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Mark McEwan

Chef McEwan began his career in Canada's food industry at Toronto's Constellation Hotel where he worked under the tutelage of Executive Chef, Joseph Vonlanthen as an Executive Sous Chef. He studied at George Brown College and graduated in 1979 as winner of the Red Seal Award for scholarship. Upon graduation, Mark McEwan landed an apprentice position at Switzerland's prestigious Grande National Hotel. He later returned to Toronto and began his endeavours as one of Toronto's top chef.
This wasn't enough for Chef McEwan though; he needed a restaurant to call his own. To fulfill this need, he opened his own restaurant, North 44, in May 1990. 12 years later, he had another restaurant to call his own - Bymar. McEwan's third restaurant, One is located within Toronto, Canada's Hazelton Hotel. This restaurant opened the summer of 2007 during the Toronto Film Festival which immediately gave One an unprecedented reputation as a fine five-star establishment.
In June 2009, McEwan opened his first grocery store in downtown Toronto, Canada. 'McEwan' is an upscale grocery store which carries everything from artisanal cheese and speciality chocolates to restaurant quality prepared food.

Chef McEwan's main concern is providing his guest with a good meal. His favourite menus are classic European-style, which focuses on simplicity and is what he refers to as sophisticated home cooking. This is the only cooking that will make him turn his head these days.