TOP 40 UNDER 40Pleasing diners pleases chef · A3 By JOHN MOORHOUSE Penticton Herald T alking about...
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Just to see their expressions and pleasure out of what we create is kind of the magical part of it,” he said. “It’s definitely what keeps me going.” Cecconi opened Brodo Kitchen at 483 Main St., Penticton, in mid- May, and it has quickly grown in popularity. The word “brodo” is Italian for “broth” and reflects Cecconi’s Italian heritage. While Brodo Kitchen is perhaps best known for its soups, it offers a full lunch and dinner menu, and a catering service. Cecconi grew up in North Vancouver, getting his first job at a Danish pastry shop when he was just 12. He continued in vari- ous restaurant and food industry jobs through his high school years. He then enrolled in the culi- nary arts program at Vancouver Community College and later was hired in the kitchen at the Four Seasons Hotel while he completed his chef’s apprentice- ship. He further honed his skills at the Four Seasons in Sydney, Australia, before moving back to Canada and becoming a chef at the Harvest Golf Club in Kelowna in 2001. In 2009, Cecconi became the ex- ecutive chef at the Local Lounge and Grille in Summerland, before he and his wife, Holly, opened Brodo this year. They have a staff of six, including dishwashers. Although customer orders are placed at the counter, Cecconi said service remains a key reason for their strong start. Ultimately, though, the food speaks for itself. “It’s not just soup, it’s bowls,” he said. “We’re going to start do- ing different stews and things like that.” Acknowledging that the restau- rant business is extremely com- petitive, Cecconi said he has al- ways maintained his love of the craft. “I’ve always had drive. I’ve al- ways had desire to do what I do,” he said. “I don’t have an ego. I’ve always been very humbled. “But I don’t like failure. I’ll do what it takes to focus on what needs to be done.” Brodo has also become a fixture in the Downtown Community Market and catered the VIP tent for the inaugural Challenge Penticton triathlon. Top 40 Under 40 is a Penticton & Wine Country Chamber of Commerce program, sponsored by JCI Penticton and Prospera Credit Union. Nominations should be sent to manager@pen- ticton.org with the subject line “Top 40 Nomination.” Please include the nominee’s contact information and a brief reason for nomination. Proposal for bike lanes along Ellis Street blasted at open house on expansion of cycling network By JOHN MOORHOUSE Penticton Herald The Ellis Street corridor gained the lion’s share of attention at an open house on a proposed expan- sion of Penticton’s bike network. Dozens of people turned out to City Hall on Tuesday evening to view bike network maps and dia- grams, while talking to city offi- cials about the plans. Most were upset over a proposal for designated bike lanes along Ellis from Wade Avenue north to Vancouver Avenue. Plans call for parking to be eliminated along the west side of the street. Similar lanes would be created up the Vancouver Avenue hill to the KVR walkway at Vancouver Place. Ellis Street property owner Rick Valenti urged the city to look for alternative solutions. Valenti wondered why the city would want to remove 68 parking stalls along a street that is home to several businesses. The city also plans to create a cultural corridor along Ellis, he added. Valenti said he canvassed sever- al business and home owners along Ellis who were unaware of the bike lane proposals. “We’re hoping they’ll re-examine it, because there’s going to be an- archy on this street. Where do we park?” he said. He also pointed to the limited sea- son for cyclists. “Come November until March, who’s biking? There’s a big climate change here (during winter),” he said. Jennifer Dery, who has lived in the neighbourhood for 10 years, noted there is no back alley for homes along Ellis. “We won’t be able to park in front of our own house,” she said. “Where are we going to park — on our roof? It’s just stupid. “We’ve got enough bike lanes around that they can use,” she added. “Use those. Don’t take away the only parking that we really have in that area.” Dery said Ellis is also a prime parking area on Saturdays for peo- ple attending the farmers and com- munity markets on Main Street. Van Horne Street resident Al Gartrell wonders why cyclists can’t be directed onto the existing Penticton Creek pathway instead. “There’s no reason why they can’t put it