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“I love the entrepreneur life and it’s nice feeling like I’m in charge”: Chef Brandon Olsen on his new in-home restaurant experience
Food & Drink

“I love the entrepreneur life and it’s nice feeling like I’m in charge”: Chef Brandon Olsen on his new in-home restaurant experience

Life after La Banane

Inside the private art collection of La Banane and CXBO Chocolates co-owner Sarah Keenlyside

Inside the private art collection of La Banane and CXBO Chocolates co-owner Sarah Keenlyside

No wall is left uncovered in her gorgeous Kensington Market loft

Inside the kitchen of Brandon Olsen and Sarah Keenlyside, the owners of La Banane and CXBO

Inside the kitchen of Brandon Olsen and Sarah Keenlyside, the owners of La Banane and CXBO

Just a few of the things it's stocked with: chocolate, foie gras, butter and a bowl of Dungeness crabs

What’s being served for <em>Toronto Life’</em>s one-night-only dinner at La Banane
Food & Drink

What’s being served for Toronto Life’s one-night-only dinner at La Banane

Get your tickets before they're gone

<em>Toronto Life</em> is hosting a series of epic dinners at the city’s best restaurants, and you’re invited
Food & Drink

Toronto Life is hosting a series of epic dinners at the city’s best restaurants, and you’re invited

You don't want to miss these one-night-only menus

Inside the kitchen of One’s pastry chef and chef de cuisine

Inside the kitchen of One’s pastry chef and chef de cuisine

A few things their kitchen is stocked with: champagne, homemade Jamaican patties and a ham pillow

What’s on the menu at La Banane, Brandon Olsen’s fancy, French-inspired restaurant on Ossington

What’s on the menu at La Banane, Brandon Olsen’s fancy, French-inspired restaurant on Ossington

Including something called a "Ziggy Stardust Disco Egg"

What’s on the menu at CXBO, a colourful new sweet shop in Brockton Village
Food & Drink

What’s on the menu at CXBO, a colourful new sweet shop in Brockton Village

Bonbons, caramels and fruit jellies as if designed by Jackson Pollock and Buckminster Fuller.

Charlie’s Burgers is hosting a one-off dinner at Wayhome Music Festival
Food & Drink

Charlie’s Burgers is hosting a one-off dinner at Wayhome Music Festival

It's a step up from the usual food truck fare

Consumed: What Franco Stalteri, the founder of Charlie’s Burgers, ate last week
Food & Drink

Consumed: What Franco Stalteri, the founder of Charlie’s Burgers, ate last week

"I've had trouble with fernet ever since Fergus Henderson and Trevor Gulliver came to Toronto for back-to-back CB dinners"

Consumed: What the Harbord Room’s Cory Vitiello ate last week
Food & Drink

Consumed: What the Harbord Room’s Cory Vitiello ate last week

"I crushed about six red Twizzlers—always red—and some tequila on the rocks"

Twelve of the city’s most terrific chocolate truffles
Food & Drink

Twelve of the city’s most terrific chocolate truffles

We're cuckoo for this cocoa

How Canoe celebrated its 20th anniversary
Food & Drink

How Canoe celebrated its 20th anniversary

The restaurant welcomed back past chefs and front-of-house staff to work with the current crew for a one-night-only tasting menu

Ex–Bar Isabel chef Brandon Olsen is opening a chocolate shop in Brockton Village
Food & Drink

Ex–Bar Isabel chef Brandon Olsen is opening a chocolate shop in Brockton Village

While he might be known for his work with foie gras and fried chicken, his true love is sugar

Introducing: Bar Isabel, Grant van Gameren’s highly anticipated new restaurant in Little Italy
Food & Drink

Introducing: Bar Isabel, Grant van Gameren’s highly anticipated new restaurant in Little Italy

Private School Directory

The Independent and Private School Directory Spring 2022
Private Schools

The Independent and Private School Directory Spring 2022

Big Stories

Tales of love and resilience from Little Ukraine
City

Tales of love and resilience from Little Ukraine

This man would like your attention
City

This man would like your attention

I was forced into an arranged marriage at 17
Memoir

I was forced into an arranged marriage at 17

Toronto&#8217;s first family of cheese
City

Toronto’s first family of cheese

25 Reasons to Love Toronto Now
City

25 Reasons to Love Toronto Now

Inside a high-stakes flight from a crumbling country
Life

Inside a high-stakes flight from a crumbling country

The twisted mind of a serial romance scammer
City

The twisted mind of a serial romance scammer

What should the post-pandemic workplace look like?
City

What should the post-pandemic workplace look like?

How director Domee Shi turned Toronto into a pastel Pixar wonderland
Culture

How director Domee Shi turned Toronto into a pastel Pixar wonderland

How I learned the horrifying truth about my biological father
Memoir

How I learned the horrifying truth about my biological father

Inside a $4-billion family feud
City

Inside a $4-billion family feud

Fifteen mesmerizing photos that reveal the lives of Torontonians in the 1960s and ’70s
City

Fifteen mesmerizing photos that reveal the lives of Torontonians in the 1960s and ’70s

Behind the scenes of an $11-billion subway war
City

Behind the scenes of an $11-billion subway war

Dispatches from the weirdest university year ever
Life

Dispatches from the weirdest university year ever

<em>Toronto Life&#8217;</em>s top longreads of 2021
City

Toronto Life’s top longreads of 2021

Fired for being female
City

Fired for being female

The winter hater&#8217;s guide to loving winter
City

The winter hater’s guide to loving winter

Inside the hunt for Christine Jessop&#8217;s real killer
City

Inside the hunt for Christine Jessop’s real killer

The 50 Most Influential Torontonians of 2021
City

The 50 Most Influential Torontonians of 2021

How an army of volunteers inoculated Ontario
City

How an army of volunteers inoculated Ontario

Great Spaces

Inside the Royal Hotel&#8217;s five-year restoration
Style

Inside the Royal Hotel’s five-year restoration

Best Dressed

Toronto’s Best Dressed: Trish, Mac &#038; Matty Matheson, the ultimate nonconformists

Toronto’s Best Dressed: Trish, Mac & Matty Matheson, the ultimate nonconformists

Toronto’s Best Dressed: Fashion director George Antonopoulos

Toronto’s Best Dressed: Fashion director George Antonopoulos

Toronto’s Best Dressed: Fitness model and anti-blogger Sasha Exeter

Toronto’s Best Dressed: Fitness model and anti-blogger Sasha Exeter

Toronto’s Best Dressed: Brian A. Richards, potential future face of fashion in Toronto

Toronto’s Best Dressed: Brian A. Richards, potential future face of fashion in Toronto

Toronto’s Best Dressed: Artsy supercouple Jeffrey &#038; Lucia Remedios

Toronto’s Best Dressed: Artsy supercouple Jeffrey & Lucia Remedios

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