Wine & Dining Journalist Tim Pawsey: the Hired Belly

Tim Pawsey

Wine & Dining with Tim Pawsey

Tim Pawsey (aka The Hired Belly) has been covering the wine & dining scene for 30 years thanks in part to the blossoming wine and dining culture of British Columbia.

·         Seeking out value wines from BC and around the world, Tim tracks down quality at every level. He also scopes out noteworthy dining. And revels in restaurants that over deliver. Followers on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook, depend on him for his regular “Breakfast Wine” picks (first taste of the day) plus “Belly’s Best” wine and dining picks. Moreover, they rely on his advice to find the right wine for the occasion. Wine & Dining Experience

·         Tim writes, tweets and shoots his own images for hiredbelly.com, as well as for various news outlets, including Vitis BC magazine, BC Liquor Stores Taste magazine, Quench Magazine and Montecristo.

·         He also judges for the Vancouver Magazine Restaurant Awards. He wrote extensively for the Vancouver Courier over 25 years, as well as for WHERE Vancouver and the North Shore News. Tim is also happy to consult on restaurant wine list preparation and content.

·         A frequent wine judge Tim was a founding judge of The BC Lieutenant Governor’s Awards for Excellence in Wine. He regularly judges at the BC Wine Awards (now BCLG Wine Awards), All Canadian Wine Championships and others.

·         Tim has travelled to explore wine and dining in most of the world’s leading wine regions. Most recently, pre-COVID, he visited Languedoc, Lisboa and Valpolicella, as well as regions in France, Spain, Argentina and Chile.

·         Tim was recently honoured with the 2021 Harry McWatters Founder’s Award, which each year acknowledges the pioneers of British Columbia wine.

·         In 2020 Tim received the Wine Growers British Columbia Industry Recognition Award. And in 2012, Tim was inducted as a “Friend of the Industry” into the BC Restaurant & Food Services Association Hall of Fame.

·         Tim is also a founding member and a former director of the British Columbia Hospitality Industry Foundation. The foundation offers financial assistance, “hope, inspiration and opportunity” to those who depend on BC’s hospitality industry.