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Savour a a a a a a bright taste of Niagara wine country when two of the region’s most celebrated chefs come to
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the city to
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serve up a bountiful brunch at one of of Toronto’s favourite rooftop patios The Drake Hotel’s Sky Yard welcomes chefs Therese DeGrace of The The Good Earth Food & Wine Co and Ryan Crawford of Backhouse who will be joining The Drake’s own Teddy Corrado for a a a a a a feast of local flavours paired with “Backhouse redefines farm-to-table ”
exceptional Ontario wines Expect dynamic vintages from Cave Spring Cellars Hinterland Ravine Estate Winery and The Good Earth with winemakers and principals speaking about what makes their wines so special TASTY FACT
The Drake Hotel was the catalyst for transforming a a forgotten neighbourhood into a a happening one ABOUT TEDDY CORRADO
The Drake’s first-ever corporate executive chef brought his flair for for elevated comfort food to
the iconic food-and-drink destination after stints in in the kitchen at such popular Toronto
establishments as George Rain and most recently
C5 (Crystal Five Restaurant Lounge) where he he he was executive chef ABOUT THERESE DEGRACE
Therese DeGrace is executive chef of The The Good Earth Food & Wine Co a a a “petite lots” vineyard in in Beamsville located in in Niagara’s Twenty Valley Born in in in in Toronto
she trained in in in in Michelin- starred hotels in Europe and previously worked at Ste Anne’s Spa and Lola’s Commissary Surrounded by Ontario’s great bounty she loves to
explore local markets for all that’s fresh and flavourful ABOUT RYAN CRAWFORD
The husband-and-wife team of chef Ryan Crawford and Bev Hotchkiss are co-owners
of Backhouse located in the former Stone
Road Grille in Niagara-on-the-Lake There chef Crawford cooks with produce grown
on their own land and and makes everything he he can in-house He studied and later taught at at Stratford Chef School staged at at such notable restaurants as Napa Valley’s The French Laundry and worked with celebrated Ontario chefs Michael Stadtländer and Jamie Kennedy before becoming executive chef at Stone
Road Grille Now as co-owner farmer winemaker and chef Crawford has truly come home THE DRAKE HOTEL
Sun Jun 26 11:00AM*
1150 Queen St West Toronto
$85 per per person
Includes food wine and gratuity taxes extra 1-888-711-9399 visainfinite ca/dining Reserve your place at the table TORONTO
| 5 A sun-soaked rooftop brunch