Speaker: Yves Potvin from Yves Veggie Cuisine
Date & Time: Friday February 8, 2019 3:30pm
Venue: MCML 160
About the Speaker:
Trained as a classical French chef in his native Quebec, Yves Potvin is an award-winning pioneer in the food industry. For over thirty years, Yves has dedicated his career to creating healthy, tasty, convenient foods found in major supermarkets, restaurants and institutions across North America, Europe and Asia. Yves has been recognized as one of Canada’s Top 40 under 40 by the Financial Post magazine, named Pacific Canada’s Entrepreneur of the Year in Agriculture and Food, received the BC Food Processors Innovation Award, numerous BC Export Awards, and an unprecedented five Canadian Grand Prix awards for Innovation. He currently serves on the board of advisors for the University of British Columbia’s Faculty of Land and Food Systems and the BC Ministry of Agriculture.
All are welcome!
Regards,
Shristee
Shristee Rahman MFRE
Educational Researcher
Land and Food Systems | Master of Food and Resource Economics
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus
348A-2357 Main Mall | Vancouver British Columbia | V6T 1Z4 Canada
shristee.rahman@ubc.ca
http://mfre.landfood.ubc.ca
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