Five of our Ocean Wise chefs including Ted Corrado from C5, Cory Vitielo from The Harbord Room, Anthony Rose from The Drake Hotel, David Friedman from Fishbar and Kristen Donovan from Hooked Inc. will be competing to make the best sustainable ceviche as judged by you.
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What better way to celebrate the Water exhibit at the R.O.M. than to showcase both the rock-star caliber fish supplier, Akiwenzie Fish & More, and the superb, Vancouver-based, fountain-of-sustainable-fish-knowledge group, Ocean Wise?
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Never mind the rodents and their shadows, in Toronto the second day of February now means its time for the Ground Hog Invitational Chefs Challenge hosted at Cava by proprietors and chefs Chris McDonald and Doug Penfold. Their all-star chefs competition, which they bill as an alternative to the city of Toronto’s Winterlicious festival, pits some of the city and region’s most ambitious young chefs against each other in a battle of artinasanally-processed pork.
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An attempt to capture the excitement, the tension, and the culinary marvels at Gold Medal Plates Toronto 2010
Man, it was noisy in there!
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Slow Food Toronto Chef Series Station Dinner: Tuesday, September 14, 7PM at The Cheese Boutique, 45 Ripley Avenue. A stationed, smart-casual affair where all guests will be able to interact with participating chefs: reds bistro’s Michael Steh, Crush Wine Bar’s Michael Wilson, C5 – ROM’s Ted Corrado, Le Select Bistro’s Albert Ponzo, Earth / Globe’s Kevin MacKenna and The Cheese Boutique’s Afrim Pristine with pairings by Niagara’s Stratus Winery.
Read Moreby Jo Dickins Monday is the hospitality industry’s traditional day off, and veteran cook, journalist and writer Ivy Knight has been throwing a party at The Drake Hotel in Toronto every Monday for the last year or so. On...
Read MorePhotos by Jo Dickins, text by Malcolm Jolley Last year a loose association of young, fine dining chefs and their restaurants raised $40,000 for The Stop Community Food Centre. So, what did Crosstown Kitchens decide to do when it...
Read Moreby Malcolm Jolley On February 2nd North Americans from Pennsylvania to the Bruce Peninsula and beyond learned they could looked forward to six more weeks of winter. Chef Chris MacDonald also remarked, tongue-in-cheek, that...
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