Our Collaborators
We partner with beloved local restaurant chefs and food personalities to bring new perspective to your home cooking — straight from the experts.
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Stephanie Duong & Bruce Lee
While working gruelling days and nights in Michelin-starred establishments in France, chefs Stephanie Duong and Bruce Lee dreamed of starting their own pastry shop. Their goal: to share what they learned and what they love to eat with others. Fast forward to today — the line ups at Toronto's Roselle Desserts every day they're open speak for themselves.
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Christine Flynn
Christine Flynn is a celebrated chef, writer, food stylist, photographer, and cookbook author. She is the proprietor of The Good Earth Winery and a partner at The Good Earth Farm in Lincoln, Ontario. She is executive chef and partner at iQ Food Co. in Toronto.
Her work has also appeared in The New York Times, Wired and Bon Appètit among others. Christine lives in Beamsville with her two daughters and her dog.
Photo credit for section header and Christine's headshot: Nataschia Wielink
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Pay Chen
Pay Chen is one of Canada's best known food and travel writers, and a familiar face and voice on TV and radio stations across the country.
Pay frequently contributes food, travel, and lifestyle content to various publications including: The Globe and Mail, National Post and Canadian Living magazine. You've probably seen her on TV on Breakfast Television Toronto, CTV Morning Live, Cityline and more!
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Vincent Ng
Vincent Ng is the Co-Owner & Head Chef at Food & Liquor in Toronto, known for it's creative, modern Asian fare. Before starting Food & Liquor, Vincent worked in restaurant kitchens across Toronto, and in his home town of Vancouver.
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Adam Hynam-Smith
Adam owns and operates Dispatch, an award-winning restaurant, with his partner and wife Tamara Jensen.
Established in 2019 with a focus on minimal waste cooking and being a living-wage employer, Dispatch is known for its globally inspired take on Australian comfort cuisine. It was recognized that same year as one of Canada’s 10 best restaurants.
Adam was the chef behind the now acclaimed food truck, El Gastrónomo Vagabundo which eventually resulted in him authoring the cookbook Curbside: Modern Street Food from a Vagabond Chef.
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