Hunter by name and trade, Michael is an outdoorsman, forager, hunter, professional chef and cookbook author with close to three decades of expertise in a professional kitchen. Born and raised on a horse farm in southern Ontario Canada, Hunter’s dream was to own a restaurant that would combine his love for food with a passion and respect for local and wild ingredients. Michael has used his experience in the outdoors to explore his culinary creativity, becoming chef and co-owner of Antler Kitchen and Bar in Toronto, Canada in 2015. Antler is strongly rooted in regional food culture - pure, fresh and seasonal. It embodies local flavor and spirit, offering contemporary dishes with an emphasis on game meat, sustainably caught wild fish, and wild foraged vegetables and fruit along with locally farmed ingredients that are always raised with passion and care. Antler has received countless accolades in all of the local and national magazines, newspapers, and more recently the internationally acclaimed Michelin Guide. Michael has appeared on the Joe Rogan podcast as well as the Meat Eater Podcast and has cooked at culinary festivals around the world including the United States, United Arab Emirates, Australia, Russia, Saudi Arabia and Brazil.
Hunter by name and trade, Michael is an outdoorsman, forager, hunter, professional chef and cookbook author with close to three decades of expertise in a professional kitchen. Born and raised on a horse farm in southern Ontario Canada, Hunter’s dream was to own a restaurant that would combine his love for food with a passion and respect for local and wild ingredients. Michael has used his experience in the outdoors to explore his culinary creativity, becoming chef and co-owner of Antler Kitchen and Bar in Toronto, Canada in 2015. Antler is strongly rooted in regional food culture - pure, fresh and seasonal. It embodies local flavor and spirit, offering contemporary dishes with an emphasis on game meat, sustainably caught wild fish, and wild foraged vegetables and fruit along with locally farmed ingredients that are always raised with passion and care. Antler has received countless accolades in all of the local and national magazines, newspapers, and more recently the internationally acclaimed Michelin Guide. Michael has appeared on the Joe Rogan podcast as well as the Meat Eater Podcast and has cooked at culinary festivals around the world including the United States, United Arab Emirates, Australia, Russia, Saudi Arabia and Brazil.
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Chef Andy was born in Virginia and raised in the Shenandoah Valley, where he lives with his wife and three sons. While studying at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, he worked for Top Chef contestant Joy Crump at her restaurant FOODE. In 2010, he first joined Veritas as Sous Chef. Three years later, he went down the road and took up the mantle of Sous Chef at the Farmhouse at Veritas. He served as the Chef at the Farmhouse from 2014-2020. When he isn't busy in the kitchen, he enjoys spending time with his family, books, and open-wheel racing.