along the bicycle path that’s already there and run it down to where it comes out on Front Street,” Gartrell said. Mitch Moroziuk, the city’s direc- tor of operations, explained that the Penticton Creek pathway is al- ready a designated multi-use route. The bike network is designed to provide a more direct route on the street for cyclists to use. However, Moroziuk emphasized that nothing is a done deal just yet. Comments from those attending Tuesday’s session will be incorpo- rated into a report to be presented to city council in early November. He said a second public forum was held after only a handful of people showed up at a previous meeting in September. “I don’t think you’ll see anything on Ellis Street this year because by the time we finish that process, it will be too late to paint and stuff like that,” he said. Although no cycling traffic count figures are available, Moroziuk said the bike network is designed to increase safety and encourage a greater use of bicycles throughout the city. “Really, it’s aimed at what the fu- ture will be, not what’s there to- day,” he said. VALLEYINBRIEF City Hall upgrade going to tender A planned $250,000 upgrade to Penticton City Hall is ready for a call for proposals. Chuck Loewen, the city’s general manager of recreation and facilities, said the renovations will see all di- rect customer-contact services (in- cluding development services) locat- ed on the ground floor while admin- istration and support services will be moved to the second floor. The re- cently renovated council chambers will remain on the second floor. Loewen said the move is aimed at providing a “one stop shop” for city services on the main floor, while also improving accessibility, visibility and traffic flow through the building. The city received a $50,000 feder- al accessibility grant in addition to the $200,000 in local funding bud- geted for the project. The main floor, excluding corpo- rate administration and the mayor’s offices, will be renovated from late October to mid-November. Work on the second floor will follow until mid- December. No, it’s not a UFO “Air mail” will be used to deliver a new 15-metre-wide radio telescope reflector to the Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory at White Lake today. The National Research Council plans to use a large industrial heli- copter to ferry the three-ton dish to the DRAO facility from Okanagan Falls late this morning.The Canadian reflector is a key part of a dish pro- totype concept for the international Square Kilometre Array project. The radio telescope project will eventually involve about 2,500 dishes, located mainly in Africa and Australia. Alarm box The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen fire dis- patch centre received the following 911 calls: Wednesday • 2:04 a.m. Birch Avenue, Penticton. Medical first response. • 3:15 a.m. Winnipeg Street, Penticton. Assist ambulance. Tuesday • 8:15 a.m. Forestbrook Drive, Penticton. Medical first response. • 8:40 a.m. Cedar Street, Okanagan Falls. Medical first response. • 9:37 a.m. Winnipeg Street, Penticton. Medical first response. • 11:25 a.m. Vancouver Avenue, Penticton. Medical first response. • 11:50 a.m. Winnipeg Street, Penticton. Medical first response. • 11:56 a.m.Warren Avenue West, Penticton. Medical first response. — Penticton Herald TOP 40 UNDER 40 Pleasing diners pleases chef JOHN MOORHOUSE/Penticton Herald Opponents of the City of Penticton’s plans to extend bike lanes along Ellis Street wonder why an expansion of the city’s bicycle network is being considered. They point to many existing bike lanes, such as this stretch along Government Street, which are rarely used. TRANSPORTATION Cyclists face roadblock of opposition JOHN MOORHOUSE/Penticton Herald Paul Cecconi, owner of Brodo Kitchen in Penticton, takes a chef’s pride in his work. Cecconi is among a number of young business people being featured in the Top 40 Under 40 series launched by the Penticton & Wine Country Chamber of Commerce. Paul Cecconi, operator of Brodo Kitchen in Penticton, says putting smiles on faces of his customers is what keeps him going ” The whole reason why we do it is to make people happy.Just to see their expressions and pleasure out of what we create is kind of the magical part of it.It’s definitely what keeps me going. Paul Cecconi
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By JOHN MOORHOUSEPenticton Herald
Talking about being a chefjust naturally brings agleam to Paul Cecconi’seyes.
