A few weeks ago the fine folks at Zomato Canada invited me to one of their #ZomatoMeetups at Carmen’s Steakhouse. Zomato is, at it’s core, a local restaurant guide, but, it’s also the world’s largest restaurant guide. Their guides cover over 10,000 restaurants in over 22 countries, yeah, they’re that big! A meetup consists of a …
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Meet Harry Lalousis, Mustard Sommelier
How many types or flavours of mustard can you name? Personally I knew of two types: yellow and Dijon (unless you consider whole grain mustard as a different type, then I change my answer to three). Thankfully, the folks at Maille Canada came to my rescue and opened my eyes to the wide variety of flavours …
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Meet Matt Basile, aka, Fidel Gastro
I’ve said this before and, and I’ll say it again, I truly admire a person who has the balls to get up and walk away from their corporate gig in order to pursue their dream. Matt Basile, aka, Fidel Gastro is one of those people. His career took him from an ad agency, to the meat …
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Tegan Woo of Amoda Tea
Amoda Tea is an online tea shop that operates out of Vancouver. I was introduced to owner, Tegan Woo by Stephanie Caruso, one of my fellow Belly Monsters. Tegan is one of those entrepreneurs who has a very diverse career path before landing feet first into a position that makes them happy and one that they …
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Chefs Sidney Brandt and Christina Christiansen of SB Prime
One of the few restaurants who can boast of having two female chefs running their kitchen is SB Prime in Burlington. Chefs Sidney Brandt (SB) and Christina Christiansen (CC) are the two young chefs who run the kitchen and catering arm of this restaurant. Sydney started her career in kitchens whose menus consisted of pre-made food that …
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Chef Craig Dehne from Bywoods
It has been six months since restauranteur Tony Cappellano (the owner of breakfast chain Boom Breakfast) opened up the doors of Bywoods on trendy St. Clair West. Tony may be the owner of this new-‘ish’ Mediterranean restaurant, but it’s Chef Craig Dehne who’s responsible for creating the much talked about dishes that emerges from the …
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My interview with Chef Brad Macdonald of Jazz Bistro
Every chef remembers his or her first job, and for Chef Brad Macdonald it was standing on a milk crate making milkshakes at his mom’s diner in rural Ontario. As he grew up he had different jobs at different restaurants but it was only after meeting his Swiss trained mentor, Alois Ming, that he finally …
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Sang Kim – Restauranteur, father, author
I first met Sang Kim on December 18th, 2012, the day he opened Seoul Food Co. He sent out a tweet earlier in the day that said he’d be celebrating the opening by offering free vegetarian bibimbap to all that came by. Not one to pass up a free meal at a brand new restaurant, …
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Marida Mohammed – Canada’s first Masterchef?
One of the most popular food related shows on Canadian television these days is Masterchef Canada. The show brought together home cooks from around the country to a warehouse set in Mississauga where they cooked their hearts out for three acclaimed chefs. One of those home cooks is Marida Mohammed, who thanks a friend’s text …
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Les Sabilano, co-owner of Lamesa Filipino Kitchen
Filipino food in Toronto is not one of those ethnic foods that is as popular with the general population as Indian or Thai, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t a vibrant Filipino food scene in and around the city. If you look hard enough you’ll find small restaurants who are trying to bring their cuisine to …
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