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Success Stories

Iain Rennie

Executive Chef at the Delta Grande Okanagan Hotel

" What you put into cooking is what you will get out of it and years down the road you will wish you had learned more from the chefs around you."

What did you enjoy most about the Culinary Arts Program at Vancouver Island University?

The training I got from all the chef instructors also being at VIU when my Father Alex Rennie and my Grandfather Bill Rennie were chef instructors while I was there learning.

What cooking experiences have you had over the years that are significant and helped shape your career?

Working at the savoy hotel and Mosimann's in London England. I represented Canada in Taiwan.

Where are you working now and what do you do?

At the Delta Grand Okanagan hotel as Executive Chef

Who has been the strongest Chef mentor or you?

Anton Mosimann

What is your greatest success in your career?

Competing on Team B.C. and this summer (2016) on Team Canada

Advice to future students?

What you put into cooking is what you will get out of it and years down the road you will wish you had learned more off the chefs that were around you.