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32 | March/April 2020 Sylvia Zietek Owner, Pierogi Queen, London pierogiqueen.ca By Bryan Lavery Sylvia Zietek was born and raised in London, Ontario and went to Catholic Central High School before heading to Ottawa to study linguistics, which led her to explore her love of language and culture. She backpacked through Europe and Central and South America, eatdrink.ca |@eatdrinkmag learning about different cultures and cooking. Zietek worked in various restaurants for a decade, mainly in London and Port Stanley. She worked in front-ofhouse and back-ofhouse positions as well as management for Casey’s, Kelseys, and GT’s On the Beach. Last year, equipped with a reliable business and marketing plan, Zietek launched Pierogi Queen, her chef-driven indie food truck, offering an innovative from-scratch local menu. Food trucks are incubators for culinary innovation and Zietek, a natural entrepreneur, completed a year-long certificate program for startups at Fanshawe College. Later she immersed herself in the College’s Leap IN Incubator, a nine-week summer program that focuses on mentorship and business growth and supports startups with seed funding and one-on-one in-depth business analysis. Pierogi Queen is part of the London Food Truck Association, a talented group of dedicated food truck owners who work together to support each other and grow the local food truck scene. Zietek was taught how to make pierogi from her Babcia (Grandma) at five years old and learned other traditional Polish dishes from her mother. Zietek offers an always-evolving menu with a selection of flavourful pierogis such as her grandmother’s classic potato and cheddar, jalapeño cheddar, buffalo chicken and apple pie. She has the flexibility of being able to create new flavours based on the seasonality and local ingredients. At Heeman’s Food Trucks on the Farm last September, Zietek also served schnitzel and cabbage rolls. Those will be regular menu items this year when she is back on the road in mid-April. Profile Contributors BRYAN LAVERY, Eatdrink Food Editor and Writer at Large, brings years of professional experience in the restaurant and hospitality business, as a chef, restaurant owner ,and partner in the culinary experience and consulting business, Lavery Culinary Group. Always on the lookout for stories Eatdrink should be telling, he helps shape the magazine under his byline and behind the scenes. NANCY LOUCKS-MCSLOY is a freelance writer who loves cooking and entertaining. Her work has appeared in Chicken Soup for the Soul, The Fur-Bearing Trout and Other True Tales of Canadian Life, McLean’s, Vitality, Eatdrink, and many other publications. SUE SUTHERLAND WOOD is a freelance writer and regular contributor to Eatdrink. Read more of Sue’s work on her blog. www.speranzanow.com MELISSA GRAHAM has waitressed, bartended, managed, dishwashed, food prepped, and catered while also working as an actor. She taught ESL for many years, worked in new play development, and currently teaches Writing and Communications at Stratford Chefs School. KYM WOLFE is a freelance writer and speaker based in London. Whether people read her articles or books, attend a presentation or take a walking tour, she hopes that they will learn something interesting, entertaining or useful, and will consider it time well spent. www.kymwolfe.com
eatdrink: The Local Food WIN & Drink Magazine March/April 2020 | 33 A LOCAL FLAVOUR OVERNIGHT TRIP to CHATHAM-KENT A Luxurious Road Trip for Two! Use of a beautiful Lexus automobile Accommodations at the Retro Suites Hotel Wine Tasting at Early Acres Estate Winery • Dinner for two at Mamma Maria’s Ristorante Go to localflavour.ca/contests to enter and for complete details. Contest runs until September 1, 2020. Dates are subject to availability. Prize has no cash value.
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