Abbey’s Kitchen Stadium (AKS) is a celebration of Toronto’s vibrant food culture that brings together the city’s hottest restaurant chefs in a weekend long competition. Throughout the weekend, 8 top Toronto chefs will be showcasing their talent through offering two food items for $5 each in the Abbey’s Kitchen pavilion. Up until Saturday at 4 pm, guests will be welcomed to purchase as many of the offerings as they would like to sample before voting on their favourite dish. The top four chefs will be invited on stage to compete live in an action-packed cooking competition before a panel of celebrity judges on the Sunday afternoon. The winner will go home with a prize and bragging rights as the champion of Abbey’s Kitchen Stadium.

“As a food judge, I was very impressed with the chef’s creativities and their passion for food showed very elegantly on the plate.” – VikramVij (Celebrity Chef & Restauranteur, AKS Judge)

“Abbey! Your event was amazing and it was so much fun to be a part of it, PLEASE bring me back! It was a great day of food and so much fun! The competition was fierce and so was the food! Amazing event, thanks for having me play a part.” – James Cunningham (Host of Eat St, Comedian, AKS Judge)

CHEFS

Basilio Pesce

Matty Matheson

Victor Barry

Robbie Hojilla

Ariel Coplan

Nathan Middleton

Jonathan Hamilton

Nick Liu

Vittorio Colacitti

JUDGES

Roger Mooking (Food Network)

Kevin Brauch (Food Network)

Leslie Merklinger (Shaw Media)

James Cunningham (Food Network)

Brad Smith (Breakfast Television)

Robert McCullough