Fine food from coast to coast

Hundreds of guests came out to the Ritz- Carlton Toronto to toast Air Canada enRoute Magazine’s 2015 list for Canada’s Best New Restaurants. A month-long culinary journey took noted food writer Andrew Braithwaite across the country to discover the innovative chefs and sommeliers redefining Canada’s dining scene.

Chefs from Canada’s Best New Restaurants prepared dishes from their menus. The restaurants were given their awards by Craig Landry, Air Canada Leisure Group, and Jean-François Lé

garé, enRoute editor-in-chief. The Top 10 included Pigeonhole, Calgary; Port City Royal, Saint John; Pilgrimme, Galiano Island, B.C.; DaiLo, Toronto; Bar Raval, Toronto; AnnaLena, Vancouver; Adelaide Oyster House, St. John’s; Yasu, Toronto; Enoteca, Winnipeg; and Soif, Gatineau, Que.

Guests included: Benjamin Smith, president, passenger airlines, Air Canada; chef David Hawksworth; Michael Liebrock, Acasta Capital; Dr. Trevor Born; Tawfik Hammoud, The Boston Consulting Group; and

Raymond Girard, Spafax Content.

From left, Dr. Trevor Born, Jean-François Légaré, editor of enRoute magazine, and Craig Landry, president, Air Canada Leisure Group.

Annabel Hawksworth, left, and Hani Roustom, global hotelier with Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts.

From left, Raymond Girard, CEO of Spafax Content Marketing, Selma Fiali and Nino Di Cara, Spafax enRoute Canada.