Cecilia
Our “Roast Mistress” and only female roaster, is KHC’s most tenured employee having worked with Elana and Leo in the “early days”. It is a little known fact that it was actually Cec through a bolt of inspiration (or maybe a flash of heat stroke) that came up with the name for one of our most popular and powerful blends -454 Horse Power. The undisputed leader of our Social Committee, Cec has made sure that through all the years, on top of managing her own family, no employee at KHC has missed a birthday, without a card, gift certificate or warm wish. Now Cec… when is that next Fun Day?
Fred
What can be said about our Czech Mate?! A recruit from the Lumber industry, Fred is responsible for keeping all our production equipment from self destructing as we continue to pump out record poundage. Fred is not sure what is more dangerous… dealing with a temperamental packaging machine, or working with Janet if things go sideways in the morning. An avid practical joker and accomplished artisan, Fred picks up a few extra dollars on the side, making local handy-crafts for Village arts under a Mexican pseudonym.
Joe
As our Material Handler, Home Hardware’s loss is Kicking Horse Coffee’s gain. When not burning around Phase 3 on the black fork truck, single-handedly unloading green beans and loading trucks with finished product, Big Joe, our king of the warehouse has the mind of a futurist and tactician, trying to figure where to put stuff in our ever shrinking warehouse space. His current project is a life size model of the Twin Towers constructed only of 6 pack boxes, plastic shrink wrap and empty burlap bags.
Owen
First joined us from the world of beer; our master brewer come-wannabe-master roaster is the newest artisan addition to the KHC roasting department team. An avid gardener and dandelion puller (no seriously, I pulled out over 12,000 dandelions from my lawn), and originally hailing from the manufacturing belt of Southern Ontario, Owen has a wealth of knowledge and is secretly scheming to create our first Kick Ass Draught….mmmmm.
Paul
As Tom’s sidekick in roasting and his partner from “pasta days past” Paul, our Roasting Lead Hand has developed a reputation for being quite a character. Following a recent stint as a TV celebrity as one of “Invermere’s Top Roasters” Paul whiles away his time on the new 280K roaster dreaming of the day he will finally “bring in the big one” at Whitetail lake, or how to make his camping space up their more permanent. A dedicated member of a number of community service clubs, he hopes to work at KHC until his 75th birthday, which Sandy cheerfully tries to point out, is just next year.
Tom
A veteran of the food industry… this once “King of Pasta” is now one of KHC’s “King of Coffee”. As Head Roaster, Tom continues to raise the bar and push his team (and everyone else in the building) to put out the best dang coffee on the planet. A driven team leader with high standards, Tom balances his passion for great coffee with a love of mountain biking, building trails and listening to killer music. “You can’t possibly clean a cooling tray properly if you are listening to Madonna… now Pink Floyd… that’s something different altogether!!”
