Chef Justin Raboni | Source | Executive Chef at Canopy by Hilton Toronto Yorkville at Hilton

Chef Justin Raponi has been in the hospitality industry for 24 years. Specializing in high end culinary art, Chef Raponi spent much of his career in Toronto and the GTA working at top end restaurants and venues such as Splendido Wine Bar in the Annex along side Chef David Lee; trendy Italian restaurant Ristorante 101 in the Young & Lawrence neighborhood offering authentic Southern Italian cuisine and Copper Creek Golf Group & Cardinal Golf Group where he spearheaded culinary programs at multiple properties.

Chef Raponi took his cooking career abroad and worked as an Executive Chef at a well know restaurant on the island of Bermuda, Pickled Onion with Island Restaurant Group and then out west to Victoria B.C. where he took the rains as Executive Chef at Wharfside Seafood Grille helping launch Joe’s Seafood Bar.

Chef Justin ventured into the private culinary world where he worked for a prominent Toronto family as their personal chef. While in this position, Justin had access to many exotic and rare ingredients encouraging him to try exciting and creative initiatives with his cooking techniques.

Over the years Chef Raponi has gained a vast amount of experience in his field specializing in a wide range of Italian concepts as well as many other cuisines from around the world. He believes, “everyone wants something different” and this allows him to be highly creative with every menu he creates.