BARD ON THE BEACH
Celebrating its 30th season in 2019, Bard on the Beach is Western Canada’s largest not-forprofit, professional Shakespeare Festival. Presented in a magnificent setting on the waterfront in Vancouver’s Vanier Park, the Festival offers Shakespeare plays, related dramas, and several special events in two performance tents from June through September, as well as numerous training and education programs throughout the year.$25,000 Raised!Visit www.bardonthebeach.org
Tim Ellison
Chef/SommelierA Certified Chef-de-Cuisine and sommelier, he has also achieved Level 3 Assessor status for the Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET) based out of London, England, as well as having successfully completed their rigorous Diploma of Wine and Spirits certification. Tim has the distinction of being the only Certified Chef de Cuisine & Sommelier, that also holds the prestigious WSET Diploma of Wine & Spirits in Canada.He is founder and Past-President of the BC Wine Appreciation Society. Volunteer service includes...
Chef Ned Bell
New Executive Chef of Vancouver's Four Season's HotelAt the Naramata Inn, Ned Bell discovers that his roots go deep in the Okanagan.Ned Bell is a pretty happy guy these days. But not so long ago he was lying awake every night, worried about the future, about death and illness and money and losing everything he cherished most.He was beginning to realize that being a high-flying celebrity chef wasn’t the most important thing in the world after all. And then fate...