Taste of Toronto Final Lineup + Ticket Giveaway

Taste of Toronto has revealed its final lineup of top chefs and restaurants participating in the second annual festival, taking place in Fort York July 2 – 5, and its safe to say, we are already drooling. Among the new additions are renowned chefs Masaharu Morimoto, Alvin Leung, Lynn Crawford and Stuart Cameron, joining over 30 of the country’s top culinary talent.

Iron Chef and Michelin-starred mastermind Morimoto is set to debut signature dishes from his latest eponymous restaurant and highly anticipated first-ever venture in Canada where the chef offers a fusion of Japanese and Western ingredients in dishes such as the Uni Carbonara made with quail egg, smoked bacon and parmesan, as well as Toro Tartare served with caviar, sour cream, wasabi and dashi soy.

Also previewing a new restaurant at this year’s event, Rob Bragagnolo of Marben will introduce Carver at Sunday’s lunch session. Scheduled to open downtown Toronto in fall 2015, the restaurant will focus on locally-sourced Ontario and naturally-raised, slow-roasted meats. The final chefs and restaurants completing this year’s lineup include Stuart Cameron from Byblos, Patria and Weslodge, as well as the Kinka Family of Guu Toronto, Kintori Yakitori and Kinton Ramen who are returning to the festival for the second year in a row. Other newcomers to the festival include “The Demon Chef” Alvin Leung, to appear alongside his MasterChef Canada protégé Eric Chong at the R&D booth.

Taste of Toronto 2015 restaurant and star lineup:

• Adrian Niman, Rasa
• Alvin Leung and Eric Chong, R&D (Thursday and Friday only)
• Amanda Ray, Biff’s Bistro
• Anthony Walsh and Michael Bonacini, Oliver & Bonacini
• Bill Osborne, America
• Carl Heinrich, Richmond Station
• Cory Vitiello and Robbie Hojilla, The Harbord Room and THR & Co.
• Damon Campbell, Bosk
• David Neinstein, Barque
• Elia Herrera, Los Colibris and El Caballito
• Franco Stalteri, Charlie’s Burgers
• Jonathan Waxman and Matt Robertson, Montecito
• Ippei Iwata, Aki Urata and Koji Tashiro, Guu Toronto, Kintori Yakitori and Kinton Ramen (Saturday only)
• Masaharu Morimoto, Morimoto Toronto
• Michael van den Winkel, Little Sister
• Miheer Shete, Bannock
• Rob Bragagnolo, Marben (Sunday only)
• Stuart Cameron, Byblos, Patria and Weslodge
• Ted Corrado and Matt DeMille, The Drake Hotel, The Drake Devonshire and Drake One Fifty
• Victor Barry, Splendido
• Lynn Crawford, Egg Farmers of Canada Chef Ambassador, chef-owner of Ruby Watchco and and “The Hearth” at the Pearson International Airport Toronto
• Mark McEwan, McEwan Group
• Rick Moonen, True North Salmon

Celebrity chef Lynn Crawford will also  be performing an on-site demonstration and cooking class as an Egg Farmers of Canada Chef Ambassador, and sustainable seafood advocate Rick Moonen will appear alongside one of North America’s most trusted producers of seafood, True North Salmon.

Byblos

This is a festival not to be missed where you have the opportunity to sip, sample and shop from recognizable producers, alongside up-and-coming names, of olive oils, jams, cheeses, beer, wine, kitchen tools and more at this year’s Taste of Toronto. Making the trip to Toronto for the event, select international vendors join a host of local artisans from across Ontario and Canada.

If you aren’t already sold on the food festival, available dishes hot off the grill include Byblos’ charcoal lamb kofte, mixing in flavours from its house pickles, toum and green schug; and R&D’s octopus with chargrilled choy sum chimichurri and “yu heung” eggplant. Enjoy a taste of summer with plates such as compressed watermelon and cucumber salad from Little Sister; crispy BBQ pork taco on a bed of fresh jicama slaw from Barque; and grilled summer squash, coloured with pomegranate, pickled red onion and Macedonian feta from The Harbord Room and THR & Co.

We have already got our eyes set on gourmet dessert items, like Montecito’s vanilla panna cotta with port-poached rhubarb and caramelized white chocolate; or Bosk’s peaches and cream, topped with Darjeeling cream, bourbon syrup and a brown butter almond crumble.

If you want to indulge in delicious food and enjoy the countries culinary talents, you can purchase tickets on tasteoftoronto.com where you can view the programs and full list of vendors.

GIVEAWAY

We’d love to give Girls of T.O fans the opportunity to attend the Taste of Toronto Opening Night and indulge in the festivals delicious food and celebrate the country’s top culinary talent!

To enter to win a pair of tickets to the opening night festivities, all you have to do is enter through the rafflecopter widget below! The contest is open to Ontario residents only and the contest closes on June 30th at 12am.

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