Top Chef Canada’s Dustin Gallagher to leave Grace after four years
Dustin Gallagher, the adorably smiley chef who narrowly missed the finals on season one of Top Chef Canada, is moving on after four years at College Street restaurant Grace—but he’s not headed to another Toronto kitchen just yet. Owner Leslie Gibson told The Dish that Gallagher eventually hopes to open a restaurant of his own, but first plans to spend some time travelling around Europe (in search of inspiration, perhaps?). After interviewing several applicants, Gibson and husband Chris Hoffman have chosen Kevin Castonguay, formerly of Woodlot, to dish up Grace’s homey food. He and Gallagher have been orchestrating the handover for several weeks, and Gallagher will be gone for good in a few days—which means that diners hoping to catch a glimpse of that trademark grin have precious little time to get down to College Street.
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Dustin Gallagher, the adorably smiley chef who narrowly missed the finals on season one of Top Chef Canada, is moving on after four years at College Street restaurant Grace—but he’s not headed to another Toronto kitchen just yet. Owner Leslie Gibson told The Dish that Gallagher eventually hopes to open a restaurant of his own, but first plans to spend some time travelling around Europe (in search of inspiration, perhaps?). After interviewing several applicants, Gibson and husband Chris Hoffman have chosen Kevin Castonguay, formerly of Woodlot, to dish up Grace’s homey food. He and Gallagher have been orchestrating the handover for several weeks, and Gallagher will be gone for good in a few days—which means that diners hoping to catch a glimpse of that trademark grin have precious little time to get down to College Street.){kind=link}
According to Steve Davey at Now, Dustin is cursed by top
Chef Canada.
I actually read that piece today, it was pretty hateful.
Best of luck to Dustin and I am looking forward to the new Grace.
Fuck Steve Davey from Now. Talentless loser who would rather shit on the industry that pays his bills. I hope one
of those chefs he pissed on tells him to stick it up
his ass when he tries to eat at there resto. Good
Luck chef!
There is the link to the BS article:
http://www.nowtoronto.com/daily/food/story.cfm?content=185302
NOW magazine is a sinking ship, especially with Steven Davey at the helm writing about food. The transvestites have more space in the paper then he does!!
I am sure that most of the chefs he mentioned in that piece are making more $$ NOW than ever. If cursed is getting to travel the world, star on a TV show and open a restaurant then someone needs to cast a spell on my ass or stick me with a few pins.
Good on yah bro! hope you eat some good food and I hope Steve Davey eat shit, I don’t read his crap anyways. Good Luck
It can’t be that much of a bad thing as Carl from Marben won the show and has left the restaurant that started his fame..