Young Blood Sommelier: Gint Prunskus
In the third of a ninth (and wildly popular) series, we interview some of the most talented...
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Tag: Fairmont Royal York
Terroir Symposium Seeks Nominations for $1,000 GE Monogram Awards of Excellence
“Terroir is proud to announce the Awards for Excellence in Hospitality added to this year’s symposium,” said Arlene Stein, Chair, Terroir Committee. “The awards allow peers to recognize each other for their significant contribution to the industry and their innovation and creativity in the areas of service, beverage and culinary achievement.”
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RAW The Great Toronto Tartare Off
On March 29, join Grapes for Humanity Co-Founder Tony Aspler and watch Toronto’s leading chefs go head-to-head competing for the title of King/Queen of Tartare whether their major ingredient is meat, seafood or vegetable.
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Social Media Foodies Gather For #LOVECHEF2012
How to “steak” Your Claim as a #Foodie features an aphrodisiac Valentine’s Day Breakfast with the Fairmont Royal York’s new Executive Chef, and a delicious panel of Toronto culinary influencers: Spotlight Toronto’s Suresh Doss, Publisher (@spotlightcity) ; Good Food Revolution’s Jamie Drummond, Director of Programs/Senior Editor (@goodfoodrev) and Rebecca LeHeup, Executive Director, Ontario Culinary Tourism Alliance (@OntarioCulinary)
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Tree Lighting at Fairmont Royal York
For the seventeenth year, The Fairmont Royal York lights up its huge lobby tree. Cast members from Disney’s hit Broadway musical, “Mary Poppins,” now on stage at the Princess of Wales Theatre will ring in the festive season with the annual tree lighting ceremony. Toronto’s grand landmark hotel welcomes the holidays with free refreshments and a visit from Santa!
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Louis Jannetta is the King of Maitre’D’s
Louis Jannetta was Toronto’s most powerful and well known maitre’d during the hey day of the Imperial Room. Anyone who was anyone in Toronto walked across Janetta’s threshold and were taken care of by his team of 85 hospitality workers.
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Remembrance Day at the Fairmont Royal York
Every November 11 at 10:45am the lobby of the Fairmont Royal York is transformed from a place of leisure and commerce to one of remembrance and civic awareness for the hotel’s Remembrance Day Ceremony, open to all who wish to come to pay their respects to the men and women who have served Canada.
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Royal York’s Turkey To Go Helps Daily Bread Food Bank
Pick up a Thanksgiving turkey dinner from the Fairmont Royal York, and they’ll donate a whole turkey to the Daily Bread Food Bank.
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An Interview with Chef David Garcelon
I recently interviewed Chef David Garcelon at his restaurant, Epic at the Fairmont Royal York – one of the first hotels in Toronto to go green. Chef Garcelon happily shared with me his passion for cooking with local ingredients and how the Fairmont’s rooftop garden has changed since his arrival five years ago.
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Traditional Haggis Recipe
Haggis is really just a large round sausage; the skin being a sheep’s paunch. The finest haggis of all is made with deer liver, served to the skirl of the pipes, cut open with a traditional sgian dubh (black stocking knife) and accompanied by small glasses of neat Scottish whisky.
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Twitter: Taking Hospitality to the Next Level
By: Noelle Munaretto From the sprawling Fairmont Royal York in Toronto, to the Little Inn in...
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Tinseltini Recipe: First of the Twelve Drinks of Christmas
The Fairmont Royal York Hotel presents 12 cocktails; one each for the 12 days leading-up to Christmas. First-up is… “The Tinseltini”.
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