Windsor Arms Hotel, Toronto : ChefDb: The Chef and Restaurant Database

Windsor Arms Hotel 18 St. Thomas Street Toronto, Ontario Tel: 416.971.9666 Website	Three Small Rooms (Closed 1991); Courtyard Café; PRIME (Closed); The Living Room (Closed); Ici Bistro (2014 - 2015); The Gatsby (2018)
(1927 - 1991 ; 1998 - )

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Back of the House
Duration	Name	Position
2020 - 2021	Grace Di Fede	Executive Chef
2015	Max Roy	Executive Chef
2014 - 2015	Chrystal Porter	Executive Pastry Chef
2014 - 2015	J.P. Challet	Executive Chef
2011	Douglas McNish	Consulting Vegan Chef
2011 - 2013	Shadab Kazi	Sous Chef Senior Chef de Partie
2010 - 2013	Samir Elamri	Executive Chef
2010 - 2013	Rita Marini Giallonardo	Head Pastry Chef Pastry Chef
2010	Ryan Harvey	Stagiaire
2008 - 2009	Angela Jane McLeod	Pastry Cook
2007 - 2010	Stephen Ricci	Executive Chef
2007 - 2010	Andrew Mayorga	Garde Manger
2007	Seung Hyun Kwon	First Cook
2007	Michael Pataran	Executive Chef
2007	Kevin Kinsella	Apprentice/Commis
2007 - 2009	Ryan Gatner	Line Cook
2007 - 2009	Alexander Bruveris	Cook
2006	Winlai Wong	Executive Chef
2005	Andrea Brulé	Pastry Cook Apprentice/Commis
2004	Adam Wright	Garde Manger
2004 - 2005	Michael Atkinson	Chef de Partie Tournant
2003 - 2006	Alexander Austriaco Courtyard Café	Executive Chef
2003	Peter A. Bouchard	Second Cook
2002 - 2003	Alexander Austriaco Courtyard Café	Executive Sous Chef
2001 - 2003	David Adjey Courtyard Café	Executive Chef
2001 - 2002	Robin Little	Chef de Partie
2001 - 2003	Ren Mercer	Restaurant Chef
--	Richard Rodriguez	--
1999 - 2001	Johan Maes	Sous Chef
1999	Alek Stojanovic	Junior Sous Chef
--	Paul Bunting	--
1999 - 2001	J.P. Challet Courtyard Café	Executive Chef
1999 - 2001	Massimo De Francesca	Chef de Partie
--	Bethanne Scheuermann	--
1998 - 2000	Stephane Brallet Courtyard Café	Executive Sous Chef
--	Dawn Blair	Pastry Chef
--	Anthony Walsh	Apprentice/Commis
--	Suzanne Baby	Apprentice/Commis
--	David Ross Three Small Rooms	Apprentice
1989 - 1990	Lorenzo Loseto	Apprentice/Commis
1988 - 1989	Robert Clark Three Small Rooms	Restaurant Chef Sous Chef
1988 - 1990	Stuart Gray	Chef de Partie Apprentice/Commis
1988 - 1990	Michael Ewing Three Small Rooms	Restaurant Chef
--	Gordon Mackie Three Small Rooms	--
1987 - 1989	Steven Blumenthal	Apprentice
1987 - 1990	Michael Blackie	Apprentice/Commis
1986 - 1989	Marc Thuet Courtyard Café; Three Small Rooms	Executive Sous Chef
1986 - 1989	Brian Fowke	Apprentice
1986 - 1987	Mercedes Maruy-Tripkovic	Commis de Cuisine
1986 - 1988	Maureen Seay	Pastry Assistant
1985 - 1989	Michael Bonacini Courtyard Café; Three Small Rooms	Chef de Cuisine
1985 - 1988	Mark Marchment	Apprentice/Commis
1985 - 1990	David Garcelon	Commis
--	Nigel Shute	--
--	Tony de Luca	--
1984 - 1987	Robert Clark Three Small Rooms	Apprentice/Commis
1983 - 1986	Tullio Calvello	Chef Apprentice
1982 - 1983	Samuel Glass	Apprentice/Commis
1981 - 1985	Dante Rota Courtyard Café; Three Small Rooms; Noodles; Millcroft Inn	Executive Chef
--	Matthew Flett	Apprentice/Commis
1981 - 1982	Fredy Stamm	Assistant Executive Chef
--	Richard Fox-Revett	Apprentice/Commis
--	Gary Hoyer	--
--	Jacky Ternisien Three Small Rooms	Restaurant Chef
--	Stephen Wymmes	Pastry Chef
--	Terry Seed	Apprentice/Commis
1977 - 1978	Jamie Kennedy Apprenticed under Herbert Sonzogni.	Apprentice/Commis
1977 - 1981	Chris Sneep	Chef de Partie Apprentice
1977 - 1978	Hans-Ulrich Herzig Three Small Rooms	Restaurant Chef
1977 - 1980	Thomas Field	Apprentice/Commis
1976 - 1979	John Graham	Apprentice/Commis
1975 - 1980	Freddy Lo Cicero	Chef or Executive Chef
1971	Joanne Kates	Cook
1971 - 1974	Frank Suosmaa Three Small Rooms	Sous Chef Saucier
1969 - 1974	Philip Ou	--
1966 - 1981	Herbert Sonzogni Courtyard Café (1973-81); Three Small Rooms; Noodles (1973-81); Millcroft Inn	Executive Chef
Front of the House
Duration	Name	Position
2007	Carissa M Prokopowich	Bar Manager
[2005]	Genevieve Anderson Courtyard Café	Host/Hostess
2002 - 2003	Dejan Pavlovic Courtyard Café	Restaurant Manager
1999 - 2001	Lynne Stimpson	Server
[1999]	Tony Xavier	Food & Beverage Manager
--	Marc Armstrong	General Manager
1995 - Present	George Friedmann	Co-owner/Partner President
1989	Hugh Hall Upper Canada Land Corp.	Owner
[1981 - 1983]	Norbert Ackermann	General Manager
[1979]	Frank Faigaux	Food & Beverage Director
--	Americo Candido Three Small Rooms	Maitre d'
1972 - 1985	Georges Gurnon The Restaurant	Maitre d'
1966 - 1975	David Barette Three Small Rooms	General Manager
1966 - 1969	Ernest Zingg	Catering Director
1963 - 1989	George Minden	Owner/Proprietor

Last updated: 2021-04-07

The Windsor Arms re-opened in October 1998 after 2 years of construction as a condominium/hotel. Restaurant designed by Brian Gluckstein
In the fall of 1989 Edoken Canada purchased the Widsor Arms from Upper Canada Land Corporation. Edoken closed the hotel March 31, 1991.

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