Congratulations are in order for three Burnaby restaurants following last month’s 2017 Vancouver Magazine restaurant awards.
Hanwoori, located at 5740 Imperial St., scored a silver medal in the Best Korean category for its delivery of “consistently excellent value and quality,” read a write-up.
Going home with a bronze medal for Best Bakery, meanwhile, was Heights’ chocolaterie and patisserie Chez Christophe, known for his “exquisite” handcrafted chocolates. (Having indulged a time or two myself, I can attest to how good the chocolate really is.)
Another Heights favourite, The Pear Tree, received an honourable mention in the Best Upscale category.
For a complete list of all the 2017 winners, go to http://vanmag.com/taste/restaurant-awards-2017.
TractionForce next week
Burnaby-based Traction on Demand is taking over Rogers Arena next Thursday for its fifth annual conference – TractionForce.
Happening on May 11, the purpose of the daylong conference is to learn from other companies and executives about how they work with and use the cloud for their business.
This year’s theme is adaptive enterprise.
“Businesses may be investing in cloud technology and collecting data but are they actually evolving? The idea behind the adaptive enterprise is that it isn’t enough to simply collect data – businesses must listen to it and act on it. Only then, can they ever truly hope to evolve and transform.”
Speakers from organizations like Salesforce, MEC, Absolute Software, Patagonia, the Terry Fox Foundation and Mitel are expected to take the stage at the event.
TractionForce is a free event and anyone is welcome to attend. There will also be a presentation on cloud use for non-profit organizations.
For more information or to register, go to www.tractionforce.ca.
Among the best
Kudos to Burnaby-based Ritchie Zhaoof Royal First Realty for making the 2017 top 200 list of real estate agents across the country.
Published by Real Estate Professional magazine, the third annual report features the top-performing Realtors in Canada, according to a press release.
“This year’s list was compiled through a combination of Multiple Listing Service data and online survey results to determine the top agents in the industry. To allow for discrepancies in home prices in different markets, REP focused on the number of transactions per agent rather than overall sales volume,” noted the release.
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