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Compass Group Canada Acquires Hurley Group
TORONTO — Toronto-based Compass Group Canada announced this morning that it has completed the acquisition of The Hurley Group, a provider of cleaning and facility management services in North America,...
Bacon Voted Better Than Sex
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — It turns out that Canadians love bacon a lot more than you may think; this after an Angus Reid For the Love of Bacon survey revealed that 43 per cent of people would choose bacon...
Visa Canada on Code of Conduct
TORONTO — Visa Canada recently submitted a response to the Code of Conduct for the Canadian Credit and Debit Card Industry, issued by the country’s department of Finance. The proposal was submitted...
ITHQ Student Wins S. Pellegrino Competition
TORONTO — Last night, aspiring student chefs from culinary schools across Canada saw what cooking under fire is all about. The seven contenders vied for the top spot at the annual San Pellegrino Almost...
Canada’s Food Safety Called into Question
TORONTO — Rick Holley, professor of food safety and food microbiology at the University of Manitoba, is not convinced that the investigation that followed the deadly listeriosis outbreak, linked to a...
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De Dutch Flips For Funds
SURREY, B.C. — It’s that time of year again, and De Dutch Pannekoek House Restaurants Inc. is hosting its 13th annual fundraising celebration, Shrove Pannekoek Tuesday, in support of the Canadian Breast...
Flatiron Resto to Open at Chinook Centre
CALGARY — Lucid Group of Companies has announced plans to open its third Flatiron Restaurant and Bar at Calgary’s Chinook Centre in December. “This is another important step in growing our Flatiron...
It’s a Dougie Eat Dog World
VANCOUVER — Take one Canadian comic and filmmaker, one 1988 Dodge Caravan, 65 restos and countless hotdog connoisseurs and celebs, and you get one documentary and one new restaurant with more than 20...
Vancouver Voted to Have Best Chinese Food
Forget about Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai or Macao — or, for that matter, New York, San Francisco or Sydney — Vancouver has the best Chinese food in the world, says a story in the February issue of...
Ocean Wise Celebrates Five Years
VANCOUVER — Canada’s leading sustainable seafood program, Ocean Wise, celebrated its fifth anniversary with a media dine-around in Vancouver on Thursday, Jan. 24. British Columbia’s foodservice...
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Here We Grow
KAWARTHA LAKES, Ont. — In the evolving agricultural landscape, it can be hard to make ends meet as a farmer; that’s where Kawartha Ecological Growers comes into play. Mark Trealout launched Kawartha...
Hank’s Dishes Out Southern Comfort
TORONTO — When Scott Vivian bought Jamie Kennedy’s Wine Bar last year with his wife (and pastry chef) Rachelle, and partners Ted and Mary Koutsogiannopoulos, he had big plans for Hank’s deli next...
Bathroom Trysts Encouraged At Toronto Resto
TORONTO — For some overly adventurous and generally randy people, engaging in a sexual act in a public space must be akin to, say, eating a few crispy pieces of Colonel Sanders’ best breasts. Before...
Construction Begins on New Toronto Marché
TORONTO — After a hiatus, Marché International is returning to its familiar haunt in Toronto and bringing with it an updated and innovative take on its famous market-fresh cuisine. Renovations began...
T.O. Twitterati Mobilizes For Haiti Fundraiser Feb. 9
TORONTO — As a collective, the GTA’s food and wine community is an amiable bunch that thrives on collaboration. Sure, there’s a healthy, friendly competition between restaurateurs and chefs in the...
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No Coffee For You!
ST.ANDREWS, N.B — According to a report from cbc.com, a man in St. Andrews New Brunswick has been handed down the stiffest sentence in Canadian coffee history; he has been banned from his local Tim Hortons...
For Lobster’s Sake
DARTMOUTH, N.S. — The newly established Lobster Council of Canada recently held its inaugural Annual General meeting in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia where they discussed how to stimulate the industry. "There's...
Halifax for Haiti
HALIFAX — As fundraising efforts continue across the country for the earthquake ravaged people of Haiti, those in the hospitality industry in Halifax are also doing their part. Brussels Restaurant...
Dining Out East
Nova Scotia foodies will be out in full force over the next two weeks, as Dine-Out — the region’s version of other popular city-wide restaurant programs, like Toronto’s Winterlicious — kicked off...
MP Suggests Terrorist Label for PETA?
It seems Newfoundland and Labrador MP Gerry Byrne thinks that the pie PETA-activist Emily McCoy threw in the face of Fisheries and Oceans Minister Gail Shea on Monday, is reason to consider giving the...
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Johnny Rockets Location Reinvents
MONROE, Mich. — After a five-month hiatus, Johnny Rockets has reopened at the Hampton Plaza in Monroe, Mich. with a new expanded menu, including the re-priced Original Junior hamburger and new dessert...
Sara Lee Takes Gold at American Masters
DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. — Sara Lee Foodservice finished on top at the 2010 American Masters of Taste National Taste Test, earning the gold medal for superior taste in the Liquid Coffee and Tea categories....
Adria to Temporarily Close el Bulli
GERONA, Spain — World-renowned chef, Ferran Adria, famous for his work with molecular gastronomy, has announced that his three-Michelin-star-rated restaurant, el Bulli, will close to the public in 2012,...
Ritchie Named Best Junior Chef; WACS Wraps
SANTIAGO, Chile — Canada’s Trevor Ritchie, a student at the Niagara Culinary Institute, in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., was named winner of the Hans Bueschkens Junior Culinary Challenge at the 34th biannual...
Chilean President at WACS
SANTIAGO, Chile — Chilean President, Michelle Bachelet, shared dinner and addressed some 600 delegates attending the 2010 biannual Congress of the World Association of Chefs Societies (WACS) in Santiago,...
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