The 2019 Golden Owl Awards Vancouver Panelists have been released!
Chris Bjerrisgaard
Vancouver Island Brewing / VCBW
Christine Van
Red Bull Canada
Dave Brown
Southern Glazers
Flipout
Radio DJ
Ivan Lee
Formerly Blueprint
Jason Sulyma
Blueprint
Jay Wallace
Safe and Sound
Jeffrey Norgen
Twin Sails Brewing
Jonathan Chovancek
Bittered Sling
Jordan Innes
Red Bull Canada
Josh Boettcher
Josh Boettcher Eats
Lauren Mote
Bittered Sling
Leah Heneghan
VCBW
Mark Rasta
Spotlight Concerts / Harbour Event Centre
Mathieu Poirier
Matter of Beer
Nick Black
Strange Fellows Brewing
Pedro Serra
Soulgood / Joseph Richard Group
Riaz Khan
Blueprint & LCU
Richard Wolak
Founder, Vanfoodster
Robyn Gray
Georgia Hotel / Reflections
Steve Geszler
Fox Cabaret
The Food Gays
FoodGays.com
Trevor Kallies
Donnelly Group
Tyson Villeneuve
Partner, Social Concierge
West Rosa
West Rosa Food Blog
William Stewart
Northwood Radio / Big Sleeps
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.
