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Jamie Mah is a writer, bartender and sommelier in beautiful Vancouver B.C. Join him as he takes comprehensive deep dives into everything food and culture in the city and around the globe.

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Nick Devine Of Edna's Non-Alcoholic Cocktails, Lane Matkovich Of Nonny Beer And Kurtis Kolt Of The Flipside Dish On All Things Non-Alcoholic from 2022-03-14T09:00

Trends in the food industry happen all the time. We can usually spot them a mile away. Ten years ago, craft beer took Vancouver and British Columbia by storm, when the market saw an opening and ...

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Giving Back To The Community With Bartender Max Curzon-Price Of The Diamond And Dallah El Chami of Superbaba from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Now brought to by Scout Magazine. In this fun split episode it thrilled us to bring back on two of our most inspiring previous guests in Max Curzon-Price of Botanist and The Diamond and Dallah El C...

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Dachi Co-Owner Miki Ellis On Navigating This Uncertain Time Of COVID-19, Supporting Independent Businesses And The Joys Of Sake from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Now brought to you by Scout Magazine. It’s a dream we have all wanted at some point or another. Whether you work in the restaurant industry currently or have always wanted to. To open your very own...

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British Columbia's Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry On the Ongoing Challenges Of Covid-19, Vancouver's Restaurant Protocol Report Card And Moving Forward Together from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Now brought to you by Scout Magazine. There are few people on this planet who understand viruses and pandemics more than Dr. Bonnie Henry. As BC’s top health officer, her years of experience in dea...

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General Manager Leticia Castro Of The Diamond Cocktail Bar On Re Opening Amid COVID-19, Keeping Momentum On Social Change And The Power Of Hugs from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Now brought to you by Scout Magazine. In this episode, our 50th, it thrilled us to bring on one of the most respected and hard working hospitality veterans in Vancouver, General Manager Leticia Cas...

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B.C. Attorney General David Eby On Expedited Restaurant Industry Legislation, The Role Of Government Policy In Canada And Phase Three Moving Forward from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Now brought to you by Scout Magazine.Today’s episode is big for us as we were beyond thrilled to have British Columbia’s Attorney General David Eby on the podcast to discuss the new restaurant and ...

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Emergency Podcast: Shaun Layton And Frankie Harrington Of Como Taperia On The Recent Patio And City Council Shenanigans from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Now brought to you by Scout Magazine. In this emergency episode, we brought on two of the owners of Mount Pleasant’s Como Taperia, Shaun Layton and Frankie Harrington to discuss all the hoopla surr...

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Andrew Morrison Of Scout Magazine On Our New Way Of Life, Historical Restaurant Industry Perspectives And The Things We're Looking Forward To The Most from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Now brought to you by Scout Magazine. In this episode it thrilled us to bring on the Editor-in-Chief of our presenting sponsor, Andrew Morrison of Scout Magazine. This is Andrew’s second time joini...

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Restaurant Industry Heavyweights Paul Grunberg and Romano Castillo Of Savio Volpe, Pepino's And Caffe La Tana On Transitioning Into Covid Phase Three, Some Fun Stories And Hopeful Silver Linings from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Now brought to you by Scout Magazine. In this episode it delighted us to bring on two prominent hospitality veterans in Paul Grunberg and Romano Castillo. You might recognize these two as the forme...

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Group Chat: Karri Green-Schuermans Of Chambar And James Iranzad Of Gooseneck Hospitality On The New Vancouver Food Coalition And The Ever Changing Challenges Of Our Restaurant Community from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Now presented by Scout Magazine. In this special COVID-19 episode it thrilled us to have on Chambar co-owner Karri Green-Schuermans and our old friend James Iranzad of Gooseneck Hospitality. We wan...

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Restaurateur Brandon Grossutti Of Pidgin On His New Food Delivery App FROMTO, Breaking The Current Food Delivery Model And Mental Health from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Now presented by Scout Magazine. In this weeks episode it thrilled us to bring on highly respected restaurateur Brandon Grossutti. Owner and operator of Gastown staple Pidgin, we were eager to disc...

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Midrange Group Chat: Tristan Young, Jamie Mah, Mickey Mcleod And Daniel Williams Chat About Current Mood, Instagram, Music Playlists And Ideal Quarantine Dinner Guests from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Hello fellow isolators and welcome to the Midrange Group Chat. Today, some of the members of the Midrange team got together remotely to talk about pretty much whatever came to mind. This round we a...

