Who's on top in Toronto?

[AceBoy]

Greetings.

After ten years working abroad my wife and I had decided to return to Toronto to settle down.

My only problem is that I haven't worked in Toronto in a decade, and have no freakin' idea who's in, out, hot, not, open, closed, and so on and so forth.

I'm a european trained chef and currently hold the rank of Exec. Chef at the hotel I'm employed at now. We will be re-locating in Februray and any input would be exceptionally helpful. I basically want to know who's worth my time, and who to avoid completely.

Cheers!

[Jake]

Welcome AceBoy. There's all sorts of stuff happening in Toronto right now. Paul Bohmer is finally opening his own place, Claudio Aprile is also opening a new one. Jamie Kennedy sold his signature wine bar, and Michael Stadtlander is still up at the farm. What exactly are you looking for, to continue work in a hotel environment or a restaurant venue???

[AceBoy]

Thanks for the welocme.

I'm definitly staying out of hotels for awhile. And NO UNIONS. Not going through that again.

I'm looking for a restaurant position at either Sous, Exec. Sous or Chef de Cuisine. I'm classicaly French & Italian trained, but can pretty much cook anything. Would like to stick with my strengths, however.

Boehmer and Aprile's places sound interesting. What are these guys like to work for?