THE MASTER CHEFS
"I wanted my guests to sit down to something they’d remember long after they left. That meant finding Chefs who don’t just cook - they tell a story on the plate. Every one of them brings something I couldn’t have planned for on my own, and that’s the part I love most: watching what they create when I give them the room to do it. Sharing that with the people who come stay with us is one of the best parts of this whole project." - Kat
KAT FLORENCE HOTELS
Nightly, Star Chef Tasting Dinner, Always Included
When you stay at the house of Kat Florence, you never know which of her globally renowned, award-winning Master Chefs will be entertaining you that evening, or what inspired new ingredients and flavours you'll be experiencing. You just know you'll be sitting down to the rarest of elite Chef dining experiences on Earth, every night you're staying in her haven - a gift from Kat to you.
Kat's Master Chefs' and their creative menu visions are all highly distinct from each other, but all fluid to the way the season actually moves — new creations ever arriving as the colours change around us, deep reds and bright greens finding their way onto your plate the same week they’re at their peak.
You’re not choosing from a fixed list. You’re tasting exactly where the season is right now, through their internationally renowned, culinary artist eyes.
Below are just a taste for you, of Kat's Master Chef fleet
Kat's Master Chefs' and their creative menu visions are all highly distinct from each other, but all fluid to the way the season actually moves — new creations ever arriving as the colours change around us, deep reds and bright greens finding their way onto your plate the same week they’re at their peak.
You’re not choosing from a fixed list. You’re tasting exactly where the season is right now, through their internationally renowned, culinary artist eyes.
Below are just a taste for you, of Kat's Master Chef fleet
CHEF ANTHONY BISH & ANTHONY'S PRIVATE RESTAURANT
From cooking for royalty, to appearances on Iron Chef & Master Chef, to Michelin collaborations, to Kat Florence evening takeovers
"I became obsessed with cooking thanks to my grandmother. The amazing, sourdough pancakes she used to make my family are specifically what birthed my obsession with fresh bread making for example. It all started there..." says Chef Anthony Bish, owner and Executive Chef of Anthony's private restaurant in Elora, Ontario which is exclusively accessible to guests of the Kat Florence Hotel.
Anthony's is an elevated collaboration between Chef Anthony and Kat, who have known eachother for years as Kat used to frequent his dining concepts overseas. Chef Anthony and his talented brigade source fine ingredients of the season both ultra locally in and around Elora, and bring to life a multi-course Chef's Tasting Menu for hotel guests to experience on their arrival night to the hotel.
The menu is prepared and the night is all hosted open-kitchen style, with Bish at the forefront engaging with guests. The plates themselves are upscale - intentionally simple yet ultra thoughtful as is Kat's favourite style of inviting, hospitable premium dining that makes you feel luxuriously at home.
VISIT ANTHONY'SAnthony's is an elevated collaboration between Chef Anthony and Kat, who have known eachother for years as Kat used to frequent his dining concepts overseas. Chef Anthony and his talented brigade source fine ingredients of the season both ultra locally in and around Elora, and bring to life a multi-course Chef's Tasting Menu for hotel guests to experience on their arrival night to the hotel.
The menu is prepared and the night is all hosted open-kitchen style, with Bish at the forefront engaging with guests. The plates themselves are upscale - intentionally simple yet ultra thoughtful as is Kat's favourite style of inviting, hospitable premium dining that makes you feel luxuriously at home.
Canada's 1st Ever Top Chef Winner, Dale Mackay
FROM MICHELIN FINE DINING ACROSS NYC, JAPAN AND MORE, CHEF DALE JOINS KAT FLORENCE'S MASTER CHEFS FLEET AS THE PRIVATE, IN-RESIDENCE CHEF FOR GUESTS OF THE IMPERIAL JADE MANOR
Kat Florence Hotel's newest retreat space, the opulently acre-sized Imperial Jade Manor, houses its own celebrity Private Chef to cater to those staying in residence: Chef Dale Mackay. Chef Mackay was the formerly youngest ever recipient of the Relais & Chateaux Grand Chef designation (aged just 27 at the time), former Head Chef for Gordon Ramsey in New York and Japan opening numerous star restaurants with him, former Executive Chef of Daniel Boulud’s Dinex Group, Canada's first ever Top Chef TV Show winner, and much more.
