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2011 Research Gala - Featured Chefs

 

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Boo’s Bistro & Wine Bar
Chef Boo


Vibulan Aria is known as Chef Boo. The creator of feelings and flavours  of the Far East to the West, referred to as “Fusion Cuisine”.  Boo  brings an ethnic flare to food that people love.  He has a special  ability to meld ethnic with continental cuisines that separates him from  the rest. Born in Malaysia, Chef Boo’s education has been in restaurants,  learning along the way.
Chef Boo is now regarded as a popular chef who mastered a unique style. [website...]
 

Hamilton Entertainment & Convention Facilities Inc.
Executive Chef Fritz Zwahlen


Fritz Zwahlen is a world traveler and a world class chef who has cooked at top hotels all over Europe. He has made a career out of exceeding customer’s culinary expectations. In 28 years at Hamilton Entertainment and Convention Facilities Inc. (HECFI) he has pleased hundreds of thousands of people with his wide variety of irresistible dining options, being able to create many different cultural and ethnic menus. [website...]
 

Inn on the Twenty
Executive Chef Kevin Maniaci


Chef Kevin Maniaci,has held sous chef and chef positions at Rosewater Supper Club, Winston’s, Zola and The Platinum Club of the Air Canada Centre. In 2003 he joined the team at Cave Spring/Inn on The Twenty, Niagara’s first Winery / Restaurant destination. In 2005, he became Executive Chef of both the Inn On The Twenty and The Jordan House. Kevin also teaches part time and the Canadian Food and Wine institute in Niagara on the Lake. [website...]
 

Lo Presti’s at Maxwell’s
Chef Serge Andreatta


A Niagara raised chef, Serge believes in a simple and creative style of cooking. Working with great chefs over the years has taught him that less is more in what you cook and the best flavour comes from the freshest ingredients. Serge refined his style as chef at a golf course, steak and seafood restaurant, winery and a hotel before becoming chef for LoPresti's at Maxwells. [website...]
 

Mistura Restaurant and Sopra Upper Lounge
Executive Chef Massimo Capra


Massimo's passion for all things gastronomical propelled him from some of Italy’s best restaurants and hotels to Canada, at his own restaurants Mistura and Sopra Upper Lounge. Massimo currently is a regular guest expert on CITY TV Cityline and a chef host on the Food Network’s hit series Restaurant Makeover. He authored a cook book entitled One Pot Italian and regularly writes for The Globe and Mail Life section. [website...]
 

Quatrefoil Restaurant
Executive Chef Fraser Macfarlane


Fraser Macfarlane is chef and owner of Quatrefoil Restaurant in Dundas, Ontario. Since opening in May 2010, Quatrefoil Restaurant has won many culinary honours, including being named among Canada’s top 10 best new restaurants by enRoute Magazine. Macfarlane finds inspiration in the best local products to create superb seasonal menus. His approach is to refine flavours through technique and let the ingredients stand on their own. [website...]
 

Red Canoe Bistro
Executive Chef Tobias Pohl-Weary


Chef Tobias Pohl-Weary refers to his culinary stylings as "Modern Canadian Cuisine". His hyper-seasonal menus are changing frequently to best showcase the foods, techniques and best ingredients of Canada. As Executive Chef, Tobias has overseen some of Canada's finest establishments including Sarkis Restaurant (Toronto), The Terrace Inn (B.C.), and Bistro 1603 (Mississauga). In 2009, he opened Red Canoe Bistro which won the Burlington Posts "Best New Restaurant of 2009" award. [website...]

 

Spencer’s at the Waterfront
Chef Chris Haworth


Trained in some of the finest kitchens of London, England, Chris's cooking has been described as 'sleek, refined, modern' and Spencer’s a 'benchmark for any great restaurant in Ontario'. He is a chef who cooks with a conscience and draws influence from the flavours of Ontario. Most recently, he appeared alongside his good friend Curtis Stone on the Oprah Winfrey show and Iron Chef America against Bobby Flay. [website...]