“The whole reason why we doit is to make people happy. Justto see their expressions andpleasure out of what we create iskind of the magical part of it,” hesaid. “It’s definitely what keepsme going.”
Cecconi opened Brodo Kitchenat 483 Main St., Penticton, in mid-May, and it has quickly grown inpopularity. The word “brodo” isItalian for “broth” and reflectsCecconi’s Italian heritage.
While Brodo Kitchen is perhapsbest known for its soups, it offersa full lunch and dinner menu,and a catering service.
Cecconi grew up in NorthVancouver, getting his first job ata Danish pastry shop when hewas just 12. He continued in vari-ous restaurant and food industryjobs through his high schoolyears.
He then enrolled in the culi-nary arts program at VancouverCommunity College and laterwas hired in the kitchen at theFour Seasons Hotel while hecompleted his chef’s apprentice-ship. He further honed his skillsat the Four Seasons in Sydney,Australia, before moving back toCanada and becoming a chef atthe Harvest Golf Club in Kelownain 2001.
In 2009, Cecconi became the ex-ecutive chef at the Local Loungeand Grille in Summerland, beforehe and his wife, Holly, openedBrodo this year. They have a staffof six, including dishwashers.
Although customer orders areplaced at the counter, Cecconisaid service remains a key reason
for their strong start. Ultimately,though, the food speaks for itself.
“It’s not just soup, it’s bowls,”he said. “We’re going to start do-ing different stews and thingslike that.”
Acknowledging that the restau-rant business is extremely com-petitive, Cecconi said he has al-ways maintained his love of thecraft.
“I’ve always had drive. I’ve al-ways had desire to do what I do,”he said. “I don’t have an ego. I’vealways been very humbled.
“But I don’t like failure. I’ll dowhat it takes to focus on whatneeds to be done.”
Brodo has also become a fixturein the Downtown CommunityMarket and catered the VIP tentfor the inaugural ChallengePenticton triathlon.
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Proposal for bikelanes along EllisStreet blasted at openhouse on expansion of cycling network
By JOHN MOORHOUSEPenticton Herald
The Ellis Street corridor gainedthe lion’s share of attention at anopen house on a proposed expan-sion of Penticton’s bike network.
Dozens of people turned out toCity Hall on Tuesday evening toview bike network maps and dia-grams, while talking to city offi-cials about the plans.
Most were upset over a proposalfor designated bike lanes alongEllis from Wade Avenue north toVancouver Avenue. Plans call forparking to be eliminated along thewest side of the street.
Similar lanes would be created upthe Vancouver Avenue hill to the
KVR walkway at Vancouver Place.Ellis Street property owner Rick
Valenti urged the city to look foralternative solutions.
Valenti wondered why the citywould want to remove 68 parkingstalls along a street that is home toseveral businesses. The city alsoplans to create a cultural corridoralong Ellis, he added.
Valenti said he canvassed sever-al business and home owners alongEllis who were unaware of the bikelane proposals.
“We’re hoping they’ll re-examineit, because there’s going to be an-archy on this street. Where do wepark?” he said.
He also pointed to the limited sea-son for cyclists.
“Come November until March,who’s biking? There’s a big climatechange here (during winter),” hesaid.
Jennifer Dery, who has lived inthe neighbourhood for 10 years,noted there is no back alley for
homes along Ellis.“We won’t be able to park in front
of our own house,” she said.“Where are we going to park — onour roof? It’s just stupid.
“We’ve got enough bike lanesaround that they can use,” sheadded. “Use those. Don’t take awaythe only parking that we reallyhave in that area.”
Dery said Ellis is also a primeparking area on Saturdays for peo-ple attending the farmers and com-munity markets on Main Street.
Van Horne Street resident AlGartrell wonders why cyclistscan’t be directed onto the existingPenticton Creek pathway instead.
“There’s no reason why theycan’t put it along the bicycle paththat’s already there and run itdown to where it comes out onFront Street,” Gartrell said.