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Special Covid-19 Episode With James Iranzad Of Gooseneck Hospitality On Vancouver's Restaurant Community And How We Are Coping from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Brought to you by Scout Magazine. In light of our current social and economic circumstances due to the Covid-19 virus, we wanted to reach out to our close friends in the community and chat with the...

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Chef Angus An On His New Cookbook 'Maenam, A Fresh Approach To Thai Cooking', Sustaining Success In Vancouver's Restaurant Market And Life Best Practices from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Now brought to you by Scout Magazine. We were originally going to push this episode due to the current global pandemic of Covid-19. We thought it seemed trivial to release this now, with so many of...

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Group Chat: Tyler Harlton of TH Wines and James Langford-Smith of Kissa Tanto/Bao Bei on B.C.'s Wine World, The Natural Wine Conundrum and Entrepreneurial Spirit from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Now brought to you by Scout Magazine. In this episode, it thrilled us to bring on winemaker Tyler Harlton of Summerland’s TH Wines and GM James Langford-Smith of Chinatown staples Bao Bei and Kissa...

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Peter Van de Reep of Campagnolo Upstairs on Being Crowned BC's Best Sommelier, Lifetime Academia and the Importance of Authentic Wines from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In this episode, Jamie and Mickey chat with Peter Van de Reep of Campagnolo Upstairs. Recently crowned BC's Best Sommelier, they were excited to discuss his win, how it unfolded and what his though...

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Cody Dodds of The Mackenzie Room On Starting A New Concept, Maintaining Success And The Guest Experience from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In our final episode of 2019 we were thrilled to bring on current Mackenzie Room Wine Director and soon to be General Manager of the Mackenzie group’s second restaurant, Say Mercy, one Mr. Cody Dod...

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Bartender Max Curzon-Price Of Botanist On Cocktails, Bees, Sustainability And Giving Back To The Community from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In this episode, we brought on our good friend and bartender extraordinaire, Max Curzon-Price of Botanist in the Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel. We were excited to chat with him about his latest projec...

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Como Taperia Co-Owner Shaun Layton On Restaurant Life, EnRoute Success And Why He Loves Hosting from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In this episode, we couldn’t help but bring on for a second time our good friend Shaun Layton. Shaun sat with us a little over a year ago to discuss the imminent launch of his new restaurant, Como ...

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Jeff Savage Of Botanist On Competing In Diageo World Class, Being Your Authentic Self And The Way Of The Samurai from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In this episode, we brought on our good friend and overall great guy, Bar Manager Jeff Savage of Botanist. We’d like to say that Jeff’s definitely had himself a year as he was not only part of the ...

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Neal Mclennan Of Vancouver Magazine On Food Journalism, Pricing Misconceptions And The VanMag Restaurant Awards from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In this episode we were very fortunate to bring on a guest who needs little introduction, Vancouver Magazine Food Editor, Neal McLennan. This was such a fun chat as Neal gave us the goods on his ti...

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James Iranzad of Gooseneck Hospitality on Running Successful Concepts, Restaurant Innovation And The Food Delivery Model from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In this episode we chat with Gooseneck Hospitality co-owner and overall awesome dude James Iranzad. We got him to wax on his newest restaurant, a spin off of their wildly successful pizzeria Bufala...

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Max Borrowman on Restaurant Trends, Cocktail Culture and Vancouver Brunch from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

...And we’re back!!!After a nice summer hiatus, we’re back today with a great one. Meet bartender/consultant Max Borrowman. He’s set to dig in and open his new bar for Heather Hospitality, ‘Open Ou...

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Group Chat: Josh Pape of Gooseneck Hospitality and Ron Oliver of Mamie Taylor’s on Vancouver's Cocktail Bar Scene, The Diamond's 10 Year Anniversary and Bar Stories from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In this episode we did another group chat as we brought on two Vancouver industry legends, Ron Oliver of Mamie Taylor’s and Josh Pape of Gooseneck Hospitality. We wanted to wax everything hospitali...

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Reflecting on a Year and a Half of Podcasting, Vancouver Complaining and All The Shout Outs from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In this episode we reflect on over a year and a half ( 30 episodes) of the Track and Food Podcast. It's been a super fun and therapeutic experience for both of us and we wax on show themes moving f...

