‘Cooking is a beautiful thing’: A chef's journey from Hope to Estonia

For five years, Hiro Takeda lit up Hope’s modest culinary scene, creating an ambitious and experimental restaurant at the heart of the community. And then he was gone.

In 2015, Chilliwack Times reporter Greg Laychak spoke to Takeda about his ambitions and philosophy of food. Nine years later, the Times is defunct and Takeda is a chef in Estonia, but the pair recently reconnected for a new visual podcast series—and to collaborate on a photography project involving fermented film.

In 2013, after working as a chef in Langley, Takeda came to Hope and bought Joe’s Restaurant, transforming it into 293 Wallace Street, a restaurant built around its chef’s thirst for experimentalism and creativity.

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