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Film crew descends on Pemberton eatery Mile One Eating House hosts popular Canadian food show for 2 days, by John French. Pique Newsmagazine, Whistler. March 13, 2014 Food & Drink » Epicurious

Pemberton was buzzing last weekend with the arrival of John Catucci & his Food Network Canada production crew from the show You Gotta Eat Here.

Catucci popped into the Mile One Eating House (at Pemberton Gateway Village Suites Hotel) for 2 days of filming with Randy Jones & his team at the restaurant.

It turns out Pique Newsmagazine played a key role in Mile One being chosen for the show. Rachel Horvath, the show's senior producer & vice president at Lone Eagle Entertainment, says her research team learned about Mile One due to the restaurant's success in the annual "Best of Pemberton" survey results published by Pique.

"I believe that your readers had voted it best restaurant, best value and best chef," says Horvath. "We did our own investigation and thought it would be great for our show."

Host John Catucci was in Pemberton to shoot show segments on March 7 & 8. The 1st day of shooting was spent in the kitchen with the chef & the 2nd day focused on the dining room.

"It is a really great opportunity to hear from true fans of the restaurant & what their favourite dishes are & why they love it there," Horvath says of the 2d day of filming.

The real magic for any show lucky enough to land a spot on You Gotta Eat Here comes after the production team packs up & leaves. When the final product hits the air. Horvath says most places experience a spike in traffic.

"We have heard that the morning their episode premiered they've had lineups before they're even open for the day, and that they'll be slammed that whole weekend," Horvath says. "They can always tell when the show re-airs because, again, they'll get that real hit."

Some of the fans of the show are so keen that they reportedly plan vacations based on what they see on You Gotta Eat Here.

"It's definitely a boost economically for the restaurants," Horvath says.

Chef Randy Jones was pleased with how the TV shoot went. It was a busy couple of days but he says the extra work was worth it.

He's looking forward to learning when the show will air & then sharing that date with fans of the restaurant (It will air on UKTV/ the "Good Food Channel", in the US, India & Asia on TLC & 2 other Asian Networks).

With the dust settled, and Catucci moving on to his next restaurant, Jones laughs and shares the story of a recent brush with national attention.

"We had a regular guest in a washroom in Ottawa talking to his buddy & somebody at the urinal overheard them talking about Mile One and looked over and said, 'Great restaurant - love those burgers.' We get good feedback on TripAdvisor & in different ways," says Jones (Both Mile One Eating House and Pemberton Gateway Village Suites Hotel are TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence winners 2013. As of the date of the article both are the highest ranked properties on Tripadvisor in Pemberton, in the Restaurant & Hotel categories).

There's no such thing as bad press, even if it originates from a urinal in a men's washroom halfway across the country.

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http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/film-crew-descends-on-pemberton-eatery/Content?oid=2548389

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