When I first started cooking, I would always think
'would my mom like this kind of thing?'
So anytime I was putting a plate out,
I would make sure it was good enough to feed to my mom.
I'm Jordan Hickey, Chef de Partie at the Fairmont Chateau Whistler.
I went to Loyalist College, graduated from the Culinary program in 2009.
I've been travelling the world
cooking and settled here in Whistler.
I moved to Whistler in the winter of 2012.
I came here to work at the Fairmont
Chateau Whistler and fell in love with
the mountains, the scenery, the wildlife,
and never looked back.
It's nice being able to wake up every
morning; you can ski down to work, you see
the mountains in the background - just
invigorating, refreshing. It's just
beautiful and coming into work is always
a joy.  It's something new every day,
something new and exciting.
The Pemberton Valley is really close by,
too, so you get to that fresh produce in
the summertime that you can use.
Being close to the ocean, you get fresh
fish and so it's a unique experience.
We look after weddings, large events,
large functions, we do groups of up to a thousand people,
we do street parties in the summertime.
I'm just passionate about the
food, different flavors different tastes,
just being an artist when you
put something on the plate. Something
that's yours, something you've made
from scratch with your own hands, something unique to you.
