Restaurant Awards

2023

CANADA’S 100 BEST RESTAURANTS

No, you won’t see Don Draper here. But a character out of Mad Men wouldn’t be out of place.

Best Restaurant Bar 2023 – Major Tom

Kenta Takahashi is not interested in TikTok sweet-treat trends. The Vancouver-based pastry chef takes a more understated approach to the craft of dessert making.

Best Pastry Chef 2023 – Kenta Takahashi

As stately as it is inviting, The Royal Hotel has been meticulously restored to honour the character and charm of its storied past...

Best New Restaurant Design 2023 – The Royal Hotel

Originally designed to serve oenophiles making the pilgrimage to taste François Morissette’s idiosyncratic wines, the Niagara region’s Restaurant Pearl Morrissette has steadily grown into a gourmet destination in its own right.

Best Destination Restaurant 2023 – Restaurant Pearl Morissette

Before finding her groove in the world of sommellerie, classically trained oboist Véronique “Véro” Dalle worked the restaurant floor to supplement her income as a freelance musician.

Best Sommelier 2023 – Véronique Dalle

At Naagan — chef Zach Keeshig’s summer-season tasting-menu restaurant at the Owen Sound Farmers’ Market, on the Bruce Peninsula, in southwestern Ontario...

Business Leadership 2023 – Zach Keeshig

Depending on who you ask, Matty Matheson is either a larger-than-life YouTube personality, a genius slinger of hipster burgers or the mastermind behind Toronto’s best and hottest new restaurant.

Best New Restaurant 2023 – Prime Seafood Palace

Five years ago, under the aegis of the Joe Beef group, Vin Papillon chef Marc-Olivier Frappier and sommelier Vanya Filipovic launched a modest wine bar named Vin Mon Lapin...

Best Restaurant 2023 – Mon Lapin