Owner Kwacha House Cafe, 3450 Dutch Village Road You’ll be greeted by instant warm vibes upon entering the lime green building that holds Fairview’s Kwacha House Cafe. That homelike quality has a lot to do with its decor—colourful walls, bright patterns, beaded curtains, cozy seating and African art—but its also a direct result of the […]
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Tara MacDonald
Co-owner and baker Two If By Sea, 66 Ochterloney Drive “Some people get really excited about fish tacos, I get really excited when I can pay my HST,” laughs Tara MacDonald. Funnily enough, the creator of one of the greatest foods in town, the Two If By Sea croissant, says it takes a lot more […]
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Gina Haverstock
Winemaker, Gaspereau Vineyards “The story goes—and it’s true!—that I wanted to become a doctor,” says Gina Haverstock. It was the year 2000. Haverstock started a summer job at Jost Vineyards while studying for entrance exams. “I just fell in love with the idea of winemaking. How different grapes can make different wines,” she says. “I […]
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Ingrid Dunsworth
The Cake Lady, Seaport Farmers’ Market, 1209 Marginal Road In the Spring, Ingrid Dunsworth—The Cake Lady—met Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall. “We had a good conversation and he said he really enjoyed and appreciated how I decorated and how fresh all my cakes looked.” She sent a package to London, and was invited […]
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Hana Nelson
Owner Afishionado Fishmongers, 2530 Agricola Street “In travelling, I realized the main connection between people was food, it transcended nations,” says Hana Nelson, who studied international development, and then a master’s in agriculture in Europe, before arriving back in Halifax. Passionate about the purveyors of our food, this fall she opened Afishionado, an small-scale fish […]
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Unni Simensen
Founder and former chef, Scanway Catering It was back in 1980 when Unni Simensen opened Scanway Catering. “Everybody called me Mr. Simensen,” she says, laughing. “There weren’t too many women.” Simensen has always been a perfectionist, even when it made things difficult. “I had to get a few things sent from the market in Boston […]
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Jenna Mooers and Jane Wright
Owner, EDNA, 2053 Gottingen Street Owner, jane’s next door, 2053 Gottingen Street Jane Wright got her first job at 13, in grade nine, at Ernie’s Truck Stop on Highway 31. “In a polyester, two-piece, blue waitress outfit with white shoes. It was $1.45 an hour,” she says. Her daughter, Jenna Mooers, also started out in […]
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Mary Nkrumah
Owner and chef, Mary’s African Cuisine, Seaport Farmers’ Market, 1209 Marginal Road and Noblemay Catering Mary Nkrumah has been cooking for over 15 years— taking notes from her mother, a caterer, and then studying culinary at home in Ghana—but for the last seven she’s made a name for herself and her dishes in Halifax. After […]
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Jessica Best
Baker The Canteen, 66 Octherloney Street “It’s meditative. I think it’s one of the most refined things you can do,” Jessica Best says about baking. “I feel like the measure of a really good baker is consistency in everything you take out of the oven.” Best’s crusty sourdough is, in a lot of ways, a […]
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Kellye Robertson
Assistant brewmaster Garrison Brewing Company, 1149 Marginal Road “At the end of the day being able to create something that you put in a glass and see someone really enjoy—it’s a pretty gratifying thing,” says Kellye Robertson, who, while still studying brewmaster and brewery management in Niagara, won Garrison’s Ultimate Brew-Off in 2013 and landed […]
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Kelly Neil
Photographer and food stylist kellyneil.com In just over five years, Kelly Neil has come out of seemingly nowhere to become one of Nova Scotia’s favourite food photographers. “I am fuelled by learning,” she says. “I don’t have any formal training and every time I pick up my camera, set up lights, move a piece of pasta […]
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Lauren Marshall
Chef de cuisine, enVie, 5775 Charles Street You could call Lauren Marshall a Top Chef contestant. A vegan chef. A teacher. A holistic nutritional consultant. There are a lot of things that make her an incredibly creative force in Halifax’s food scene, but she’s not into labels. “What I love about what I do is […]