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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

Pantry Raid: Mildred's Temple Kitchen owner Donna Dooher's five essential kitchen items

Pantry Raid: Mildred’s Temple Kitchen owner Donna Dooher’s five essential kitchen items

And what she does with each one

Backyard BBQ: How Cherry Street Bar-B-Que's Lawrence La Pianta makes his Double-Stack Cherry Mac smash burger

Backyard BBQ: How Cherry Street Bar-B-Que’s Lawrence La Pianta makes his Double-Stack Cherry Mac smash burger

And you don't even need backyard or a barbecue for this one

Backyard BBQ: How Jacobs & Co. Steakhouse chef Danny McCallum makes his Korean-style Miami ribs

Backyard BBQ: How Jacobs & Co. Steakhouse chef Danny McCallum makes his Korean-style Miami ribs

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Quarantine Cuisine: How Drake Devonshire chef Alexandra Feswick makes her bountiful breakfast bowl

Quarantine Cuisine: How Drake Devonshire chef Alexandra Feswick makes her bountiful breakfast bowl

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Toronto restaurants and food shops doing Mother’s Day brunch, bagel buffets, cheese boards and more, for pickup or delivery

Toronto restaurants and food shops doing Mother’s Day brunch, bagel buffets, cheese boards and more, for pickup or delivery

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Quarantine Cuisine: DaiLo chef Nick Liu's deep-fried glazed doughnuts

Quarantine Cuisine: DaiLo chef Nick Liu’s deep-fried glazed doughnuts

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"Any sale at this point is truly a gift": How five Toronto stores are coping without foot traffic

“Any sale at this point is truly a gift”: How five Toronto stores are coping without foot traffic

These brick-and-mortar outposts have dramatically shifted their strategies to online sales, food bank donations and PPE production

Quarantine Cuisine: How Richmond Station chef Josh Morin makes his buttery, pull-apart dinner rolls

Quarantine Cuisine: How Richmond Station chef Josh Morin makes his buttery, pull-apart dinner rolls

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Quarantine Cuisine: Chef Devan Rajkumar's remixed instant ramen

Quarantine Cuisine: Chef Devan Rajkumar’s remixed instant ramen

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Quarantine Cuisine: Flock and Cactus Club chef Cory Vitiello's favourite fully loaded nachos

Quarantine Cuisine: Flock and Cactus Club chef Cory Vitiello’s favourite fully loaded nachos

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Quarantine Cuisine: How Kost chef Morgan Bellis makes his cheesy chicken parm

Quarantine Cuisine: How Kost chef Morgan Bellis makes his cheesy chicken parm

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Quarantine Cuisine: How Marben chef Chris Locke makes a bacon-y take on a Spanish tortilla

Quarantine Cuisine: How Marben chef Chris Locke makes a bacon-y take on a Spanish tortilla

You only need these four ingredients

Quarantine Cuisine: How Chase Hospitality Group chef de cuisine Felicia De Rose makes her quickie carbonara

Quarantine Cuisine: How Chase Hospitality Group chef de cuisine Felicia De Rose makes her quickie carbonara

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Where chef Mark McEwan eats grilled octopus, pumpkin hummus and chicken-fried steak in the St. Lawrence neighbourhood

Where chef Mark McEwan eats grilled octopus, pumpkin hummus and chicken-fried steak in the St. Lawrence neighbourhood

His favourite restaurants in the neighbourhood

Where chef Chris Locke gets breakfast sandwiches, burgers and beer on the Danforth

Where chef Chris Locke gets breakfast sandwiches, burgers and beer on the Danforth

A few of his favourite restaurants and bakeries in the east end neighbourhood

Where chef Nuit Regular eats eggs Benedict, Peking duck and butter tarts in East Chinatown

Where chef Nuit Regular eats eggs Benedict, Peking duck and butter tarts in East Chinatown

Her go-to restaurants and bakeries in the east-end neighbourhood

Where the Food Network’s Baker Sisters go for biscuit sandwiches, birthday cake doughnuts and sourdough bread in the east end

Where the Food Network’s Baker Sisters go for biscuit sandwiches, birthday cake doughnuts and sourdough bread in the east end

Their go-to restaurants and bakeries in Leslieville and Riverside

Where chef Gabriele Di Marco gets dim sum, burgers and gelato around Yonge and St. Clair

Where chef Gabriele Di Marco gets dim sum, burgers and gelato around Yonge and St. Clair

Three of his favourite spots, and what he gets at each one

Where chef Jesse Vallins gets stewed oxtail, katsu sandos and cheese fondue in the east end

Where chef Jesse Vallins gets stewed oxtail, katsu sandos and cheese fondue in the east end

Three of his favourite spots and what he gets at each one

Toronto chefs and restaurateurs on what they hope to see more (or less) of in 2020

Toronto chefs and restaurateurs on what they hope to see more (or less) of in 2020

“I would love for people to stop thinking Instagram is the be all and end all”

Where chef Elia Herrera gets chicharrones, churros and chicken tacos in Kensington Market

Where chef Elia Herrera gets chicharrones, churros and chicken tacos in Kensington Market

Three of her favourite spots, and what she gets at each one

Where chef Ivana Raca goes for jerk chicken, vegan pizza and macarons in East York and on the Danforth

Where chef Ivana Raca goes for jerk chicken, vegan pizza and macarons in East York and on the Danforth

Three of her favourite spots, and what she gets at each one

Where chef Steve Gonzalez eats pho, tortas and doughnuts in Kensington Market and Chinatown

Where chef Steve Gonzalez eats pho, tortas and doughnuts in Kensington Market and Chinatown

Four of his favourite spots, and what he orders at each one

Where chef Kshitiz Sethi eats butter chicken, pizza Pugliese and pav bhaji fondue in Midtown and North York

Where chef Kshitiz Sethi eats butter chicken, pizza Pugliese and pav bhaji fondue in Midtown and North York

The Paese chef takes us to three of his favourite spots

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

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For Sale: 171 Durant Ave

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For Sale: 112 Mildenhall Rd

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