Ontario Road Trip: Where Chefs Eat

Chef Randi Rudner Shares Her Go-To Spots In Stratford

Our wonderful city of Stratford was recently featured in the Toronto Star's Ontario Road Trip Special summer feature, written by Jessica Huras. Randi Rudner, co-Executive Chef at The Prune and the School's Program Manager and Chef Instructor (and also an Alumna!), shared her go-to spots of Stratford's dining scene. Here's the excerpt, in case you missed it!

Stratford's Creative Spirit

A Chef-Driven Dining Scene

Chef Randi's Faves

The Starlight

Bluebird, The Relic Bar, Mercer Kitchen

Lovage

Read the Full Feature in the Toronto Star.

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Stratford Chefs School is a not-for-profit Culinary School offering an Apprenticeship Program that is focused on the innovative, hands-on training of high-quality, aspiring Chefs and Culinary Entrepreneurs. The School’s vision is to be the primary training and education source of choice for tomorrow’s culinary leaders, and to train students with a culture code of excellence, innovation, collaboration, and respect.

Established in 1983, Stratford Chefs School has set the standard of excellence for culinary training in Canada, graduating nearly 900 alumni who contribute to a distinctive Canadian cuisine. The unique Apprenticeship program provides students with a thorough grounding in the theory and practice of classical cuisines and the business elements of operating successful restaurants in today’s market. Stratford Chefs School is one of Canada’s most successful and respected culinary institutions and is continually evolving to meet the needs of its students and the culinary community.