Tag: Chef

TORONTO — What does the future of food look like? Just ask Dan Barber. The award-winning American chef answers that question, and many more, in a 452-page book that examines what sustainable food really means, challenging many of today's accepted beliefs about farm to fork.

Toronto is strengthening its reputation for fine seafood, thanks to chefs like Michael Steh. Growing up in Oshawa, Ont., the young chef started cooking at Slovenian banquet halls with his mom and canning his own fruit and vegetables at home. But, since moving to Toronto, and graduating from George Brown College, the chef has helmed the kitchens of some of the city’s most celebrated restaurants, including Canoe and Splendido, and recently, SIR Corp.’s Reds Wine Tavern. For the past year, the 36-year-old has been the executive chef at a growing network of seafood restaurants by Toronto’s Chase Hospitality Group, including The Chase, The Chase Fish & Oyster and the soon-to-open Little Fin. He’s setting higher seafood standards while respecting his ingredients.

TORONTO — Two months after hiring a new executive chef, Toronto’s Brassaii restaurant hosted a dinner to introduce the well-travelled toque to Toronto’s media and unveil his new summer menu.

VANCOUVER — Owen Lightly, a Vancouver chef, has died at 31 after losing a battle with colon cancer.

TORONTO — Monday’s Terroir Hospitality Industry Symposium became the stomping ground for a community of chefs and foodies from across the globe, who each shared how their career has been shaped by collaboration.

VANCOUVER — Buying local beef just got a little easier for B.C. chefs with today’s launch of bcbeefnet.ca, a website developed by the B.C. Association of Abattoirs.