Headshot of Ricky Casipe
 

RICKY
CASIPE

  • — 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.

 
Heasdshot of Olivia Simpson
 

OLIVIA
SIMPSON

  • — 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