Chef
Bruce Wood's Recipes
My name
is Bruce Wood and I have been a chef since 1984. I did my
apprenticeship in Toronto at the Hazelton Café and
attended George Brown college when it was still in Kensington
market. This is when my love for all things local started
to really take hold.
I would
wander the market on my breaks looking for new and exciting
foods to work with and meet many vendours and local food producers.
I moved to Ottawa in 1992 and worked in several restaurants
before winding up at Mariposa Farm. Working for the owners
Ian & Suzanne was one of the most liberating culinary
experiences any chef could ever experience. For 3 years I
wrote the menus for Sunday lunch and all the functions using
only products from the farm or other small local food producers
and farmers.
We developed
a series of successful cooking classes featuring these local
products. In September of last year I left the farm to get
married and am currently teaching at Algonquin College where
I have taught part time for the past 4 years. I also do guest
appearances on Rogers and the new RO and teach in many small
venues around Ottawa. I am very excited to be involved with
Bryson farms and look forward to finding new and wonderful
ways to prepare the fruits of their labours. |
