Michael Bonacini
Actor
Celebrity Chef Michael Bonacini is the co-founder of one of Canada’s leading fine dining restaurant companies, Oliver & Bonacini Restaurants, operating 11 unique and innovative restaurants in Ontario. Bonacini trained classically under Chef Anton Mosimann at London’s Dorchester Hotel, before immigrating to Canada in 1985 and partnering with veteran restaurateur Peter Oliver in 1993. His first restaurant collaboration with Oliver was a New York style bistro named Jump. Nineteen years later, their operations have grown to include à la carte dining, quick service, catering, group dining, and special events, as well as an artisan bakery and chocolate shop. Bonacini credits its success to the development of a strong corporate culture, where excellence of food quality and service are valued above all else.
Movies2
MovieBonacini's Italian Christmas is a heartwarming one-hour holiday special featuring celebrity Chef Michael Bonacini as he takes us across five regions of Italy to share some of his favourite Italian meals for the holidays.
MovieIn this heartwarming one-hour holiday special, celebrity Chef Michael Bonacini invites us to his cozy farmhouse in Ontario, for a charming Christmas feast.
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TV8.0RealityA series about how to cook, not what to cook. We take you out of Grandma's kitchen and into a rock n' roll paced studio-based environment where the focus is the food and on the techniques used to create incredible cuisine as young chefs explore and explain a myriad of cooking techniques.
Cook Like a Chef
2001 · 1 votes
TV6.2RealityThe ultimate culinary competition offers home cooks a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to demonstrate their skill and passion, as they compete for $100,000 and the title of Canada’s next MasterChef.
MasterChef Canada
2014 · 16 votes