A Grandly Electrifying Dining Experience

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I am constantly on a mission to find the best bang for my buck when it comes to dining out in the city of Toronto, aka El Toro aka The Big Smoke aka The T-Dot.

This city has made a real name for itself on the North American restaurant scene in recent years. The success of local chefs such as Susur Lee, Jamie Kennedy, and Mark McEwan has helped put Toronto on the map for world-class eats and top-level dining experiences.

So with that said, the latest buzzworthy resto to hit the scene is Grand Electric, a diminutive, 29-seat "taco bar" run by ex-Hoof Cafe chef Colin Tooke, located in the city's Parkdale neighbourhood.

Top Chef Canada Season 2 Premieres March 12; Six Toronto Chefs Among Contestants

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Top Chef Canada's sophomore season will hit the airwaves via Food Network Canada starting March 12.

The show will once again feature 16 of Canada's most talented stars battling for top culinary honours.

Top Chef Canada Set To Premiere April 11th

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Top Chef Canada will premiere tonight on Food Network Canada at 9:00 pm ET.  The series will feature 16 chefs from across Canada as they battle for Canadian culinary supremacy, and a chance to win a $100,000 cash prize, along with $30,000 in high-end kitchen appliances.

Canadian chef and restaurant entrepreneur Mark McEwan, and television personality Thea Andrews will serve as the show's hosts, while Shereen Arazm, a business partner of the Dolce Group in Los Angeles, will be the show's Resident Judge.

Six Toronto-based chefs will compete in the series: Dustin Gallagher, currently the Executive Chef at Grace; Steve Gonzalez - Chef de Cuisine at Claudio Aprile's newest venture Origin; Chris Kanka, a former Toronto Star Eater's Choice Award-winning chef who is currently working on opening a restaurant in the Durham Region of Ontario; Andrea Nicholson - Executive Chef and Director of Great Cooks Culinary Centre; Rob Rossi - Executive Chef of the Mercatto Group of Restaurants; and Patrick Wiese - a Chicago-born Toronto chef formerly of Fuzion Restaurant, who currently serves as a private chef for one of the country's top investment bankers.

For complete bios on all 16 Chefs, and for more series information, click HERE

-Turnbull