Eating at The Chefs House – the year-old training restaurant for George Brown College’s budding chefs, sommeliers and hospitality students – is my idea of being a guinea pig at its absolute best.

I recently had lunch at this beautiful, spacious restaurant located at 215 King St. E. in downtown Toronto, steps away from the college’s main campus, with one of may favourite people: chief chef/instructor at the college, John Higgins.

As he spoke Glaswegian and nibbled on Cranberry Quinoa Salad followed by Madras Lamb Curry, I relished luscious Mushroom Soup and a superb entree of perfectly prepared pappardelle pasta laced with juicy braised duck, crunchy toasted pine nuts and lashings of shaved parmesan. Read more…