Boston Pizza owner Treliving looks to cook
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Jim Treliving of Boston Pizza speaks at the taping of CBC’s Dragons’ Den.
Jim Treliving is one of the dragons on CBC’s Dragons’ Den, airing Wednesdays. The show is about aspiring entrepreneurs pitching their ideas, inventions or products to secure investment from one of five dragons, Canada’s most successful business people and multimillionaires. Treliving is the owner of Boston Pizza. Before his foray into food for casual dining, Treliving was an RCMP officer in B.C. and Alberta.
Q: What is your favourite food to cook?
A: Steak and fresh Atlantic lobster.
Q: What is your fondest memory from the family kitchen?
A: Having Sunday dinner as a family. My mom’s roast, wild duck in the fall.
Q: What kitchen aromas bring back fond memories?
A: Coming home from school and smelling the preserves that my mom would be preparing.
Q: Do you use cookbooks when you’re cooking?
A: Yes. I use Good Housekeeping (magazine).
Q: How did the first meal you prepared turn out?
A: I was in the police force at the time and making dinner for four other officers. The spaghetti dinner was fabulous but the sauce was very watery.
Q: Is there a cultural dish you have at gatherings that ties into a holiday?
A: Turkey. I have two Thanksgivings. One because I am Canadian and the other because I live in the United States.
