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Award 2021

Business Leadership 2021: Craig Wong

CRAIG WONG, the award-winning chef and owner of Toronto restaurants Patois and Bar Mignonette, creates flavourful, indulgent recipes inspired by his Chinese-Jamaican heritage and experience in three- Michelin-starred kitchens. Wong is also a resilient and savvy entrepreneur who knows the value of balancing business strategies and creativity.

This past year, this small-business owner pivoted his restaurants to adapt to consumer needs and rapidly changing market conditions, finding inventive, exciting ways to share his culinary talents with diners. Looking beyond delivery apps and takeout, his restaurants’ servers and staff hand-delivered DIY Rum Punch Kits and Heat n’ Serve Care Packages to customers on intercity “Patois delivery tours,” providing personal connections during a time of social distancing. Wong also developed meal kits that customers could prepare at home, introduced delivery-friendly food specials and launched Patois-branded merchandise.

Wong’s business acumen and innovative thinking have enabled Patois and Bar Mignonette to get through a year of unprecedented challenges. Perseverance, positivity and the ability to plan ahead are the three qualities he considers the most important for entrepreneurs to cultivate during these times.

American Express salutes Craig Wong with its Business Leadership Award for 2021.

Photos: Patois

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