Andrew Thorne, Executive Chef, The Good Earth Bistro

The Good Earth Proust Questionnaire answers

What are you thinking of right now?
what to wear tomorrow

What makes you laugh?
my dogs

What makes you cry?
dog movies

What do you consider to be the greatest invention?
the pickle picker upper

Do you have a mentor or inspirational figure that has guided or influenced you?
My Father. He is the most generous man I know. He teaches knowledge and I aspire to be like him

Where do you feel the most at home?
on the golf course

What is your proudest achievement in work?
my charity dinners for Community Care

What is your proudest achievement in life?
Toss up. Raising my daughter or marrying my wife

What do you most dislike about contemporary culture?
Social media dependence

What do you most like about the age we live in?
accessibility

At what points do life and work intersect?
I feel as though they are always intersecting if you love what you do

What’s the best advice you’ve been given?
If you follow your heart things will fall into place

What is the biggest risk you’ve ever taken?
zip lining across Whistler on my honeymoon

Recommend a book or poem that has changed your perspective on life.
The Stone Angel by Margaret Laurence

What is your earliest childhood memory?
eating my grandmother’s raspberry torte

What’s the most important relationship in your life?
the one with my family

What’s the most romantic action you’ve taken?
too many to choose

What’s the most spiritual action you’ve taken?
watching the birth of my daughter

If you could wish for one change in the world what would it be?
ending world hunger