Vanessa Lin

Vanessa Lin is the Chef de Cuisine at Wild Blue Restaurant + Cocktail Bar in Whistler, British Columbia, where she helps lead a culinary team of more than 20 chefs and contributes to the restaurant’s seasonal, ingredient-driven menus.

Her path into hospitality began with a love of bringing people together. Vanessa was drawn to hosting gatherings where food created an opportunity for people to connect; she began pursuing cooking seriously when she realized the profession could take her around the world while allowing her to work alongside talented people.

Her career has since taken her from Toronto’s acclaimed GEORGE Restaurant and Arowhon Pines in Ontario’s Algonquin Park to kitchens and private-chef experiences in Barbados, the Cayman Islands and the South of France before ultimately bringing her to the mountains of Whistler.

As a leader, Vanessa wants younger cooks, particularly women, entering the industry to understand something she wishes she had learned earlier: talent matters, but so does learning how to recognize opportunity, build meaningful relationships, and have the confidence to step through an open door.