Food Day Canada - Celebrating Canadian Food

Watch the Toronto Skyline on August 1st.

On August 1st, The CN Tower will be glowing the colours of Canada in honour of our farmers, our fishers, our chefs and our home cooks. Together we are cooking a better...

Skye Café & Bistro, Regina, Saskatchewan

The dynamic husband and wife team of Chefs Milton Rebello and Louise Lu have named Skye Café & Bistro after their daughter who is “super proud of her restaurant”. The dining room and the patio overlook Wascana Lake topped with the beautiful blue prairie Sky. Although the menu of these award winning chefs is has a strong global influence they are fiercely proud of the local seasonal ingredients that have helped him make their mark on the food life of Saskatchewan.There’s no menu card – the daily menus are on black boards. There are house made breads and pastries, fair trade coffee, wines and beers that pair and complement the variety of dishes he creates daily. Bringing it even closer to home is the house made pottery on which he serves many of his dishes. Never afraid to shy away from a challenge, Milton writes, “Our style of food is all about the experience, so (with Covid) we had to reinvent ourselves and create a product the would suit best for take out or easy to cook meal kit. As a busy family with young children, we were inspired to create meals that would be fresh, healthy, taste homemade & above all, great for all ages.” Hence they invented a delicious array of Skye Artisan handpies They are all small batch production and range from savoury (butter chicken, local lentil & chickpea masala, roasted beat, corn and goat cheese) to sweet (summer berry, cherry bourbon). Louise is also a very talented ceramic artist. ...

Bishop’s Restaurant, Vancouver

John Bishop has been Vancouver’s consummate host for over three decades. His restaurant, simply named “Bishop’s” is a quiet haven filled with extravagant bouquets, great works of art from John’s personal collection and extraordinary food. Is there any other restaurant that has its very own duck press? (below left) In 2011, his contribution to Canada was recognized at Rideau Hall by then Governor General Michaelle Jean and her husband Jean-Daniel LaFond, as a Canadian culinary...

Locals, Courtenay, British Columbia

Chef Ronald St Pierre and Tricia St Pierre have created Locals, a very real culinary destination in the Comox Valley. My friend, Jeremy Ferguson wrote the following in the Globe and Mail: “Courtenay’s claim to fame comes through a different passion: It wants to be foodie capital of the island. Assembling and showcasing the produce of the ultra fertile Comox Valley, it has accumulated considerable credentials.” “Courtenay’s proudest restaurant is called Locals. Chef Ronald...

Ruffino’s Pasta Bar and Grill, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario

No matter where he’s been, Chef Ryan Crawford has celebrated Food Day Canada every year since its inception; once to the point of nearly getting arrested for doing a pop up restaurant at midnight on the main street of Niagara-on-the-lake. Named as one of the best new restaurants in Canada, by Enroute magazine, Backhouse continued to celebrate all that Canada has to offer till he decided that a more casual approach was in order....

L’Abattoir, Vancouver

L’Abattoir is arguably one of the most solidly creative and award-blessed restaurants in British Columbia. Lee Cooper is the soft-spoken chef with a boyish demeanour who not only grew up in the restaurant business, but flourished in it. As a young man he worked in his dad’s A&W franchises in Nanaimo, a city in the heart of Vancouver Island, learning systems and the adrenalin rush that is so much part of the industry. His...