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Jamie Kennedy (born Henry James Kennedy) is a Canadian chef. Kennedy is the proprietor of Jamie Kennedy Kitchens based in Toronto, Ontario. He was previously the owner and operator of Gilead Café from 2008 to the cafe's closure in March, 2015.
Jamie Kennedy has been instrumental in shaping the culinary landscape in Canada. His innovative approach to gastronomy, commitment to sustainable agriculture and advocacy of local food have been unwavering.
- Early Life
- Return to Canada
- Locavore Practices
- Expanding
- Contracting
- Activism
- Awards
Raised in Don Mills, ON, Kennedy was drawn to the “theatricality of food,” from service in restaurants to watching such popular TV cooks as the Galloping Gourmet and Julia Child. When he was 10 years old, Kennedy’s family moved to New Haven, Connecticut, where he started a culinary club at his high school. Kennedy took on a three-year apprenticeshi...
In 1980, Kennedy and Stadtländerwere drawn back to Canada when they were hired as co-head chefs at a new upscale French restaurant, Scaramouche. The two chefs quickly put Scaramouche on the global culinary map, revolutionizing the idea of fine dining in Canada. With a keen eye for detail, the pair followed a practice of “nouvelle cuisine” they had ...
Five years later, when Kennedy left Scaramouche to open his own restaurant, Palmerston, he started to build relationships with small farms to supply organic ingredients. In 1989, he and Stadtländer launched Knives and Forks, an alliance of chefs and local organic farmers to promote the idea of using sustainable, local and organic ingredients in Ont...
The chef’s hyper-seasonal, local, organic fare gelled with Toronto diners, persuading Kennedy to expand his catering and restaurant business. In 2005, he opened the Jamie Kennedy restaurant to serve more elegant dinners (it closed in 2007). The following year, he launched Jamie Kennedy at the Gardiner, taking over the restaurant and catering in the...
That year, Kennedy scaled back his operations, selling his Wine Bar and shutting down the restaurant at the Gardiner Museum (he still supplies the museum’s café). Gilead Café went through several changes since its opening: today it serves as a café for brunch and lunch and a kitchen for JK Catering operations. In December 2013, Kennedy re-launched ...
Kennedy was one of the first chefs in Canada to actively support and speak out about the need to support sustainable agriculture and fishing practices. The face of the Slow Food and Local Food Movements in Ontario, he helped to bring both concepts into mainstream thinking. He has donated his time and name to organizations including the Endangered F...
Gold Award, Chef of the Year, Ontario Hostelry Institute, 2000. First Recipient (alongside Michael Stadtländer) of Governor General's Award in Celebration of the Nation's Table, 2010
At Jamie Kennedy Kitchens, we celebrate the exploration of excellence in local gastronomy. Together with our community of dedicated and like-minded farmers, winemakers, artisans, producers and patrons, we embrace our evolving and unique food culture with passion.
Canada's most celebrated chef reveals his food and his story. No chef in Canada is more respected for his devotion to local, seasonal, sustainable gastronomy, and his relentless pursuit to define and celebrate Canada's unique regional culinary character, than Jamie Kennedy.
Oct 30, 2017 · Icons & Innovators: Chef Jamie Kennedy, the Godfather of Canadian cuisine. By. Rosanna Caira. - October 30, 2017. 0. Rosanna Caira: You got your start at the Windsor Arms Hotel in Toronto. Tell us about that experience and what led you there. Jamie Kennedy: I’d just finished high school.
Toronto-based Jamie Kennedy is one of Canada’s most celebrated chefs, known for his legendary commitment to environmental issues and his support of sustainable agriculture, local producers and traditional methods.
