recognition & accolades
Chef Cori has received recognition for culinary excellence, business leadership, and community contribution.
Business Woman of the Year – Georgina
Best Small Business of the Year – Georgina
Best Small Business of the Year – York Region
Best Local Chef – Readers’ Choice Awards
Best Wraps – Readers’ Choice Awards
Best Salads – Readers’ Choice Awards
Best Soups – Readers’ Choice Awards
Best Caterer – Readers’ Choice Awards
Winner – Multiple Chef Challenges supporting charitable causes including breast cancer fundraising initiatives
Chef Cori’s restaurant and catering operations have maintained a five-star rating, reflecting consistent quality and strong customer satisfaction.
Her culinary work has been featured in publications including Toronto Life and BlogTO.
Partnerships
Chef Cori collaborates with organizations that support culinary education, agriculture, and community programs.
Foodland Ontario
Rogers TV
Routes Connecting Communities
Clearwater Farm
York Hills
York Region Food Network
The Good Food Collective
The Learning Café
The Learning Café is a transformative culinary training program that empowers youth and young adults facing significant life challenges such as housing insecurity, mental health barriers, trauma, and unemployment by paying them to learn real-world skills while feeding others in need.
Through meaningful, hands-on education in cooking, hospitality, time management, and teamwork, participants gain confidence, certification, and community.
The Kitchen is a launchpad.
Each 16-week cohort trains 4 - 6 individuals at a cost of approximately $25,000. During this time, participants earn their Food Handlers Certification, learn job and life skills, contribute to school lunch programs, cater events, and support food-insecure individuals.
They leave with more than a resumé.
They leave with a purpose. A path. A future.
Four to Six to new people every cohort rebuild their lives, and they begin contributing to the local economy. We work through partnerships to support participants in finding housing, completing education, and transitioning into employment.
We know this model can become self-sustaining, but we need your help now to continue. Grants alone are not enough. This is community in action. It’s dignity through purpose. It’s creating economic catalysts out of individuals once written off as economic burdens.
Your support transforms lives, fuels independence, and empowers lasting change.
We’re asking for your support to fund upcoming cohorts.
With every dollar, you’re helping us prove that this model doesn’t just work here, it can work anywhere.
