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Kitchen Diaries
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Inside the kitchen of Marvin Palomo, executive chef and partner at Vela
Stocked with frozen dim sum, a truffle shaver and a bucket of calamansi
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Inside the kitchen of Seb Yacoubian, chef and co-owner of Taline
Including Armenian cured beef, pistachio paste and three kinds of popcorn
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Inside the kitchen of Moeen Abuzaid, chef-owner of Arbequina
Stocked with specialty olive oils, homemade shatta chili sauce and spices galore
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Inside the kitchen of Adin Wener, co-founder of Henderson’s Brewery
Stocked with pickle-flavoured sparkling water, matzo chips and an entire fridge dedicated to beer
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Inside the kitchen of cookbook author, stylist and TV personality Jason Skrobar
Stocked with mounds of sprinkles, pickled eggs and penis-shaped pasta from Italy
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Inside the kitchen of Danny McCallum, head chef at Jacob’s and Co. Steakhouse
Stocked with bone-in tenderloin, Japanese knives and a record collection that lives in the fridge
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Inside the kitchen of Eden Grinshpan, host of
Top Chef Canada
Stocked with soup croutons, Fudgsicles and tons of tahini
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Inside the kitchen of Zachary Darke, the executive chef of Parquet
Stocked with Cheez Whiz, frozen duck and an at-home s’mores maker
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Inside the kitchen of Andres Jaramillo, chef de cuisine at Abrielle
Stocked with traditional Colombian liquor, frozen octopus and four tubs of ice cream
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Inside the kitchen of John Sleeman, founder of Sleeman Breweries
Featuring vintage fridges, imported butter and an eye-popping booze collection
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Inside the kitchen of Jess Maiorano, the owner of Pasta Forever
Stocked with Genovese basil, mystery sauces and Kraft Dinner
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Inside the kitchen of Yannick Bigourdan, owner of Lucie and the Carbon Bar
Featuring a fancy mustard collection, canned wine and century-old glassware
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Inside the kitchen of Jared and Miki Ferrall, the owners of Crafty Ramen
Including esoteric mushrooms, Japanese whiskey and many unopened jars of chili crisp
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Inside the kitchen of Beverly Crandon, sommelier and co-founder of Vinequity
Stocked with a mini cask, specialty Caribbean vegetables and an eclectic wine collection
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Inside the kitchen of Roberto Marotta, the chef at Ardo and Dova
Stocked with personalized olive oil, a hidden wine collection and a mountain of parmigiano
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Inside the kitchen of Adam Ryan, chef at Azura
Stocked with wild ginger, an ostrich egg and half a shelf of Old El Paso
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Inside the kitchen of Craig Pike, the owner of Craig’s Cookies
Stocked with blocks of feta, chocolate chips and vanilla from Madagascar
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Inside the kitchen of Ali Khan Lalani, the owner of General Assembly Pizza
Stocked with Mr. Noodles, homemade samosas and, of course, a killer pizza oven
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Inside the kitchen of Ravneet Johar, the chef and owner of Barkat
Including masala-flavoured potato chips, a box of mangoes and a whole wall dedicated to spices
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Inside the kitchen of Martine and Jonathan Bauer, the co-owners of Bar Pompette and Restaurant Pompette
Stocked with instant ramen, snails and homemade waffles
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Inside the kitchen of Solomon Mason, executive chef at Auberge du Pommier
Stocked with a pieced-together pasta maker, fancy Dijon and three different coffee makers
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Inside the kitchen of food writer and television host Pay Chen
Stocked with exotic fruit, an epic chocolate drawer and stacks of cookbooks
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Inside the kitchen of Andrew Carter, chef and owner of the Oxley
Stocked with local cuts of meat, Spanish blood sausage and homemade mustard
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Inside the kitchen of Diego Reyes, head chef at Chantecler
Stocked with second-hand appliances, parsnip ice cream and a rare cookbook from the chefs at Noma
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Best New Restaurants
TL Events
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
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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
Deep Dives
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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City of Renters: The dream of home ownership isn’t dead. Maybe it should be?
Scenes from the rent-for-life revolution
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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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
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Smart City: 20 mind-blowing Toronto inventions that are changing the world
Homegrown innovations that will transform lives for the better
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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
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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
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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!”
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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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