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dinner series | Toronto
Meet the Top Chef Canada Winners
The winners of of three seasons of of Top Chef Chef Canada will cook a a a a a a a a a a a a a a spectacular multi-course meal for you at at Richmond Station the the restaurant Chef Chef Chef Chef Carl Heinrich Heinrich (Season 2 winner) built in in in in in in in the the downtown Toronto
financial district Chef Chef Chef Heinrich Heinrich welcomes his fellow Top Chef Chef Chef Canada winners for a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a very special collaborative dinner The three chefs will celebrate their their collective triumphs and entertain guests with recollections of their their experiences on on Canada’s extremely popular televised culinary competition Chef Chef Dale Dale MacKay MacKay / Top Chef Chef Canada Season 1 1 1 Winner (2011)
Saskatchewan-born Dale Dale MacKay MacKay began his cooking career in in in in in Vancouver moving to
London early in in in in in the 2000s where he he he he he he worked with Gordon Ramsay Ramsay at at at at Claridge’s He rose through Ramsay’s organization working at at at at establishments in in in in in London Tokyo and and New York City Returning to
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Vancouver in in in in in 2007 he he he he he he took the the Executive Chef Chef position at at at Daniel Boulud’s Lumière then opened his own restaurants Ensemble Ensemble and and EnsembleTap in in in in in 2011 the the same year he he he he he he he he he he triumphed on on Top Chef Chef Canada He has since moved back to
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Saskatchewan where he he he he he he he he he he plans to
open Ayden Kitchen & Bar this fall Chef Chef Carl Carl Heinrich Heinrich / Top Chef Chef Canada Season 2 2 2 Winner (2012)
From the the the small coastal town of Sooke British Columbia Carl Carl Heinrich Heinrich has been working in in in in in in in in kitchens since he he he he he he he he was 13 He He He studied at at at the the the Stratford Chef School in in in in in in in Ontario and and and then went to
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work work for for Daniel Daniel Boulud in in in in in in in New New York York City He He He has staged at at at at New New York’s Gramercy Tavern and and and Daniel Daniel as as as as as well as as as as as Le Le Comptoir in in in in in in France and and and Alain Ducasse’s Le Le Louis XV in in in in in in Monaco He He He worked at at the acclaimed Marben restaurant in in in in in in Toronto
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2012 2012 where where his his his farm-to-table cuisine gained a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a loyal following for for its purity and forthright flavours He He opened his his his own own own restaurant Richmond Station in in in in in in 2012 2012 a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a beautiful split-level room in in in in in in downtown Toronto
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where where his his his remarkable technique is is is on on on on on on full display It’s has since become one of Toronto’s most coveted tables Chef Chef Chef Matthew Matthew Stowe Stowe / Top Chef Chef Chef Canada Season 3 3 Winner (2013)
Chef Chef Chef Chef Matthew Matthew Stowe Stowe already had an an an an award-winning cookbook and Relais & Châteaux credentials by the the the time he he he he he he he he he he achieved Top Chef Chef Canada champion status this year A A native of of Surrey B C C C C C C he’s been cooking since he he he he he he he was 15 and and graduated from New New York’s Culinary Institute of of of America America in in in in 2002 He moved to
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New New York York and and worked at at at Lutèce one of of of of America’s most respected French restaurants Chef Chef Stowe helped achieve the coveted Relais & Châteaux designation as as as as Executive Chef Chef of of of Sonora Sonora Resort Resort in B C C C C and his his book The Tastes of of of Sonora Sonora Resort Resort (2009) showcases the recipes he he he he he developed at at this coastal getaway He is is is is currently â a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a Product Development Chef for Cactus Cactus Club Club Café Café a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a western Canadian Canadian restaurant chain At Cactus Cactus Club Club Café Café Stowe applies his his talents to
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menu development in in in in in a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a style he he describes as refined Canadian Canadian cuisine executed using modern techniques 11