{"id":27802,"date":"2017-12-12T11:18:54","date_gmt":"2017-12-12T16:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gfs.ca\/ideas\/women-in-foodservice\/"},"modified":"2025-07-01T13:41:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T17:41:11","slug":"women-in-foodservice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gfs.ca\/en-ca\/ideas\/women-in-foodservice\/","title":{"rendered":"Women In Foodservice"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Chef Jane Crawford &#8211; Hopyard &amp; Sugar Skull Cantina<\/h2>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gfs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Chef_Jane_Crawford_-Hopyard_Sugar_Skull_Cantina-1_0.jpeg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-28122 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/gfs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Chef_Jane_Crawford_-Hopyard_Sugar_Skull_Cantina-1_0-300x201.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gfs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Chef_Jane_Crawford_-Hopyard_Sugar_Skull_Cantina-1_0-300x201.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/gfs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Chef_Jane_Crawford_-Hopyard_Sugar_Skull_Cantina-1_0-18x12.jpeg 18w, https:\/\/gfs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Chef_Jane_Crawford_-Hopyard_Sugar_Skull_Cantina-1_0.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I worked in a corporate restaurant and it was discouraging for me. It was so important to me when we started Hopyard that we stay focused on what we\u2019re here for. Yes, it\u2019s a business, but we\u2019re also here to have fun.&#8221; &#8211; Chef Jane Crawford, of Hopyard &amp; Sugar Skull Cantina, on the importance of enjoying where you work.<\/p>\n<h2>L\u00e9t\u00e9cia Boss\u00e9 &#8211; La Griffe<\/h2>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gfs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Letecia_Bosse_1_0-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-28124 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/gfs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Letecia_Bosse_1_0-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gfs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Letecia_Bosse_1_0-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gfs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Letecia_Bosse_1_0-1-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/gfs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Letecia_Bosse_1_0-1.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u2019Fine cuisine has its place! People from T\u00e9miscouata ask me to return. They enjoy gourmet food, but in a very friendly and family atmosphere. People from Rivi\u00e8re-du-Loup have learned to discover, taste and appreciate my cooking!\u2019\u2019<br \/>\n-Chef L\u00e9t\u00e9cia Boss\u00e9, from La salle \u00e0 manger La Griffe, on her ability to demonstrate that local cuisine was evolving at the same pace as in the larger cities.<\/p>\n<h2>Lyne Blackburn &#8211; La B\u00eate Bar Steakhouse<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gfs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Lyne_Blackburn-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-28125\" src=\"https:\/\/gfs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Lyne_Blackburn-1-300x208.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gfs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Lyne_Blackburn-1-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gfs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Lyne_Blackburn-1-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/gfs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Lyne_Blackburn-1.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">\n<p>\u2018\u2019My greatest success is taking up the challenge and making La B\u00eate a high-end restaurant in the Quebec City area market, against all odds. Today, I continually receive compliments on our business. We have diversified our offer after 3 years of existence, and we were able to deliver our message to the population and our image is recognized as a high-quality\u00a0business.\u2019\u2019<br \/>\n-Lyne Blackburn, Co-owner of La B\u00eate Bar Steakhouse, on her greatest achievement.<\/p>\n<h2>Winlai Wong &#8211; Badminton Racquet Club<\/h2>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gfs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Chef_Winlai_Wong-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-28126\" src=\"https:\/\/gfs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Chef_Winlai_Wong-1-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gfs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Chef_Winlai_Wong-1-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gfs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Chef_Winlai_Wong-1-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/gfs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Chef_Winlai_Wong-1.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Are you going to sit and dwell, or are you going to get motivated and work on rebuilding bigger and better? Don\u2019t panic. Stay focused on the job, not on the drama.&#8221; &#8211; Chef Winlai Wong, on Badminton Racquet Club&#8217;s mantra for finding strength after a 6-alarm fire destroyed the club&#8217;s kitchen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chef Jane Crawford &#8211; Hopyard &amp; Sugar Skull Cantina &#8220;I worked in a corporate restaurant and it was discouraging for me. It was so important to me when we started Hopyard that we stay focused on what we\u2019re here for. Yes, it\u2019s a business, but we\u2019re also here to have fun.&#8221; &#8211; Chef Jane Crawford, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[122,68,123,81,112,131],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-catering-small-business","category-culinary-ideas","category-hotels-hospitality","category-newsroom","category-restaurant-bars","category-success-stories"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.9 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Women In Foodservice | Gordon Food Service<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gfs.ca\/en-ca\/ideas\/women-in-foodservice\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Women In Foodservice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Chef Jane Crawford &#8211; Hopyard &amp; Sugar Skull Cantina &#8220;I worked in a corporate restaurant and it was discouraging for me. 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