The 2018 Golden Owl Awards Vancouver Panelists have been released! The panel is an important part of our voting process and represents 60% of the final decision for our winners. Panelists also cannot vote in categories that they are in conflict with.
- Andrew Platt
PMA Western Canada - Barry Rabold
Owner, Smiths Pub / Argyle Attic - Casey Mackay
National Manager, Corby’s - Chris Bjerrisgaard
Vancouver Island Brewing/VCBW - Craig Stowe
President, Luxury Alliance Group - Danny Fazio
Arrival Agency - Dave Brown
VIP Host - Desmond Chen
Thai House - Flipout
Radio DJ - Gailea Momolu
VIP Host, Blueprint - Gerry Jobe
Jack Daniels - Gez McAlpine
Rémy Martin - Grant Sceney
Fairmont Pacific Rim - Isaac Terpstra
Sin City Fetish Night - Ivan Lee
Formerly Blueprint - James Iranzad
Owner, Wildebeast - Jason Sulyma
Blueprint - Jay Wallace
Timbre - Jennifer Dolnik
Business Development, e=mc2 events - Jonathan Evans
Farmhouse Fest - Juno Kim
Juno Kim Catering - Karm Sumal
Daily Hive - Leah Heneghan
VCBW - Liam Peyton
Northam Beverages / BC Beer Awards - Mark Brand
Save On Meats, The Diamond, Persephone Brewing, ABLF - Mark Rasta
Spotlight Concerts / Harbour Event Centre - Marlon J English
D6 - Michael Wiebe
Vancouver Parks Board Commissioner - Michelle Mouseau
F&B Director, Four Seasons - Natasha Lands
Emily Carr / Cherchez La Femme - Nicholas Simon
Bread Magazine - Nick Black
Strange Fellows Brewing - Paul Grunberg
L’abattoir - Paul Stoilen
President, Safe and Sound - Pedro Serra
Owner, Soulgood - Randa Salloum
Social Media Robson Street - Riaz Khan
Blueprint & LCU - Richard Wolak
Founder, Vanfoodster - Rob Mangelsdorf
Editor, Growler - Sophia Cheng
Sophia Cheng PR - Sophia Rizos
Sophia Cheng PR - Steve Brooks
GM, Drai’s Nightclub - Steve Geszler
Fox Cabaret - The Food Gays
FoodGays.com - Trevor Kallies
Donnelly Group - Trevor Risk
Fox Cabaret / DJ - Tyson Villeneuve
Partner, Social Concierge
How does voting work?
The Golden Owl Hospitality Awards winners are voted on by both public and industry panel voters. Public voters represent a 40% weighting and the industry panel has as 60% weighting in the final result. Industry Panelists are not allowed to vote in any categories that are in a conflict of interest with the nominees. For example, anyone from “Donnelly Group” can’t vote for any of their venues and “Blueprint” can’t vote for their nominees. After twelve years of running this awards show, we have found that this formula brings the most accurate results to what most people feel should be the winners.
Why do you need a panel?
The industry panel was first brought in for our 2012 show and we felt it was needed to curb the “popularity” vote feel of a public only vote. Having 60% of weight on the panel we feel curbs the ability to campaign to win and feel it almost discourages it. We’d like nominees to focus on being the best at their job rather than campaigning for votes.
