Pressroom
August 01, 2009
Lumiere Executive Chef Dale Mackay - Biographical Notes
Vancouver, BC – Dale MacKay, a native of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, is a highly determined young man whose culinary career has taken him around the world. With considerable culinary pedigree, training and experience under his toque, he’s come home to Canada as Lumière’s Executive Chef.
Dale's beginnings in the culinary world span a broad range of experiences: private chef in Rome, Italy, Executive Chef with The West Coast Fishing Club in the Queen Charlotte Islands and cooking for various members of the A-list celebrity set.
Dale's career took off when a certain chef by the name of Gordon Ramsay would hand pick this young Canadian as a protégé. Dale went on to learn from the master in several of the renowned chef's kitchens: in London at Claridge's Hotel and at the three Michelin starred Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, and in Tokyo at The Conrad Tokyo Hotel.
Before coming to Lumière Dale's most recent post was as Executive Sous Chef at Restaurant Gordon Ramsay at The London NYC Hotel. Dale continued to hone his craft there, overseeing a staff of 65, two restaurants (Restaurant Gordon Ramsay and Maze Restaurant), a private dining room and the room service department. At the young age of 26, he was already demonstrating considerable talent as a key member of the team that was awarded two Michelin stars and named Best New Restaurant in the Zagat Survey. Dale’s experiences working with Gordon Ramsay in so many kitchens around the world provide invaluable insight and perspective that now inform his role as Lumière's Executive Chef.
He first joined Lumière in 2007, bringing exuberance and passion to his work, and was made Executive Chef in September of that same year. Since that time, he has demonstrated wonderful craftsmanship and creativity in the kitchen, which will only continue to flourish through his collaboration with Chef Daniel Boulud. Mackay is thrilled to be cooking on the West coast where he savors working with the wealth or fine British Columbia ingredients.
Under Dale MacKay's direction, the cuisine at Lumière has earned AAA’s Five Diamond Award, Four Stars in the Mobil Guide, The Georgia Straights’ award for Best Fine Dining Restaurant and The Vancouver Sun award for Best Restaurant. Dale is Western Canada’s only Grand Chef Relais and Chateaux.
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Executive Chef Dale MacKay, Lumière Restaurant. Long considered one of Vancouver’s finest dining destinations, Lumière is an eclectic blend of European sophistication and modern French cuisine prepared by Executive Chef Dale MacKay under the guidance of Chef Daniel Boulud. Under Dale MacKay's direction, the cuisine at Lumière has earned AAA’s Five Diamond Award, Four Stars in the Mobil Guide, The Georgia Straights’ award for Best Fine Dining Restaurant and The Vancouver Sun award for Best Restaurant. Dale is Western Canada’s only Grand Chef Relais and Chateaux. Lumière, an unparalleled Canadian dining experience. French dining on West Broadway, Kitsilano, Vancouver, British Columbia.