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Janet Zuccarini

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Janet Zuccarini is a restauranteur based in Toronto.[1]. She is the owner and chief executive officer of the restaurant group Gusto 54[2] and is a resident judge on Food Network Canada’s Top Chef Canada.[3]

Career[edit]

In 1996, Zuccarini opened Café Nervosa in Toronto’s Yorkville neighbourhood.[4] She also owns seven additional Toronto-based culinary concepts including: Gusto 101, Chubby's Jamaican Kitchen, Gusto 54 Catering, Gusto 54 Commissary Kitchen, Pai Northern Thai Kitchen, Kiin, and Same-Same[5]. Zuccarini opened her first Los Angeles-based restaurant Felix Trattoria in 2017 which was lauded as "Best New Restaurant" by Esquire Magazine (2017)[6], "Restaurant of the Year" by Eater LA (2017)[7], and was a James Beard Foundation Award finalist[8].

In 2017, Janet won the Foodservice & Hospitality’s Pinnacle Award for “Independent Restaurateur of the Year”[9] and received the “TEC Canada Award for Excellence in Entrepreneurship” from the RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur Awards.[10][11]

References[edit]

  1. "Top Chef Canada Bio - Janet Zuccarini". Food Network Canada. Food Network Canada. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  2. "Your leadership might be only as good as your mentorship". Financial Post. 2018-08-10. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
  3. "'I brought everything that I do in Toronto to L.A.': Top Chef Canada's Janet Zuccarini on feeding Frances McDormand, Leo DiCaprio | The Star". thestar.com. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
  4. "Janet Zuccarini honoured with RBC Award of Excellence in Entrepreneurship - Restobiz". Restobiz. 2017-11-29. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
  5. "Celebrity Spaces: Janet Zuccarini". Toronto Sun. 2018-04-18. Retrieved 2018-10-09.
  6. Gordiner, Jeff (18 October 2018). "The Best New Restaurants in America 2017". Esquire. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  7. Eater Staff (5 December 2017). "LA's Eater Awards Winners 2017". Eater LA. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  8. Eliott, Farley (14 March 2018). "Here Are All of LA's 2018 James Beard Award Finalists". Eater LA. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  9. "2017 Pinnacle Awards". Foodservice and Hospitality. Kostuch Media Ltd. 2017-12-07. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  10. Kruzich, Amanda. "2017 RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur Award Finalists announced today". RBC. Women of Influence. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  11. "Janet Zuccarini honoured with RBC Award of Excellence in Entrepreneurship - Restobiz". Restobiz. 2017-11-29. Retrieved 2018-10-05.


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