Pioneer: Jean Claude Ramond

One of the many characters who peppered Vancouver dining was the restaurateur Jean-Claude Ramond. He was fiercely opinionated, tough, funny, generous, occasionally sentimental - a Frenchman who has seen nearly everything Ramond or "J-C" as he was known in the neighbourhood, was described as larger than life. Jean Claude Ramond passed away May 2005, a few days after he eulogized his old friend Joel Thibault, also a 2006 inductee.

Background

• 1997 - 2005: Smoking Dog Bar & Grill, Vancouver (Owner & Chef)
• 1995 - 1997: Whytecliff Park Concession stand, West Vancouver (Owner/Proprietor)
• 1989 - 1990: Jean-Claude's, Vancouver (Owner/Proprietor)
• 1988 - 1988: Le Beaujolais, Vancouver (Owner/Proprietor)
• L'Orangerie, Vancouver (Owner/Proprietor)
• La Brochette, Vancouver (Owner/Proprietor)
• 1970 - 1970: la créperie, Vancouver (Owner/Proprietor)
• 1997 - 2005: Smoking Dog Bar & Grill, Vancouver (Owner/Proprietor)