Tyler MacNiven returns to his Woodside roots via a lengthy, adventurous route | Information
At Woodside Arts & Lifestyle Committee’s Very first Friday on line discuss, Tyler MacNiven shares the tale of his unconventional journey back to his roots in Woodside and his parents’ cafe, Buck’s, which he now co-owns with his brothers. MacNiven, far remaining, is noticed listed here with his brothers Rowan, middle left, and Dylan, center proper, with Tyler’s son, Aden, and the restaurant’s head chef, August Schuchman. Image by Magali Gauthier.
For Woodside’s Tyler MacNiven, the journey house has integrated a 2,000-mile wander throughout Japan, an “Awesome Race” and business ventures ranging from movie generation to house food kits. He grew up lending a hand at his parents’ restaurant, Buck’s of Woodside, the nicely-liked nearby eatery. But soon after college or university, it seemed for a time as if MacNiven’s foreseeable future would be in vacation or enjoyment, or possibly a blend of the two.
MacNiven shares his unconventional trip back to the food entire world, and to Woodside, in an on line communicate on Feb. 5 hosted by the Woodside Arts & Culture Committee, part of the committee’s Initially Friday series.
MacNiven first made headlines as a high college university student who mounted a political-model campaign to “run” for admission to Stanford University. When it turned out that wasn’t in the cards, he attended the College of California, Santa Cruz. Submit-university, he backpacked the duration of Japan, a distance of 2000 miles, and created a documentary about the expertise. He later on produced travel documentaries about Iran, Cuba, India and Mongolia.
He also appeared on — and with teammate BJ Averell gained — the ninth period of the Television set show “The Incredible Race,” a fact display that put together journey and opposition.
Back in the Bay Place, he opened a cafe in San Francisco and co-founded food kit shipping and delivery assistance Sunshine Basket.
