Local chef looking forward to competing in Culinary Olympics

Since his early beginnings as a cook, making it onto Top Chef Canada and opening a successful restaurant in Paris, Ontario, Chef William Thompson continues to build a strong reputation for himself in the Canadian culinary scene.

Thompson, who originally hails from Caledonia, settled in Paris with his family around nine years ago and detailed his start as a cook.

“I worked at my high school’s cafeteria [and] the chef there [helped me] get set up with working at a local restaurant where I then did co-op…after high school, I went to university for a year, and during that time I was also working nights at a pub, which I loved…I would continue with chef college at Niagara College, [and] from there worked at some private clubs including a private golf club in Flamborough,” he recalled. “Then I opened a small restaurant up in Minden [and] worked there for a few years. I would get a chance to work at one of Canada’s top spas…called Ste. Anne’s Spa. The chef I worked under, Christopher Ennew, became my mentor [and] was a culinary Olympian…competing in 1998 and 2002.”

However, Thompson would get a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be on a popular culinary show that would open doors for him in his career.

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