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Roger Metivier of DinePalace.com/Table of the Week - Queen's Diamond Jubilee Award

Harvest Halton - A Farm to Chef Experience at Country Heritage Park, Milton, Ontario, October 5th, 2014

Restaurants and Establishments

Steam-Era - Where Rural Heritage comes alive.

Where else can you get you get fresh corn cooked by a 100 year old steam engine tractor? 

Getting a ride on the Steam Engine Tractor

Face Painting and all kinds of fun for the kids.

Harvest Halton hosted prominent chefs from committee selected restaurants, to participate in featuring locally grown and produced food. Visitors were given the unique opportunity to talk to these culinary artists and as they watched them prepare amazing dishes.

Featured Restaurants

Allison’s Gourmet Catering & Allison's at the Best, Restaurant

• Owners: Doug and Barb Vaux
• Chef: Kelly Dickson
• 161 Chisholm Drive, Milton
• 905-875-2962

Latitude Food and Drink
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• Owners: Edward and Sanja Vago
• Executive Chef: Matthew Sutherland
• Sous Chef: Tillie McDonald-Mordon
• 99 Main St. S, Georgetown
• 905-702-9855

Latitude was created as a place for great food, comfortable conversation and time with friends. The menu focuses on seasonal dishes, contemporary styles and a great selection of wines by the glass to compliment. Their menu changes regularly, driven primarily by the availability of local ingredients and the passion of their kitchen. Dishes are all handcrafted, from butchering and smoking their own meats and filleting their fish to making the mayonnaise and ice cream from scratch. There are no shortcuts in the kitchen! When entering Latitude it may look like a modern farmhouse. The atmosphere is cozy and the service is free of stuffiness and attitude. All guests are meant to feel completely comfortable and at home in their space. 

Liaison College(external link)

• Chef and Chief Instructor: Mark Duncan
• 2273 Royal Windsor Dr., Oakville
• 905-842-4336

Liaison College was founded on a simple idea: that great cooking and culinary arts education must be complete, practical, and rewarding, and give its graduates the best possible foundation for a career in the food service industry. Liaison offers a concentrated education based on 

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  learning by doing, where technique and practical hands-on application form the backbone of their professional programs.

Mohawk Chophouse (external link)

• Owner: Peter Egger
• Chef: Allen Viegas
• 9230 Guelph Line, Campbellville
• 905-854-2277

The Mohawk Chop House restaurant is a chef driven upscale casual restaurant focussed on showcasing the local products grown and raised in the area in which we operate. The Mohawk Chop House is community oriented and our menu reflects our regional customer preferences and we are committed to providing the highest possible quality of food and standard of service in Halton Region.

Oliver & Bonacini - Oakville(external link) 

• Owners: Michael Bonacini and Peter Oliver
• Chef: Matthew Foote
• 240 Leighland Ave., Oakville Place, Oakville
• 289-291-0265

Chef Matthew Foote comes to Oliver & Bonacini with a long list of credentials. Since the beginning of his culinary career in 1997 Chef Matthew has worked in some of Ontario’s finest restaurants - most recently, Langdon Hall in Cambridge as Executive Sous Chef (2006), Executive Chef of Elora Mill Inn (2008) and Executive Chef of Borealis Grill in Guelph (2011). Chef Matthew attended George Brown College’s Chef School in 1994.

Paradiso Restaurant(external link)

• Owners: Stéphane Sauvé, Kerry Campbell, Paul Asaris
• Chef: Adam Mackay
• 125 Lakeshore Rd. E, Oakville
• 905-338-1594

Adam began his adventure with Paradiso in Oakville as a high school co-op student. He had a passion for cooking and went on to graduate from George Brown Culinary Management Program with honours. He has been an integral part of Paradiso’s success and Adam’s passion for creating outstanding food is evident with each menu he creates and through his noteworthy Winemaker’s Series dinners. Anyone who has dined at Paradiso knows Adam or more so, hears Adam! He has a vibrant, confident and magnetic personality. He continues to use a natural desire for excellence to make Paradiso one of Halton’s finest restaurants.

Risposta Bistro

• Chef: Cam Nelson
• 24 Crawford Crescent, Campbellville

    

Ristorante Julia's(external link)

• Owner: Julia Hanna
• Chef: Carl Dahl
• 312 Lakeshore Rd. E, Oakville
• 905-844-740

At Ristorante Julia, family is whoever sits around the dinner table. The magic that surrounds you arises from passion: Passion for food, family and living. Our blend of Italian and Latin kitchens- LataLiano – combines sensuous and savoury Traditional Italian cuisine with exotic and fiery New Latin cuisine. We welcome you, family and friends, to share the passion.

         


Ritorno(external link)

• Owner: Julia Hanna
• Chef: Carl Dahl
• 312 Lakeshore Rd. E, Oakville
• 905-844-7401

Ritorno is what Julia calls a “return to the table, in the Italian way.” – A return to traditional Italian food made from scratch in a sharing encouraged environment. The traditional trattoria-inspired Italian restaurant uses fresh, quality ingredients presented in their truest forms, classic, attentive and unobtrusive service from a staff who shares their joy of their job and environment with the guests.

Yolanda’s Spuntino Casa(external link)

• Owner: Michael Mercanti
• Chef: Manny Ferreira
• 49 Bronte Road, Oakville
• 289-837-3056

I Went to Philly - The greatest Philly Cheese Steak I've had in Toronto

If you haven't had a chance to stop by to try I Went To Philly's signature sandwich then you're missing out. New location now opened on 997 Eglinton Ave West just west of Bathurst.

I Went to Philly

Trattoria Timone - Italian Restaurant in Oakville Ontario Canada

We had a fantastic night out at Trattoria Timone. The moment you walk into Trattoria Timone you are greeted with an ambiance of quality service and cuisine. The courteous and professional staff set the tone and anticipation of a wonderful evening ahead.  We were seated next to large wall mural of what felt like a Florentine view. The dishes and drinks kept us is a merry mood, as there was 6 of us in our party. We must have been there for at least 2 hours enjoying and anticipating the next course as is was brought to our table. Night wrapped up graciously and the guests in our party were already looking for excuses for a return visit. I definitely recommend Trattoria Timone for a excellent Fine Dining experience.