RESERVE THE IMPERIAL JADE MANORCHEF NEILL ANTHONY
Private Chef to the royals and stars around the globe as well as international television personality, Neill Anthony.
Chef Neill comes from decades of Michelin fine dining abroad (with Marcus Wareing, Alyn Williams, Gordon Ramsay and more), and has cooked for an endless list of the world’s most private and wealthy include Britain’s King Charles, Prince and Princess of Wales, William and Kate, Elton John, Madonna, U2, Paul McCartney, been on tour with Middle Eastern Royal families as their private on-call Chef, and much more. Chef Neill is Kat Florence and husband Don Kogen's Private Chef, and has travelled with them around the world.
For those fortunate to get an invite, royalty-regular Chef Neill will be cooking at Don & Kat’s Private Dining escape on the water, a tranquil riverside space, with private terrace overlooking the Grand River.
PLAN YOUR KAT FLORENCE RETREATFor those fortunate to get an invite, royalty-regular Chef Neill will be cooking at Don & Kat’s Private Dining escape on the water, a tranquil riverside space, with private terrace overlooking the Grand River.
CHEF MARC COLLYER & THE INFINITY PATISSERIE AT KAT FLORENCE
After years in Michelin starred "The Manor House" in the Cotwolds, Chef Collyer joins the Kat Florence for your breakfast and all-day edible art pleasure
"What should we design for guests today? This is a question me and my team ask ourselves every 24 hours at the Kat Florence Hotel. We want to inspire, delight, bring joy and mystery and discovery to every guest who visits the Infinity Patisserie. I am always researching, testing new ideas and ingredients and recipes. I absolutely love sharing what I learned in my many years in Michelin kitchens overseas here at the illustrious Kat."
Chef Marc Collyer's journey in top end, luxury culinary began decades ago when he was a teen apprentice in England. He honed his culinary skills spending nearly a decade and a half at multiple time Michelin winner, The Manor House in the English Cotwolds. Once mastering his chocolatier and pastry talents, he went on to lead stunning dolce programs at boutique hotel & baking concepts.
Today, Chef Collyer resides as Executive Pastry Chef at The Kat Florence Hotel in Elora where he leads the famous 'Infinity Patisserie' - an all day edible art lounge of daily-evolving bonbons, creative cakes, pastries and more. The Patisserie is not open to the public, and exclusively open for limitless dining for hotel guests from day to night. Chef Collyer imports the finest and most luxuriously expensive ingredients in the world for Kat's beloved dolce concept, as well as bringing his own signature ingredient recipes such as his daily hand-churned (local honey infused) butter.
Chef Marc also freshly bakes and decorates stunning Breakfast Baskets of unique pastries, breads, cookies and his signature butter which the hotel's Personal Concierges hand deliver to guests in their suites every morning.
View MoreChef Marc Collyer's journey in top end, luxury culinary began decades ago when he was a teen apprentice in England. He honed his culinary skills spending nearly a decade and a half at multiple time Michelin winner, The Manor House in the English Cotwolds. Once mastering his chocolatier and pastry talents, he went on to lead stunning dolce programs at boutique hotel & baking concepts.
Today, Chef Collyer resides as Executive Pastry Chef at The Kat Florence Hotel in Elora where he leads the famous 'Infinity Patisserie' - an all day edible art lounge of daily-evolving bonbons, creative cakes, pastries and more. The Patisserie is not open to the public, and exclusively open for limitless dining for hotel guests from day to night. Chef Collyer imports the finest and most luxuriously expensive ingredients in the world for Kat's beloved dolce concept, as well as bringing his own signature ingredient recipes such as his daily hand-churned (local honey infused) butter.
Chef Marc also freshly bakes and decorates stunning Breakfast Baskets of unique pastries, breads, cookies and his signature butter which the hotel's Personal Concierges hand deliver to guests in their suites every morning.