Taste your way through one of Toronto's diverse neighborhoods on a small-group food walking tour led by a local professional chef! Choose from the rich aromas and flavors of the bustling neighborhood of Greektown (the largest in North America) or trendy Leslieville, home to some of Ontario's best cuisine. Along the way, get behind-the-scenes access into kitchens, chats with chefs and market tours. Enjoy a true foodie experience and discover the delicious foods and traditional cultures of Toronto’s varied neighborhoods!
Embrace the tastes and cultures of Toronto's most unique and tasty neighborhoods on one of these amazing, small-group food walking tours. On your 3- to 3.5-hour food tour, be guided by a local professional chef who is extremely passionate about cooking, Toronto history and the Toronto food scene.
Greektown: Explore the delights of the largest Greek neighborhood in North America and one of the most cosmopolitan areas of Toronto! Get a taste of Greek food and culture with a dash of Turkish influence as you stroll along Danforth Avenue. Taste Turkish olives, pide (Turkish pizza) and a feast of delicious, homemade Greek mezes (small plates) prepared by proud restaurateurs. Greek wine tasting and time to shop at a gourmet store are also included.
Leslieville: Savor the vibrancy of a community that began as a small village back in the 1850s and has transformed itself into one of Toronto’s hippest new neighborhoods and the headquarters of the booming Toronto film industry. From sweet to savory, your chef tour guide will give you a behind-the-scenes take on one of the city’s best-kept secrets. Tastings include Ontario wines, sustainable seafood, olive oils, cheese, desserts and much more.
Ian was very knowledgeable, the food sampling was excellent. Our favorite was Mediterranean food for main lunch!
Review by: westhousefarm, September 2016
Wonderful very interesting tour with information not commonly known related by Ian. Food very good and varied.
Review by: Sarah E A, September 2016
Food selections were great - will definitely be going back to some of the stops!
Review by: laurenam91, June 2016
Fantastic tour with the experienced chef/restaurant owner Ian. He was very knowledgable of the area and everything we ate was wonderful! Would highly recommend - our tip would be to book at the beginning of your stay in Toronto and get some restaurant advice from Ian!
Review by: Marilyn G, May 2016
Excellent!! Excellent!! You really get your money's worth for the Leslieville tour! Great food selection!! Our guide Ian was very nice and knowledgeable! A great experience!
Review by: Diana R, May 2016
I highly recommend this tour on your stop in Toronto!
Review by: Georgine N, November 2015
From our first coffee stop, to sampling local shortbread cookies, local mission breads, a great fish market, Mediterranean lunch, famous canadian bacon sampler, to a finishing local gelato...we had a great experience in Leslieville. A welcoming neighborhood, rich in history and the perfect Chef as our guide, we had an amazing experience
Review by: Chris M, November 2015
Chef Scott is very knowledgeable, entertaining and provided information on the history and personalities of the Leslieville area._br/_ Generous amounts of food samples._br/_ Will recommend this tour to my friends.
Review by: Sally P, October 2015
The vegetarian restaurant lunch was the best part of the tour. Other stops were only mildly interesting.
Review by: Suzanne S, September 2015
Fun and informative stories re neighborhood Leslieville great food sampling/lunch venue plenty to eat!
Review by: David H, August 2015
A wonderful tour! We had the good fortune to have the Fonder and CEO Chief Eating Officer lead us. Chef Scott Savoie was informative and lots of fun. I highly recommend this tour.
Review by: Stephen P, August 2015
We both really enjoyed the two tours we took one in Greektown and one in Leslieville. In both cases our guide was knowledgeable and entertaining. The tour was a nice mix of the history of the area as well as an introduction to the types of food.
Review by: Mary G. H, July 2015
Really enjoyed our guide!! Great stories!!
Review by: Sharm, July 2015
Good historical and culinary tour of leslieville -- sustainable fish shop, organic bakeries, coffee and ice cream shops. Three and a half hours of chef Scott's anecdotes of celebs he has worked with and cooking tips makes for good company and a fun way to spend a Saturday afternoon.
Review by: Deborah P, June 2015
Fantastic guide. Good selection of food. Beautiful weather. Would highly recommend.
Review by: Gary M, November 2014
We had a wonderful time on the Leslieville tour. Guide Joanne provided lots of interesting information on the local neighbourhood. We had a good variety of stops along the way. Food and drinks were enjoyed by all.
Review by: Rebecca E, September 2014
Had an absolutely amazing Leslieville tour, with a fun and informative guide with a lot of knowledge and experience. Definitely worth every penny.
Review by: Marianne V, August 2014
We took the culinary walking tour of Leslieville and our tour guide, Kevin, was terrific! He was informative and fun and gave us a great insight into the area and provided us with numerous delicious tastings along the tour, which made for a perfect lunch. Although the tour is three hour, it goes quickly and the pace of the tour is leisurely. We had the opportunity to watch a demo and taste different kinds of olive oils, vinegars, salts, and peppers which was both interesting and delicious! Chef Scott gave us many recipes and ideas of things to try at home that could be created with few ingredients but still taste exceptional. The stops vary in taste which keeps the tour interesting and exciting. Great tour, well worth doing and a great value for the money!
Review by: Karen S, July 2014
Our Greektown tour turned out to just be the four of us and our tour guide, Kevin. He was terrific- very knowledgable and friendly, we visited several places, sampled a great variety of delicious food and drinks. It was the highlight of our Girls Only Surprise Birthday Toronto Trip!
Review by: Sylvia H, July 2014
We loved this, we did this in Leslieville . Our tour guide, Megan, was fantastic, lots of knowledge and simply...a really nice lady to meet and spend time with. We experienced lots of tastes, met some amazing people and thoroughly enjoyed the whole experience. Seeing 'old Toronto' and hearing the history was most definitely a highlight of our time in Toronto, mega thanks to Megan.
Review by: R L N, May 2014
Terrific tour. Chef Scott was knowledgeable and fun. Lots of interesting food stops in the Leslieville neighborhood of Toronto. Really different twist to have a chef/foodie lead the tour--I have done walking tours in many different cites and this was the best experience ever. I would take another of this group's tours in a flash.
Review by: Voichita C, September 2012
The Greektown tour was a well-researched and well-presented. Our tour guide was Chef Scott a food industry specialist. With a live passion for food, he also had lots of stories about the neighborhood history, liaison with businesses and kept us entertained. He presented us local food vendors, from stores to pubs and restaurants. This is actually meant to be a tasting tour, hence we started by testing olives into a Turkish store that sells what the family produces in Turkey. Second stop was to taste a delicious pizza looking like a mosaic of much smaller pieces, also original Turkish presentation and recipe. Third stop was a pastry family shop for some excellent Greek pie recommended as best in the area, however other similar ‘almost as good’ shops were presented. I will skip on purpose the so called wine tasting in a retail store, due to ON government monopoly policy. Fourth stop was to have a tasty sandwich in a snack shop, popular for opening early in the morning when pubs close and people recover from hangover; really good pork meat, probably grain fed and free run. Last stop in a Greek fancy restaurant were we tasted a plate of ‘mezes’ spilled with a good Greek wine. Unfortunately, not enough well balanced plate to serve the tasting purpose, as it was hard for all of us to get a bite of everything. Working more on better calculate the amount for each type of food on the plate could make this tour perfect. Overall, the tour was very good and I would not hesitate to further recommend it.
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