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Tiffany Leigh

Tiffany Leigh is an award-winning freelance journalist with degrees in business communications and education. She has a culinary background, is a recipient of the Clay Triplette James Beard Foundation scholarship award and has worked in restaurants such as Langdon Hall. In addition to Toronto Life, her pieces have been read in publications such as Forbes, Vogue, Eater, Dwell, Elle, Business Insider, Playboy, Food & Wine and Bon Appétit.

Latest from Tiffany Leigh

Where the creators of Marved TV eat burgers, curry goat and Bahamian food in and around Weston Village

Where the creators of Marved TV eat burgers, curry goat and Bahamian food in and around Weston Village

The trio of foodies took us for a tour of one of their favourite neighbourhoods

Ten Toronto restaurants celebrating Lunar New Year

Ten Toronto restaurants celebrating Lunar New Year

Ring in the Year of the Snake with these set menus

Where olive oil expert Fil Bucchino eats Italian food in Vaughan

Where olive oil expert Fil Bucchino eats Italian food in Vaughan

His favourite spots for porchetta, fried seafood and amaretti

What’s on the menu at Akin, chef Eric Chong’s new restaurant with a 10-course blind tasting menu

What’s on the menu at Akin, chef Eric Chong’s new restaurant with a 10-course blind tasting menu

Including a molecular interpretation of hot pot

Chefs in the Burbs: Where Claudio Aprile eats in Oakville

Chefs in the Burbs: Where Claudio Aprile eats in Oakville

His favourite spots for croissants, avocado toast and chocolate chip cookies

Where chef Matt Basile eats in midtown and North York

Where chef Matt Basile eats in midtown and North York

His favourite spots for burgers, bagels and lamb vindaloo

Sort-of Secret: Wine Pairing Company

Sort-of Secret: Wine Pairing Company

A pop-up dining series that matches Chinese dishes with sakes, wines and beers

Where Vela chef Marvin Palomo eats Chinese, Japanese and Filipino food in Markham and Scarborough

Where Vela chef Marvin Palomo eats Chinese, Japanese and Filipino food in Markham and Scarborough

His favourite spots for pan de sal, king crab ramen and hand-pulled noodles

Order in the Court: Azul, a new fast-casual Mexican counter in the Path

Order in the Court: Azul, a new fast-casual Mexican counter in the Path

A series that fixates on the city’s food-court gems

Where Ann Kim, co-owner of Donna's eats Korean food in Thornhill

Where Ann Kim, co-owner of Donna’s eats Korean food in Thornhill

Her favourite spots for gimbap, kimchi stew and raw marinated crab

Where Canoe executive chef Ron McKinlay eats in Riverdale and East Chinatown

Where Canoe executive chef Ron McKinlay eats in Riverdale and East Chinatown

His favourite spots for dumplings, pho and burgers in the east end

Sort-of Secret: Golden Horseshoe BBQ, a new pop-up attracting crowds with Texas-style barbecue

Sort-of Secret: Golden Horseshoe BBQ, a new pop-up attracting crowds with Texas-style barbecue

Pitmaster Andrew Golden and his sous-chef mom are bringing barbecue to the city’s breweries

Toronto chefs and restaurateurs on the best dishes they ate in 2023

Toronto chefs and restaurateurs on the best dishes they ate in 2023

From a caesar salad to a fancy fish dish

Twelve of Toronto's festive holiday food-and-drink events, ranked

Twelve of Toronto’s festive holiday food-and-drink events, ranked

Including kitschy cocktails, brunch buffets and fancy fondue dinners

Where chef Dwight Smith eats Jamaican patties, smoked meat sandwiches and Cantonese chow mein in Scarborough

Where chef Dwight Smith eats Jamaican patties, smoked meat sandwiches and Cantonese chow mein in Scarborough

The Scarborough-raised chef took us for a gastronomic tour of his old stomping grounds

Where Wonton Hut chef-owner Eddie Yeung eats Chinese food in North York

Where Wonton Hut chef-owner Eddie Yeung eats Chinese food in North York

His favourite spots for salted spare ribs, dan dan noodles and deep-fried milk custard

Sort-of Secret: Kumain Kitchen, a Filipino street food pop-up from twin brother chefs

