Dining here is an adventure all in itself.

At Heather Mountain Lodge, we offer you experiences that are unique: to this place, to our character, to what we think the best of experiencing these mountains encompasses. We believe our guests’ culinary experience shouldn’t be just an accompaniment of that. We think that on its own, dining here should match the  adventures as a pinnacle experience you won’t find anywhere else. That’s why we’re thrilled to welcome culinary master Stephan Drolet to our team as Executive Chef. He hails most recently from Whistler’s acclaimed Bearfoot Bistro—a mainstay on Canada’s 100 Best Restaurants list, and certainly Whistler’s best restaurant—as executive sous chef, and before that was the Executive Chef/Owner of the renowned “Camille’s” in Victoria. With such accolades as being selected from over 200 chefs to represent Canada at the James Beard House in New York, and being a Gold Plates competitor, Drolet brings a new culinary height to Heather Mountain Lodge.

We’ve always enjoyed fantastic chefs creating beautiful food here in our lodge. But Drolet’s addition represents the coming of age for next-level dining—and not just here, but for the whole region around us.

Drolet’s emphasis on designing healthy and sustainable menus from local and seasonal ingredients makes for a singular “taste of place”, which means that dining at Heather Mountain Lodge offers a taste of our culture, our region and our heritage. Drolet commits to sourcing ingredients from as nearby as possible, starting with hyper-local. If necessary, he widens the sourcing to provincially, then to Canadian, keeping food as close to home as it gets. Then, he creates his dishes using modern culinary techniques without going to the extremes of modernist cuisine, instead retaining a classical approach.

But there’s something else that we’re proud of with Drolet’s addition to our team, on top of offering a stellar, one-of-a-kind dining experience. It represents our commitment to our staff—who are our community—and our business in an unprecedented year. During a time when so much seems uncertain, we are so committed to what we’ve created at Heather Mountain Lodge, that we are confident in investing in its future, in the next three years, five, ten and beyond.

Welcome to your singular experience. We can’t wait to host you at our table.