Eric Valente
Sous-Chef, Canoe Restaurant, Toronto
Eric Valente is a highly respected chef in Canoe’s kitchen. He is trustworthy, detail oriented, patient and compassionate. Valente has explored culinary opportunities abroad in the U.K. and Australia to boost his career, allowing him to take the flavours and culinary traditions of one country and enrich another. He continues to impress Canoe’s chef de cuisine and the rest of the team and carries himself with professional integrity.
“What really makes Eric a leader is his capacity for self-reflection. This is a key attribute for anyone looking to get to the top of any industry, especially the restaurant industry,” says John Horne, district executive chef at Oliver & Bonacini Hospitality. “With this attitude, Eric is able to focus on improving on a daily, weekly and monthly basis, and I have no doubt he will continue to strive for improvement as he works his way up the ladder. His ambition and curiosity will always guide him in his life, but his self-reflection sets him apart from the rest.”
