I met John Hill when he was in Calgary. He was working as the chef of Broken City for a few weeks. Broken City terminated him due to "issues" about the time the morning show was on the air, so I doubt he is still in Calgary. I am guessing these issues had to do with him being both a criminal & a con-man, and that information reaching the staff at Broken City. He did not buy into the Broken City in any way shape or form, albeit I hope for the management and owners of the establishment that they did not lose anything due to the purchasing a chef may need to make.
Both my husband and I talked with him many times, and although it never crossed my mind at the time that he was not what he seemed to be, or said he was, I can look back and see warning signs. We were lucky, we didn't have time to get closer - after all he was quite a charming person, and it was easy to like him.
He never mentioned a military past to me, but he did try to impress me with having worked at Microsoft (which I find funny in retrospect, considering that I am a linux programmer and most people who have been or are programmers KNOW Microsoft vs. Linux is a religious issue). Had he been a programmer, he'd know this.
With my husband he did mention being former British military, but my husband mentioned his dad was RAF and his brother was Canadian Air Force, to which John did not respond. John only became busy, and had to return to the kitchen.
Beyond that, he made conversation too easily, and was overly friendly, and made too much eye contact. Another thing is when the topic got too close, John became busy. Generally, I wrote it off as being new to the city, over-eager about the job, and nervous.
I am glad you guys have this topic, and I hope people learn to Google potential mates, employees and anyone else they meet whom they question in any way - and I hope for those who meet John that they google his name and find this page.
