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TOP 30
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20xx TOP 30 UNDER 30

Stefanie Theroux

Retail Sales Representative
Steam Whistle Brewing

Victoria Simmons

Assistant Director
Banquets The Westin Harbour Castle

Farookh Rajwani

Assistant Manager
JUMP Restaurant
Oliver & Bonacini Restaurants

Amberlynne Plourde

Sous Chef
The Drake Hotel

Ricardo Maharaj

Meetings and Events Manager
Sheraton Centre Toronto
(Starwood Hotels & Resorts)

David Lau

Director of Revenue
Management Fairmont Royal York Hotel

Jamie Knoepfli

Manager
Café Boulud & Bar
Four Seasons Toronto

Daniella Germond

Jr Sous Chef
Benchmark Restaurant
NOTL, Ontario

Benn Froggett

Proprietor
The Glen Tavern

Christopher Terpstra

Head Butcher
Sanagan's Meat Locker

Oksana Ni

General Manager
Duke of Westminster

Paula Navarrete

Chef de Cuisine
Momofuku Toronto

Melissa Murphy

F+B Manager
The Drake One Fifty

Emily Meko

Owner/Chef
Eat What's Good Inc.

Maribeth McKey

Catering Manager
Inn on the Twenty

Alex Marconi

Public Relations Coordinator
Four Seasons Hotel Toronto

Justin Lesso

Chef
Two Sisters Vineyard

Aaron Laurie

Student Leader
University of Guelph

Casey Kulczyk

Assistant Winemaker
Jackson- Triggs Estate

Caitlin Kern

Events & Tasting
Room Manager The Foreign Affair Winery

Lauren Hambleton

Pastry Chef
Peller Estates Winery

Laura Grau

Manager
Human Resources
Americas FRHI Hotels & Resorts

John Forcier

Sous Chef
Canoe Restaurant & Bar
Oliver & Bonacini Restaurants

Andrew Eade

Chef de Cuisine
Pusateri's Fine Foods

Stephanie Duong

Chef/ Proprietor
Roselle Patisserie

Brian Cheng

Executive Chef/Co-owner
The Edible Story

Andrew Buwalda

Controller
Deerhurst Resort

Jessica Bearss

Stewarding Manager
The Westin Harbour Castle

Evan Baulch

Director Restaurant
Operations Oliver & Bonacini Restaurants

Tariq Ahmed

Owner
Revel Cider

TOP 30 UNDER 30 AWARDS CEREMONY

So thrilled to have been able to celebrate our new Top 30 Under 30 winners at the recent Top 30 Under 30 Award Ceremony held in the atrium at the GBC Centre for Hospitality and Culinary Arts. Congratulations to each and every one of you!

We would like to take this time to thank our long standing Venue Sponsors, The Chefs’ House, for providing the location and the fabulous food. Thank you to Chef Oliver Li and his students for all the hard work in providing the bountiful feast that was had. Thank you as well to the Ontario Hostelry Institute’s long standing supporter, Eaux Vives Water for the still and sparkling ESKA water. We would also like to thank the following wineries for their support by providing delicious samples from their wineries; Cave Spring, Foreign Affair Winery and Andrew Peller Estates. A special thank you to the both new Top 30 Under 30 winners, Tariq Ahmed, for providing samples of his Rebel Cider and to Stefani Theroux for providing samples of Steam Whistle Pilsner Beer.

Before the citations and pins were awarded the Top 30 Under 30 winners and their guests were provided with some words of wisdom from a past Top 30 Under 30 winner, David Humphry, Director Development Americas, FRHI Hotels & Resorts. We thank David for taking time out of his busy schedule to pass a bit of his knowledge on and help us celebrate this group of spectacular individuals.