Food represents a lot about a person as a being. It’s kind of hard to put into words for me, but it’s a reflection of your taste, background, culture, really just who you are.

Thomas: For us it was exciting to bring something new to Toronto, that was really the incentive with this project.

My Grandmother, she was the real cook in my family. She was so nurturing with the food and she cared about it which is what made her food so amazing.

I don’t really feel like being a chef was something I chose, the career chose me. After my first kitchen job at 13 in the dish-pit, I was really drawn to the camaraderie of a kitchen team.

I was reading an article in a marketing magazine the other day about trying to figure out a way to market beef and tell people about it.