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Chef Matt Carmichael leaves E18hteen, Social, Sidedoor restaurants
, Acclaimed chef may open own resto in Ottawa but future plans are undecided . APR 24 12 - 12:40 PM – Award-winning Ottawa chef Matt Carmichael, 40, is leaving the kitchens at Restaurant E18hteen,...
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Chowder throwdown on HMCS Ville de Quebec with Ottawa’s pop-up chef, Matt...
Ottawa’s celebrated chef, landlubber Matthew Carmichael, ready for seafood chowder throwdown as he’s about to board the frigate HMCS Ville de Québec at port in Cornwall. . Ahoy! Ready or not, we...
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Can a pop-up go mainstream? One restaurateur wants to try
. Tadvalkars owner offers his place to enterprising chefs . DEC 11 12 – 12:01 AM — It’s lunch in mid-week at Tadvalkars Lounge and Restaurant, one of many neighbourhood sports bars in Ottawa plopped...
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Triumphs, trials and tribulations: Great (and not-so-great) culinary moments...
. And Happy New Year to us all in 2013 . JAN 01 13 – 12:01 AM — Regular readers may recall I’m no big fan of Top 10 lists, if only because they’re by definition ridiculously subjective, and the vast...
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Update: Chef Matt Carmichael accepting applications for El Camino
It doesn’t look like much today — chef Matthew Carmichael’s planned El Camino is still very much a work in progress. He’s accepting job applications now. . Hopes to open at 380 Elgin St. in early...
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Chef Matt Carmichael to open second resto on Somerset Street West
. Takes over former Burgers on Main location Sept. 2 . *** . Opens December, inspired by Joe Beef in Montreal . AUG 22 13 – 9:45 AM — The chef who enraptured Ottawa foodies with his fresh tacos and...
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Team Marysol prepares for national culinary competition
. Marysol Foucault takes national stage at Canadian Culinary Championships on Feb. 6-8 . *** . Fundraiser reception at Urban Element on Feb. 2 will help send Team Marysol to Kelowna . JAN 13 14 –...
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Part Two: Culinary Team Marysol off to Kelowna. Q & A with well-wishers Jamie...
. Food, drink and schmooze fundraiser planned Feb. 2 at Urban Element to help with competition costs . *** . Chef Jamie Stunt’s advice to Team Marysol: wear running shoes and be calm, even if you fake...
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Team Marysol fundraiser for Canadian Culinary Championships sells out within...
. ‘I feel like hugging them all and crying’ . *** . ‘It lifts your spirit’ . JAN 19 14 – 11:30 AM — The organizers were correct: A fundraising reception Feb. 2 at Urban Element to help defray costs...
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Dining out: Deluxe dining in a gorgeous setting
Restaurant E18hteen 18 York St., 613-244-1188, restaurant18.com Prices: Mains $30 to $59 Open: Sunday to Thursday, 5 to 10:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday, 5 to 11 p.m. Access: Steps to restaurant and...
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From Hogtown to Bytown
[imagebrowser id=356] Two chefs bring Toronto flair and flavour to ByWard Market restos Two talented young chefs from Toronto have recently moved into Ottawa kitchens, raising the bar for ByWard Market...
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Best bets March 20-27
CLASSICAL STEVEN MAZEY Richard Hoenich, former associate conductor of the Montreal Symphony, is guest maestro with the 100-piece Ottawa Symphony next Monday at the National Arts Centre. The concert...
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Ottawa celebrity chef Matt Carmichael admits to sexually harassing women
Wednesday, Matthew Carmichael appeared sober and contrite. “I’m using the opportunity to take ownership of my actions and shed light on my behaviour,” the acclaimed Ottawa chef told a television...
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Ontario restaurants have history of harassment
Ottawa chef Matthew Carmichael is not alone in abusing the power that comes with success in the restaurant industry. On the same week that Carmichael admitted to sexually harassing three women at his...
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'Information is power': Local restaurant dishing info on sexual assault,...
As the Ottawa restaurant industry reacts to a high-profile admission, one local restaurant is serving up an information session about sexual harassment and assault Sunday. The event is at Union Local...
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'Predatory' ByWard Market bar manager convicted of sexual assault
The “predatory” manager of a ByWard Market nightclub has been found guilty of sexual assault for taking advantage of a drunken server who was too impaired to give consent. It’s the latest in a recent...
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Andy Terauds, of Acorn Creek Garden Farm in Carp, loves a challenge, and he jumped at the chance to see if he could grow artichokes.
View ArticleThe student and his master
Ottawa chef Matthew Carmichael remembers well his intense days a decade ago as a disciple toiling in the kitchen of acclaimed Toronto chef Susur Lee. The pace was always frantic. The hours were...
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