Sort-of Secret: Kumain Kitchen, a Filipino street food pop-up from twin brother chefs

Part of our series spotlighting the city’s edible hidden gems

Sort-of Secret: Oui Aïa, a monthly supper club held at a private location in downtown Toronto

Sort-of Secret: Oui Aïa, a monthly supper club held at a private location in downtown Toronto

The address is revealed to guests only after they’ve purchased tickets

Where to find the best meals for $10 or less in Thornhill

Where to find the best meals for $10 or less in Thornhill

Including Korean hot dogs, charbroiled burgers, fully loaded falafel wraps and Filipino spaghetti

What's on the menu at Black and Blue, a two-storey, 9,000-square-foot steakhouse in the old Toronto Stock Exchange space

What’s on the menu at Black and Blue, a two-storey, 9,000-square-foot steakhouse in the old Toronto Stock Exchange space

Including seafood towers, smoking cocktails and ultra-rare Miyazaki Wagyu

Where to find the best meals for $10 or less in Unionville

Where to find the best meals for $10 or less in Unionville

Including Hong Kong café specials, hand-pulled noodles, takoyaki and kothu roti

Where to find the best meals for $10 or less in Whitchurch-Stouffville

Where to find the best meals for $10 or less in Whitchurch-Stouffville

Including burgers, fully loaded onion rings and tater tot poutine

Where to find the best meals for $10 or less in Scarborough's Wexford neighbourhood

Where to find the best meals for $10 or less in Scarborough’s Wexford neighbourhood

Including pork belly banh mi, veal shawarma wraps, jerk chicken roti and baklava

Toronto businesses selling chocolate smash hearts, customized doughnuts, s'mores boards and candy bouquets for Valentine's Day

Toronto businesses selling chocolate smash hearts, customized doughnuts, s’mores boards and candy bouquets for Valentine’s Day

Also: these Taylor Swift–themed slices of cake

Summer Camp Guide

Summer Camp Directory 2026

Summer Camp Directory 2026

Discover our top-rated summer camps for kids of all ages

Best New Restaurants

Toronto Life ’s Best Restaurants returns for its 10th-anniversary edition on June 8

Toronto Life’s Best Restaurants returns for its 10th-anniversary edition on June 8

General admission tickets are now on sale for Toronto’s biggest culinary night, featuring top chefs, restaurants and drinks

Big Stories

These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2026

These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2026

This year’s list includes a 150-square-foot omakase counter, a Parisian brasserie in the Annex, Korean comfort food, Filipino karaoke and a Summerhill seafood spot that’s reinventing the raw bar

Hoop Dreams: Inside the making of the Toronto Tempo, the city’s newly assembled WNBA team

Hoop Dreams: Inside the making of the Toronto Tempo, the city’s newly assembled WNBA team

After years of false starts, months of nail-biting negotiations between the league and the players’ union, and an 11th-hour scramble to build a roster, Toronto finally has its own major-league women’s basketball team. Now it just has to live up to the hype

Live From New York: Inside the slay-or-be-slayed world of Studio 8H with SNL rookie Veronika Slowikowska

Live From New York: Inside the slay-or-be-slayed world of Studio 8H with SNL rookie Veronika Slowikowska

Slowikowska is the first Canadian to join the cast of Saturday Night Live in more than 25 years. She’s also this season’s breakout star. Now all she has to do is keep crushing it

Better Call Deepak: Meet drug lord Ryan Wedding’s self-styled cocaine lawyer

Better Call Deepak: Meet drug lord Ryan Wedding’s self-styled cocaine lawyer

The man who represented the infamous drug lord is unapologetically flashy—he has a Lamborghini and two Maseratis and wears $1,200 Louboutins. But did he become an accomplice to his client’s crimes? Deepak Paradkar says he was just doing his job. The FBI says he crossed a line

The Redemption Tour: The Blue Jays are back. Can they finish what they started?

The Redemption Tour: The Blue Jays are back. Can they finish what they started?

