RICKY
CASIPE
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— Real name: “Enrique Antonio Perez Casipe” AKA “Kikie” but decided to change to Ricky when his 1st grade teacher thought Kikie was a girl during attendance…
— PROUD Toronto East Ender
— Soft spot for classic country…anything from the 90s and beyond
— Mixes his red wine with diet coke, it’s an actual drink, look it up
— Loves all craft breweries…but you’ll probably see him with a Busch Light
— George Brown College Alumni
— Formerly Executive Chef of Hawthorne Food and Drink, Executive Chef and Partner of AFT Kitchen and Bar and KT Bar.
OLIVIA
SIMPSON
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— Originally from Ottawa
— Goes by Oli or Liv
— Caffeine enthusiast
— Daughter of classical musicians, but can’t really hold a beat or tune… likes listening to everything ranging from Hilary Duff to Bruce Springstein
— George Brown Alumni
— Loves a good dirty martini: vodka, dry, shaken, bruised, extra olive
— Food stylist
— Worked in BOH most of her career (some kitchens including: O&B, Bar Buca, Saturday Dinette, Dirt Candy, Mission Chinese, Blue Hill Stone Barns) but you can find her mostly running the FOH these days