff, AB. Honors and awards. In 2013, Pateman  was awarded the Mayor of Vancouver's Arts Awards for Culinary Arts. 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. He has also received the following awards: • Tourism Association of Canada Culinary Tourism Award - Flight Across the Top of Canada • Mayor of Vancouver Art Awards - Culinary Arts • Top 40  Foodies Under 40 • Business in Vancouver Top 40 Under 40 Publications. • How Canadians Communicate VI: Food Promotion, Consumption, and Controversy • British Columbia Seasonal Cookbook 2nd Edition • British Columbia Seasonal Cookbook 1st Edition • Olympic Dreams: Assessing the Potential Impact of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games on Greater Vancouver's Hotel Industry