Origin
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Reviews
The Edible City – Claudio Aprile : The World on His Plate
2011 -2012 – Where Essential Toronto
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Origin Review
September 30, 2011 – Trend Magazine
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Ten Tips for Summer Entertaining from a Chef Mastermind
June/July 2011 – Sharp Magazine
“Claudio Aprile … also knows how to throw a great summer party. The first rule: relax.”
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5 Best Patios for Cocktails
“#1 – Origin”
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Best New Restaurants – Origin
“Ear-blistering ’70s rock, kitchen pyrotechnics, Godzilla figurines – they’re all part of the magic ant Claudio Aprile’s madhouse of a restaurant …”
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The great brunch hunt
“Where did Claudio Aprile get the idea to serve brioche, pickled blueberries, sesame-seed brittle, hoisin, Sriracha and duck confit on one plate?”
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Toronto – Tour Gourmet
“Nuestro primer destino es Origin, cuya caracteristica es resaltar la comida global y celebrar las diversas cocinas del mundo, bajo la direccion del chef Claudio Aprile, con Steve Gonzalez, su mano derecha”
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Ici Bistro et al.
December 18, 2010 – The National Post
“During the 12 days of Christmas, why not make reservations at our critic’s favourites of the year?”
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The Taste of Toronto
“Follow us on a tasting tour through some of our favorite Toronto restaurants”
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The Best New Restaurants in Canada
September, 2010 -Sharp Magazine
“Having set the bar in Canadian molecular gastronomy, Claudio Aprile shifts gears without compromising ingenuity at his second Toronto restaurant.”
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Canadian Cool
Fall 2010 – The New York Times Style Magazine
“… Claudio Aprile’s new hot spot (Origin is) a casual counterpart to his foodie temple Colborne Lane …”
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Orädd och kreativ kock utmanar
May, 2010 – Hufvudstadsbladet, Finland
“Detta är kocken som började sin karriär med att fylla syltmunkar tills di exploderade. Som diskare blandade han kemikalier och orsakade evakuering av en restaurang”
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Hot Spot
“Claudio Aprile groupies, of which there are many, have waited years for the chef to open a casual counter-part to Colborne Lane, his edgy gastronomic temple. Patience has it’s rewards. Taking one of Toronto’s oldest buildings back to its bare brick bones, he has created a hip bar and a whimsically modern dining room.”
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Eat Here
“Already well-acquainted with chef Claudio Aprile’s aesthetic – having co-designed Colborne Lane in 2007 – local firm Stroudfoot mined the neighbourhood’s illustrious past for inspiration. The private dining room, for instance, is decked out with a sinisterly amusing toy monster chandelier and is intended to celebrate Andy Warhol, who apparently partied upstairs at one time.”
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A tapas original
“Who would dare to make ice cream tableside using liquid nitrogen? Or create bubbles that explode in your mouth with unexpected taste sensations; or manipulate your sense of smell with spices on a hot rock accompanied by a ponzu slush palette cleanser? You’d be right if you guessed master molecular gastronomist Claudio Aprile. LIke an art exhibit, his culinary message is as much social commentary as it is about technique and artistice phenomena.”
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Living to eat well
“I have seen the future and it’s Origin, Claudio Aprile’s new and splendiferous restaurant.
I’m sitting comfortably at the food bar, seats are sushi height, watching five cooks working the heat, constructing plates, small ones of course, wokking calamari, plating bufala mozzarella from Italy.
Sushi bars have acclimated us to the intimate interface of cook and customer. Shared plates have been going mainstream for a while. Wild and natural (from anywhere) is trumping fresh ‘n’ local. Recycling is hot. Origin is built with repurposed (the word du jour) materials. Add Origin’s confident capture of the most prized quality in dining now: the spirit of casual. And the price is right.”
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Claudio Aprile’s Toronto Restaurant Origin Opens To The Masses
March, 2010 – MartiniBoys.com
“The culinary powerhouse that is Claudio Aprile’s Colborne Lane is a quality-driven restaurant with an organic complexity, utmost sincerity, and unmistakable groove, soulfully blurring the lines between restaurant and science lab…”
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