Chef Spotlight

Hogshead Canmore Growing up in a small, Ontario town on sixty acres, I was lucky enough to always be surrounded by amazing farm-grown produce and locally raised meats. My Dad, a culinary instructor and my inspiration, was always cooking the most amazing meals using ingredients from our back yard or the neighbouring farms. Being first […]

Carino Japanese Bistro and Wine While working in Japan I gained my experience in wine sales, as a sushi chef, and as an apprentice cook in an Italian restaurant. In order to come to Canada I was hired as a sushi chef. Subsequently I was offered a job at Teatro as a cook where I

Korq Winehouse & Kitchen I have a picture of myself at no more than eight years old standing on a step-stool over my parents’ stove cooking “goulash.” However, it wasn’t until mid high-school that I decided that my passion for cooking would become my career. I love the chaos and the fast pace of a

OEB Breakfast Co. As a young child growing up in Italy, in the south of the peninsula to be exact, with vast lands of olive oil, pasta, pizza and amazing wine, it was hard not to be inspired. It all began when I grew up with my grandparents. I remember it as if it was

Smuggler’s Inn As a child the idea of cooking struck me as interesting. Though I did not fully understand the fundamentals of it, it still did not stop me from experimenting. From as early as I could remember I was creating, For one example, when I was 5 and my parents were entertaining guests I