PQ: What’s your food/wine philosophy?
JB: Simple food made well.
PQ: One food you avoided as a child and now enjoy?
JB: All kinds of mushrooms.
PQ: One food you can’t live without?
JB: Pasta.
PQ: One ingredient you can’t live without?
JB: Fresh produce.
PQ: Weirdest thing you’ve ever eaten?
JB: Beluga whale sashimi.
PQ: Where would you go to eat if you could go anywhere in the world?
JB: Japan.
PQ: Most memorable meal you’ve ever eaten?
JB: My birthday at Hy’s.
PQ: Where would you go for your last meal in Whistler?
JB: Bear Foot.
PQ: Greatest professional moment?
JB: Being asked to take over at Hy’s.
PQ: Best trend in food/restaurants?
JB: Fresh local food.
PQ: Worst trend in food/restaurants?
JB: Overtly pretentious menus.
