Breakfast

Enjoy some coffee while you wake up amongst the outdoor kitchen. Chef Corey Pelan and friends will prepare a hearty meal for attendees to get their day started off on the right foot!

Corey Pelan, Whole Beast Meats

Chef Cory Pelan has over 25 years in the food industry cooking in many celebrated kitchens in Victoria and the lower mainland. It is his passion for traditional curing methods and flavor combinations that is the corner stone of his current business, The Whole Beast Salumeria, and has fueled its success to date. Cory recently became co-owner of The Village Butcher thereby completing the traditional connection between fresh and cured meats between his two businesses and allowing for a true nose to tail concept.

Cory is an outspoken champion of the sustainable food movement with many connections to food security initiatives on Vancouver Island and the lower mainland including Past president, treasurer and  board member of The Island Chefs Collaborative https://islandchefscollaborative.ca/ , past board member for Slow Food Vancouver Island https://slowfood.ca/about-slow-food-in-canada/ , and former stewardship team member representing Vancouver Island for Farm Folk City Folk http://www.farmfolkcityfolk.ca/

North Island Chef’s Association 

North Vancouver Island Chefs Association