We’re not over it, but they are. Six months after that devastating defeat, the Jays take the field once more, bent more than ever on winning the World Series. Dispatches from the dugout

My Life as a True Crime Spectacle: My father’s crimes fractured our family. Then came the press

My Life as a True Crime Spectacle: My father’s crimes fractured our family. Then came the press

My dad was the infamous Rolex Killer. The news of his crimes nearly broke me. And ever since, my family has been hounded by reporters, podcasters and true crime fanatics—a whole new circle of hell

Robby on the Line: Out and about with Robby Hoffman, comedy’s equal opportunity assassin

Robby on the Line: Out and about with Robby Hoffman, comedy’s equal opportunity assassin

Larry David is the indisputable king of brutal honesty. But if anyone comes close, it’s Robby Hoffman, the suddenly everywhere comic from whom no group is safe

Notes on an Academic Scandal: Why did TMU demote a leading advocate of DEI?

Notes on an Academic Scandal: Why did TMU demote a leading advocate of DEI?

Pamela Sugiman, a former arts dean at Toronto Metropolitan University, was a key player in the school’s push for diversity, equity and inclusion. When the backlash against DEI arrived, she was demoted. The school says it was a coincidence. She disagrees

City of Renters: The dream of home ownership isn’t dead. Maybe it should be?

City of Renters: The dream of home ownership isn’t dead. Maybe it should be?

Scenes from the rent-for-life revolution

This generation was pummelled by Covid high school. Now the job market wants to replace them with AI

This generation was pummelled by Covid high school. Now the job market wants to replace them with AI

It’s hard out here for a 20-something

The High Price of Hope: Inside Toronto’s white-hot fertility market

The High Price of Hope: Inside Toronto’s white-hot fertility market

Desperate wannabe parents are betting their life savings on unproven treatments and false promises

Man vs. Machine: ChatGPT caused him to spiral into delusion. Now he’s suing OpenAI

Man vs. Machine: ChatGPT caused him to spiral into delusion. Now he’s suing OpenAI

Last spring, a chatbot convinced Allan Brooks that he had discovered a revolutionary mathematical theory. He says it nearly destroyed him

Smart City: 20 mind-blowing Toronto inventions that are changing the world

Smart City: 20 mind-blowing Toronto inventions that are changing the world

Homegrown innovations that will transform lives for the better

293 Days Without My Son: I gave up everything to rescue my kidnapped child from my abusive husband

293 Days Without My Son: I gave up everything to rescue my kidnapped child from my abusive husband

When Valentino was abducted, I knew three things: he’d been taken by his father, he was somewhere in India and I would not rest until I found him

The Violent Life of a Tow Truck Driver: How an unremarkable profession turned Toronto into a war zone

The Violent Life of a Tow Truck Driver: How an unremarkable profession turned Toronto into a war zone

The towing industry has been hijacked by criminals and kingpins who fleece customers, beat up dissenters and shoot their enemies. Inside the brutal turf war for the city’s wrecks

Street Fight: Inside the battle raging over Toronto multiplexes

Street Fight: Inside the battle raging over Toronto multiplexes

If this city stands any chance of solving the housing crisis, it will need buildings with multiple units in residential neighbourhoods—a move that has many residents saying, “Anywhere but here!”

Young and Retired: Meet the super-savers quitting work decades before the average Canadian

Young and Retired: Meet the super-savers quitting work decades before the average Canadian

In the age of doomspending, these ultra-driven Torontonians give up their weekends, work multiple jobs and never, ever eat out. The upside: they’ll retire long before the rest of us

Just Listed

For Sale: 171 Durant Ave

For Sale: 171 Durant Ave

This rare property features 2 houses on 1 lot

For Sale: 50 First Avenue

For Sale: 50 First Avenue

A testament to time presiding over one of Uxbridge's most storied streetscapes, this magnificently preserved circa 1880 residence commands its prominent corner lot with the quiet confidence of a true architectural landmark

For Sale: 7 Bentley Drive

For Sale: 7 Bentley Drive

A commanding architectural statement in prestigious Stonegate–Queensway, this newly completed custom residence by Bali Homes Group presents a refined interpretation of contemporary luxury living

For Sale: 75 Queen Street

For Sale: 75 Queen Street

Guelph is having a moment

For Sale: 112 Mildenhall Rd

For Sale: 112 Mildenhall Rd

A rare opportunity to own a custom-built masterpiece in the heart of Lawrence Park beautifully designed by Gray Smith and Arca Design for the most discerning buyer