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Gift Guide
Jamie Kennedy
Canadian chef Jamie Kennedy is the author of J.K. e Jamie Kennedy Cookbook. Known for his use of local ingredients, this culinary pro also heads Toronto-based Jamie Kennedy Kitchens.
What are your favourite gifts to receive?
A notice that a gift has been given, in my name, to a charitable organization.
My favourite charity is Anishnawbe Health Toronto.
Which gifts do you get for the person Who has everything?
A donation to a charity in the name of the person
or my Jamie Kennedy Cookbook.
What are your
best ideas for houseWarming gifts? Something I have made; like a jar of my favourite jam. If you can’t make your own,
Greaves of Niagara-on-the- Lake or Stasis out of Toronto are delicious alternatives.
What are your favourite birthday present ideas?
For people close to me, I like to share lunch or dinner together. And for anyone
I know who loves home cooking, Masontops has a really awesome fermenting kit.
describe your favourite holiday gift ideas.
I make Christmas cake and love to share that.
What Was the most thoughtful gift
you’ve ever received?
e gifts I receive from my children. In recent memory, a wooden cutting board made by my sons. Some of my favourite cutting boards have been from Larch Wood Cutting boards, a maker
in New Brunswick. And
a special dinner created
by René Redzepi and his team from Noma in Tulum, Mexico from my daughter.
PhoTos, lefT: isTock, jamie kenneDy righT: isTock, karl Wolfe
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