FEATURED CHEFS - MATTHEW RAVENSCROFT
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“To me, cooking is a thread that connects us all. There’s a true level of intimacy, trust and curiosity to be able to cook for others, and to be able to convey my enthusiasm through food. "
July 10, 2021
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HOST: CHEF MATTHEW RAVENSCROFT
Matthew has spent his career working at such acclaimed Toronto restaurants as Parts & Labour and The Drake Hotel. Most recently he has embraced plant-based eating both professionally and personally, helping launch the celebrated vegan Mexican restaurant Rosalinda. He currently runs Tuesdays Kinda Suck, a free, live cookalong, and Friday Night Delights, a weekly vegan pickup dinner, where he donates $5 from each sale to a food justice charity.
"We live in a world with so much biodiversity and the plant world has so much to offer. There’s a beauty in it. There is also a type of care and passion that is required to make these magical plants come to life. "
“To me, cooking is a thread that connects us all. There’s a true level of intimacy, trust and curiosity to be able to cook for others, and to be able to convey my enthusiasm through food. We live in a world with so much biodiversity and the plant world has so much to offer. There’s a beauty in it. There is also a type of care and passion that is required to make these magical plants come to life. For me, it’s a bit of a love language. I want to show that eating great food is one of the simplest and most rewarding pleasures.
That’s really what brought together things like Tuesdays Kinda Suck and Friday Night Delights, the recognition that we’re all home, but we still feel the need to connect, discover and make new things. It continually reminds me that the opportunity to sit at a table and serve people a little piece of my heart is nourishing for both of us.”
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Photography: Marissa Joan Ho
Editing: Aliyah Craig
Event Planning: Mega Projects
Art Direction / Styling / Design: Lune