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Parkside Brewery Co- Owner Sam Payne on Canada's Craft Beer Landscape, Running a Booming Brewery and Basketball Opinions from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In this episode, we spoke with Parkside Brewery co-owner Sam Payne. He gave us the goods on his start in hospitality, opening and starting the brewery, challenges he’s faced along the way and much ...

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Kurtis Kolt of Top Drop on Terroir Focused wines, Wine Journalism and Running Vancouver's Coolest Trades Festival from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In this episode we spoke with Top Drop Wine Festival co-founder Kurtis Kolt. Kurtis gives us the goods on the genesis of the festival, its aim, where he sees it going and why those who love wine sh...

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Group Chat: Ron Oliver and Mike Shum on Canada's Top 100 Restaurants, VanMag and The Georgia Straight Golden Plate Awards from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In this episode we bring on past guests of the pod, bartender Mike Shum of the Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel and Mamie Taylor's Owner, Ron Oliver. We brought them on to talk about the recent array of ...

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Pedro Villalon of O5 Rare Tea Bar on quality farming, Running a Business in Vancouver and Eastern Philosophies from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In this episode we chat with local business owner and tea ninja Pedro Villalon on starting a now thriving business in the heart of Kitsilano. Pedro is the co-founder of O5 Rare Tea Bar, a staple in...

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Chef Daniel Williams of Dachi on cooking Seasonal, Vibrant Restaurant Communities and The Healthy Chef Life from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In this episode we spoke with our good friend Chef Daniel Williams of Dachi. A new 40 seat upstart located in the Hastings-Sunrise area of Vancouver, Dachi is the sort of small neighbourhood restau...

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Book Club #2: Jonathan Safran Foer's Eating Animals Plus Bonus Documentary and The Rise Of Plant and Cell Based Meats from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In this episode we finally sit down and do Book Club #2. Mickey's choice this time around was the amazing book written by Jonathan Safran Foer, titled Eating Animals. The book's topic is centred ar...

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Grant Sceney on Competing in Diageo World Class, Influences / Mentors and Travel Stories From Around The Globe from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In this episode we spoke with bartender Grant Sceney of Vancouver’s Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel. Grant’s been one of the few guests we’ve had shortlisted to have on for some time now as we were eage...

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Andrew Morrison of Scout Magazine on The Death Of Traditional Journalism, Media Today and Vancouver's Food Landscape from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In this episode we brought on Andrew Morrison, the Editor-in-Chief of Scout Magazine. In our estimation, Scout is Vancouver’s preeminent food and culture magazine, one in which, full disclosure, Ja...

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BCL and LDB Shenanigans, The State Of Vancouver's Dining Scene In 2019 and NBA Basketball!? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

We’re back!In this episode we discuss news of possible changes to BC’s liquor laws as well as some trending topics the restaurant industry will be facing in 2019. We reference proposals brought for...

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Group Chat: Mackenzie Chilton and Shoel Davidson of Vancouver's Mind The Bar and Industry Mental Health from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In this episode we spoke with Shoel Davidson and Mackenzie Chilton, who are two of the main drivers behind the new hospitality driven non-profit Mind The Bar. As an excellent follow up to our last ...

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Tracy Giesz-Ramsay on Everything Addiction, What Causes It, How We Deal With It and Things That bother us About It from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In this episode we chat with local up and coming writer Tracy Giesz-Ramsay about addiction, its root causes and how society has come to recognize many of its symptoms. Drawing on some of her well r...

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Sommelier Jayton Paul of Hawksworth Restaurant, Fun Industry Stories and So Much Wine Talk from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In this episode we chat with Hawksworth sommelier and over all great guy Jayton Paul. Jayton regales us with some pretty hilarious tails of his experiences in the Vancouver hospitality scene and fl...

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Altruism for the Wine Industry, Subscription Services for the Restaurant Industry and Fancy Pants Elitism from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Altruism is the belief in or practice of disinterested and selfless concern for the well-being of others. It’s a concept of shared happiness at the expense of self. In this episode we discuss this ...

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Book Club: Anthony Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In the first of our monthly book club series, we tackle the book that put famed Chef and TV personality Anthony Bourdain on the map, Kitchen Confidential. A rousing and fun read, we discuss how the...

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Group Chat: Ono Vancouver's Bruce Nollert and Tj Conwi, The 2nd Annual Chefs in the Hood event and Dan's Legacy from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In this episode we sit down with the fellas behind the emerging catering/consulting company Ono Vancouver. Chefs TJ Conwi and Bruce Nollert dish the goods on their latest project, ‘Chefs in the Hoo...