Mitch Moroziuk, the city’s direc-tor of operations, explained thatthe Penticton Creek pathway is al-ready a designated multi-use route.
The bike network is designed toprovide a more direct route on thestreet for cyclists to use.
However, Moroziuk emphasizedthat nothing is a done deal just yet.Comments from those attendingTuesday’s session will be incorpo-rated into a report to be presentedto city council in early November.
He said a second public forumwas held after only a handful ofpeople showed up at a previousmeeting in September.
“I don’t think you’ll see anythingon Ellis Street this year because bythe time we finish that process, itwill be too late to paint and stufflike that,” he said.
Although no cycling traffic countfigures are available, Moroziuksaid the bike network is designedto increase safety and encourage agreater use of bicycles throughoutthe city.
“Really, it’s aimed at what the fu-ture will be, not what’s there to-day,” he said.
VALLEYINBRIEFCity Hall upgrade going to tender
A planned $250,000 upgrade toPenticton City Hall is ready for a callfor proposals.
Chuck Loewen, the city’s generalmanager of recreation and facilities,said the renovations will see all di-rect customer-contact services (in-cluding development services) locat-ed on the ground floor while admin-istration and support services will bemoved to the second floor. The re-cently renovated council chamberswill remain on the second floor.
Loewen said the move is aimed atproviding a “one stop shop” for cityservices on the main floor, while alsoimproving accessibility, visibility andtraffic flow through the building.
The city received a $50,000 feder-al accessibility grant in addition to
the $200,000 in local funding bud-geted for the project.
The main floor, excluding corpo-rate administration and the mayor’soffices, will be renovated from lateOctober to mid-November. Work onthe second floor will follow until mid-December.
No, it’s not a UFO“Air mail” will be used to deliver a
new 15-metre-wide radio telescopereflector to the Dominion RadioAstrophysical Observatory at WhiteLake today.
The National Research Councilplans to use a large industrial heli-copter to ferry the three-ton dish tothe DRAO facility from OkanaganFalls late this morning.The Canadianreflector is a key part of a dish pro-totype concept for the internationalSquare Kilometre Array project.
The radio telescope project willeventually involve about 2,500 dishes,located mainly in Africa and Australia.
Alarm boxThe Regional District of
Okanagan-Similkameen fire dis-patch centre received the following911 calls:
Wednesday• 2:04 a.m. Birch Avenue,
Penticton. Medical first response.• 3:15 a.m. Winnipeg Street,
Penticton. Assist ambulance.Tuesday• 8:15 a.m. Forestbrook Drive,
Penticton. Medical first response.• 8:40 a.m. Cedar Street,
Okanagan Falls. Medical first response.
• 9:37 a.m. Winnipeg Street,Penticton. Medical first response.
• 11:25 a.m. Vancouver Avenue,Penticton. Medical first response.
• 11:50 a.m. Winnipeg Street,Penticton. Medical first response.
• 11:56 a.m.Warren Avenue West,Penticton. Medical first response.
— Penticton Herald
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Pleasing diners pleases chef
JOHN MOORHOUSE/Penticton Herald
Opponents of the City ofPenticton’s plans to extend bikelanes along Ellis Street wonderwhy an expansion of the city’s bicycle network is being considered. They point to many existing bike lanes, such as thisstretch along Government Street,which are rarely used.
TRANSPORTATION
Cyclists face roadblock of opposition
JOHN MOORHOUSE/Penticton Herald
Paul Cecconi, owner of Brodo Kitchen in Penticton, takes a chef’s pride in his work. Cecconi is among a number of young business people being featured in the Top 40 Under 40 series launched by the Penticton &Wine Country Chamber of Commerce.
Paul Cecconi, operator of Brodo Kitchen in Penticton, says putting smiles on faces of his customers is what keeps him going
”The whole reason whywe do it is to makepeople happy.Just tosee their expressionsand pleasure out ofwhat we create is kindof the magical part ofit. It’s definitely whatkeeps me going.
Paul Cecconi
