Chef Rod Butters
Co-Owner/Chef, RauDZ Creative Concepts Ltd.
rjb@raudz.com
rjb@raudz.com
About Us
It was an injured arm that got Rod Butters wielding a knife. Instead of heading off on a baseball scholarship in America, Rod’s professional sports ambitions were cut short. He was forced to reflect on what appealed to him most in his life, to what he was drawn to from a very young age. And that was cooking. Even at seven years old his favorite thing to do was to get up before anyone else and make a pancake breakfast for his family.
Some career highlights include the Four Seasons Hotel group – Toronto & Vancouver, Chateau Whistler Resort opening team and Pacific Palisades Hotel Vancouver. Rod then went on to open the world famous Wickaninnish Inn, Tofino as Chef de Cuisine in 1996.
Audrey Surrao
Co-Owner, RauDZ Creative Concepts Ltd.
asurrao@raudz.com
asurrao@raudz.com
Audrey Surrao is a well known and respected restaurateur owning and operating restaurants in Kelowna BC since 2001. She is the owner of four well known restaurants: RauDZ Regional Table, micro bar & bites, Sunny’s Modern Diner and The Okanagan Table – kitchen | events | catering all located in downtown Kelowna.
Audrey has participated as a Wine Judge in a number of wine competitions, notably the Okanagan Wine Festivals Society Spring ‘Best of Varietal’ Awards, Okanagan Life Magazine Wine Awards and the Great Northwest Wine Invitational competition in Oregon.
She is an active member of the 30K Club: Kelowna Gospel Mission For the Homeless, and is an strong supporter of the Carma Project: Assisting Low Income Families with Transportation. She has worked with industry specific organizations such as GO2HR, participating with other professionals in the creation of tools & resources pertinent to the Hospitality Industry in BC.
Robyn Sigurdson
Chef de Cuisine
robyn@raudz.com
robyn@raudz.com
Robyn has been in the restaurant industry for 15 years working under some of the Okanagan’s finest chefs. She completed her apprenticeship under Chef Bernard Casavant at Burrowing Owl Winery, then challenged and pushed her fine dining skills with Chef Rod Butters in their four diamond restaurant Fresco and later RauDZ Regional Table. She honed her pastry skills at Manteo Resort, later returning to the RauDZ Creative Concepts Ltd. family as Chef de Cuisine at RauDZ Regional Table. She is is now the Manager and Chef at Sunny’s Modern Diner.
Robyn is very active in the community volunteering with the Okanagan Chefs Association and the Chefs in the Classroom – edible education program.
Favourite dish on the menu? I actually have two favourites – On my sweet tooth day I need waffles with mascarpone and fruit and that amazing Love’s maple syrup! But for everyday it’s the Garden Bowl. Those amazing flavours, textures and you feel great after. It’s even better when you add some bacon.
Favourite record from Sunny’s collection? At 6:00 am when I’m in the kitchen prepping for our opening you’ll probably hear Bruce Springsteen’s Born to Run. I do have a soft spot for ABBA’s Greatest Hits or Michael Jackson’s Thriller when we are in the middle of a busy Sunday brunch.