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Chef Jeff Koop of Farmer’s Apprentice, making the leap from line cook to head chef and the great back of house shortage from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In this episode we bring on a close friend of the podcast and someone who’s work we’ve admired for some time, Chef Jeff Koop, formerly of Vancouver staple Mamie Taylor’s, now to be found working wi...

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Shaun Layton of Como Taperia, travels in Spain and opening a new concept in Vancouver from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In this episode we chat with Vancouver bartending legend Shaun Layton. We wax on his career in hospitality, his years behind some of Vancouver’s best bars, most notably at L’abattoir and Juniper, w...

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Veganism and Carnism: why we make the choices we do with animals and where we are going from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In this episode we tackle the issue of Veganism and the construct of Carnism. Based on the Green Pill episode of The Ezra Klein Show (and also the book by author and activist Melanie Joy: Why We Lo...

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Group Chat: Nick Black of Strange Fellows Brewing, Patryk Drozd of Good Company Lager, Beer Company chit chat and "Making It" in the Craft Beer Industry from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In this episode we bring on two prominent pillars of the BC Craft Beer community in Nick Black of Strange Fellows Brewing and Patryk Drozd of Good Company Lager. We wax on their careers in beer, bu...

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Group Chat: Max Borrowman of Juniper, Mike Shum of the Fairmont Pacific Rim, Vancouver’s Curious Dining Culture and Favorite Hidden Gems from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In this episode we talk with Max Borrowman and Mike Shum about the state of the Vancouver dining scene, how to fix it and favorite hidden gems. We tackle new restaurant issues and what it should ta...

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Tristan Young of The Oakwood, Restaurant Industry Chit Chat and Management philosopy from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In this episode we talk with Oakwood GM and over all great guy Tristan Young on his experiences running a top Vancouver restaurant as well as his start in the industry. Mick and Tristan reminisce o...

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Tales from Portland, Diner Misperception and Anthony Bourdain from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In this episode we reminisce on fun times spent in Portland, Oregon. Then, we dive into Jamie’s new column about price misperception in the restaurant industry. NBA basketball gets some serious lo...

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Bruce Nollert of Ono, Food Industry Problems and Meal Delivery Services from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In this episode we talk with Bruce Nollert about his start in the industry and his new chef consulting business Ono here in Vancouver. Bruce shares his thoughts on everything from family values to ...

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Sean McGuigan of the Fairmont Pacific Rim, Rum / Amari, Cocktail Competitions and the Why of Brunch from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In this episode we chat with Lobby Lounge Bar Manager Sean McGuigan on his rise in the cocktail scene, fine spirits and the ups and downs of competing on the biggest stage. Sean then distills us wi...

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Chris Enns of the Fairmont Pacific Rim, Cocktails, Bourbon and the Dave Chang Podcast from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In this episode we talk to ninja barman Chris Enns on his experiences in the wide world of cocktail competitions, his start in Saskatoon and in Vancouver and his love of beignets. Chris then talks ...

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Ron Oliver of Mamie Taylor's, Canada's 100 Best Restaurants / 50 Best Bars and the California wine expo from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In this episode Jamie and Mick welcome Ron Oliver, Owner of popular Chinatown restaurant Mamie Taylors to discuss the recent release of the top 100 restaurants in Canada as well as the top 50 cockt...

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Diageo World Class, The lost Airport Cocktail Bar and Great Cocktail Experiences from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In this episode Jamie and Mick discuss the super hot Diageo "made with love"cocktail competition and some favorite watering holes in the city. We explore and question the relevance of the airport c...

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Chef Hours, Stuffy Granville Island and David Chang's "Ugly Delicious" from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In this episode Jamie and Mick discuss one of his previous columns on medium "Is it fair to ask a chef to work 14 hour days?" . Jamie questions the state of Granville Island's street cred as we...

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Chef Hours, Stuffy Granville Island and David Chang's"Ugly Delicious" from 2018-04-04T21:00

In this episode Jamie and Mick discuss one of his previous columns on medium "Is it fai...

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Chef Hours, Stuffy Granville Island and David Chang's"Ugly Delicious" from 2018-04-04T21:00

In this episode Jamie and Mick discuss one of his previous columns on medium "Is it fai...

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