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Ottawa Citizen arts writer / jazz critic / restaurant critic / salaryman. Occasional pianist phum@postmedia.com
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Some of Ottawa's best restaurants have lost great chefs — to the pursuit of work life balance

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By Peter Hum
| Ottawa Citizen Verified
Some of Ottawa's best restaurants have lost great chefs — to the pursuit of work life balance Kat Ferries rose swiftly through Ottawa kitchens, from Cordon Bleu, to Stofa, to Elise — to a butcher shop. She is one of many Ottawa chefs who have taken career pivots, leaving great restaurants, and looking for something more. Resident Chef and Top Chef Canada contestant Kathryn Ferries poses for a portrait at Around the Block Butcher & Market on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026.
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Some of Ottawa's best restaurants have lost great chefs — to the pursuit of work life balance

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By Peter Hum
| Yahoo Canada Verified
Kat Ferries is an Ottawa culinary star whose path has taken an unexpected turn. For years, she has been a restaurant chef to watch in the city and is competing on the new season of Top Chef Canada — even though she put restaurant cooking behind her more than a year ago. The Le Cordon Bleu Ottawa graduate proved her culinary mettle nationally and internationally, winning awards at the 2018 Chaine des Rotisseurs Young Chef National Competition in Edmonton and the 2019 S.
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New Centretown restaurant shows promise for soup dumplings, dim sum in Ottawa Original

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By Peter Hum
| Ottawa Citizen Verified
New Centretown restaurant shows promise for soup dumplings, dim sum in Ottawa A brother-and-sister team from Shanghai opened this modest takeout eatery on Gladstone Avenue this summer. Jenny Wang and her brother Philip pose for a photo at Zen Bowl, their Gladstone Avenue business. Photo by Tony Caldwell /Postmedia If there’s one thing I know, it’s that Ottawa suffers from a dim sum deficit.
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