Our Road to 2010
As our city prepares for 2010, we offer our active participation to our community, our organizing committee, our athletes, and the sponsors dedicated to the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Game movement. Our expertise of catering and hospitality is our gift to Vancouver and the world they entertain.Active Support and Participation:
| February 20, 2009 |
National Olympic Committee Chefs de Mission dinner
for The Province of BC, Tourism BC and 2010 Legacies Now
at Rocky Mountaineer Station
"The Hosting BC partners were impressed by the overall service and attention to detail...The Lazy Gourmet played an integral role in making the event a success and in leaving a lasting impression on the national Olympic Committees." -Tasha Bukovnik, Coordinator, 2010 Legacies Now
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| February 12, 2009 |
Cocktail reception for VANOC at the Playhouse
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| February 6, 2009 |
Cultural Olympiad at Orpheum Theatre
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| October 30, 2008 |
2010 Sponsor Event at Birks
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November 18, 2008
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2010 Sponsor Event at Birks
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September 22, 2008
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VANOC National PR
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November 27, 2007
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VANOC Dinner Party
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December 2, 2006
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VANOC Technology Management Team
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| November 14, 2006 |
Gold Medal Plates
Auction Prize and Gift Donation by the Lazy Gourmet
Proceeds to “Own the Podium” and “Road to Excellence” both supporting winter and summer athletes.
“Gold Medal Plates is the ultimate celebration of Canadian Excellence in food, wine, sport and community. Celebrated in seven cities across Canada in 2006, Gold Medal Plates featured Canada’s premiere chefs in each city, paired with Canadian Olympic and Paralympic athletes and superb wines, in a competition to crown a gold, silver and bronze medal culinary team in each city, and subsequently nation-wide.” www.goldmedalplates.com
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| November 30, 2006 |
VANOC Technology Luncheon
Food and Staffing Compliments of the Lazy Gourmet
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| October 31, 2006 |
Moving Products Olympic Merchandise Showroom Launch and Networking Event - Food and Staffing Compliments of the Lazy Gourmet
“I want to thank you and your team for he excellent food and service you provided for the launch of our new Olympic merchandise showroom. We had only praise for your product last night, in emails I received today, and I am told it was the talk of the VANOC workshop this morning as well.” Ian MacDonald
“Moving Products Inc. (MPI) has provided merchandise and logistical support for Athletes, Officials, Volunteers and Sponsors for ten consecutive Olympic Games.” www.movingproducts.com
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October 27, 2006
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RBC 2010 Business Opportunities Workshop
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| May 29, 2006 |
2006 RBC Special Reception for Bill Malone, Salt Lake Olympics Leaving an Olympic Legacy
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| May 14, 2006 |
The Province, Sunday
Olympics offer ‘endless opportunities’ Entrepreneurship: Workshop delivers message – you don’t have to be big to benefit by Wendy McLellan
“…. Susan Mendelson, owner of the Lazy Gourmet catering company in Vancouver, said she hopes to work with Games sponsors to provide catering at events. Today I see the endless opportunities and it’s so exciting, said Mendelson, whose company has catered the Molson Indy for a decade and produced an official cookbook for Expo 86. I really see the great opportunity to go to the next level. It’s always exciting to grow and to partner with great corporations.”
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The Genesis:
A Flight to Vancouver with the Olympic Flag - February 2006
It is said that there are defining moments or events in our lives that determine our next steps; Susan Mendelson, President of the Lazy Gourmet, had one such experience on a flight coming home from Europe to Vancouver. Susan found herself on a flight with the Vancouver entourage returning from the 2006 Olympic Winter Games closing ceremonies, she was enveloped in the awe and wonder of the symbols and personalities surrounding the games that her home city would be hosting in four short years.
The Olympic Flag that had been passed to Vancouver Mayor, Sam Sullivan, at the closing ceremonies, was personified to celebrity status, during this flight. The passengers reverently and proudly admired it as they discussed its symbolism, and, what the games would mean for Vancouver, and for the country. On this same flight, Susan received her first official Olympic pin, given to her by a member of the Vancouver Organizing Committee. She speaks of how privileged and thrilled she felt as it was handed to her with such enthusiasm for the task ahead. There was a considerable amount of emotion associated with what these symbols mean, and how they would represent Vancouver to the world. It not only was a vision of the future, but, also created a flood of past memories for Susan, and her beloved Vancouver: the 28 years she had spent nurturing her catering business, the Lazy Gourmet, all the people she had employed over the years, the accolades and gracious press she garnered for her innovative and unique contributions to Vancouver’s food world, her time on CBC radio, her ten published cookbooks , her philanthropic community work with Jewish Family Services and Big Sisters of Vancouver, the VIP catering contract with the Vancouver Molson Indy, and of course, Expo 86 where she created the official cookbook.
She was transformed by this flight, and her thoughts led to how she would continue to contribute in Vancouver, and, how her company would proudly be a part of the future of these Olympic symbols, the flag and the Illanaq pin. This flight, this defining event, marked the beginning of Susan Mendelson and the Lazy Gourmet’s catering road to 2010.
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