For our 10th anniversary, we hit the road with some of our favourite chefs.
It all got started the day after the 2024 list launch with an extravaganza at Toronto’s Alo, featuring Patrick Kriss and every other chef whose restaurant had ever ranked No. 1 on our list: Normand Laprise (Toqué!, Montreal), Gus Stieffenhofer-Brandson (Published on Main, Vancouver), and Jessica Noël and Marc-Olivier Frappier (Mon Lapin, Montreal), with three-time Best Pastry Chef Kenta Takahashi (Boulevard, Vancouver) pinch-hitting on dessert. For good measure we added a Petrossian caviar station, La Grande Dame 2015, cocktails from Nick Kennedy (Civil Liberties) and exceptional wines selected by Sam Fritz-Tate from the private cellars of Wine Online. Next stops: Published on Main, Toqué! and River Café. Four cities, 19 outstanding chefs and four great meals. Thank you to everyone who joined us in celebrating our 10th anniversary. See you next year!
Toronto
Alo
14/05/2024
Tim Yun, Patrick Kriss, Jessica Noël, Marc-Olivier Frappier, Jacob Richler, Kenta Takahashi, François Allard, Elise Tastet, Normand Lapris
Binchotan-grilled wagyu, Petrossian caviar, chanterelles, shiso (Alo)
Cured scallops (Published on Main)
Strawberry rhubarb pavlova (Takahashi)
Tim Yun, Patrick Kriss, Jessica Noël, Marc-Olivier Frappier, Jacob Richler, Kenta Takahashi, François Allard, Elise Tastet, Normand Lapris
Binchotan-grilled wagyu, Petrossian caviar, chanterelles, shiso (Alo)
Cured scallops (Published on Main)
Strawberry rhubarb pavlova (Takahashi)
Photography by Kate Ince
Vancouver
Published on Main
11/07/2024
Quetzal, AnnaLena and special guest Billy Nguyen converge at Published on Main.
Quetzal, AnnaLena and special guest Billy Nguyen converge at Published on Main
Foie gras energy bars (Published)
Sake kasu pork (Nguyen)
Grilled octopus and salsa macha (Quetzal)
Steve Molnar
Quetzal, AnnaLena and special guest Billy Nguyen converge at Published on Main
Foie gras energy bars (Published)
Sake kasu pork (Nguyen)
Grilled octopus and salsa macha (Quetzal)
Steve Molnar
Photography by Allison Kuhl
Montreal
Toqué!
29/09/2024
Toqué! hosts Bisou Bisou, Alo, Montréal Plaza and Parcelles.
(front row) Normand Laprise, Patrick Kriss, Cheryl Johnson, Charles-Antoine Crête; (back row) François Allard, Dominic Labelle, Matthew Betsch
Strawberries with olives, whipped cream and vin jaune (Montréal Plaza).
Tomato, caviar, shiso, uni (Alo)
Foie gras tartelettes in progress (Alo)
Robert Weeks and a Bisou Bisou martini.
(front row) Normand Laprise, Patrick Kriss, Cheryl Johnson, Charles-Antoine Crête; (back row) François Allard, Dominic Labelle, Matthew Betsch
Strawberries with olives, whipped cream and vin jaune (Montréal Plaza).
Tomato, caviar, shiso, uni (Alo)
Foie gras tartelettes in progress (Alo)
Robert Weeks and a Bisou Bisou martini.
Photography by Audrey-Eve Beauchamp
Calgary
River Café
02/10/2024
Proof Cocktail Bar, Beba, Lupo and Änkôr at River Café.
LEFT TO RIGHT: Danny Beaulieu, Ari Schor, Justin Leboe, Jacob Richler, Scott MacKenzie, Kristen Livingston
Finishing the lamb.
Lamb mosaic with golden beet (River Café)
Beef tartare canapé (River Café)
Caviar-topped potato knish (Beba)
Sal Howell, River Café owner
LEFT TO RIGHT: Danny Beaulieu, Ari Schor, Justin Leboe, Jacob Richler, Scott MacKenzie, Kristen Livingston
Finishing the lamb.
Lamb mosaic with golden beet (River Café)
Beef tartare canapé (River Café)
Caviar-topped potato knish (Beba)
Sal Howell, River Café owner
Photography by Pauline Yu
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