Dining

Stratford is home to one of Canada’s top chef schools, and many of its graduates choose to stay in town and open restaurants of their own.

Outside of Toronto is the [highly] lauded Stratford Chefs School (Carl Heinrich, winner of the first season of Top Chef Canada and chef-owner of Richmond Station, is a graduate). The school invites chefs from as far away as New Zealand to cook with students at the nearby Prune Restaurant during the winter months. Another benefit of Stratford is that it’s situated in the heart of prime farmland, where some of the country’s best meat and produce are raised …

Maclean’s – Coast to Coast: These Are Canada’s Best Cooking Schools

This means locals and visitors alike have a a quality and selection of