21 Aug Death in Venice Gelato
Serving at Toronto Garlic Festival: black garlic gelato with toasted fennels seeds and roasted garlic and chocolate gelato with rosemary and sea salt
Ontario garlic supplied by: Muddy Crops
Options include: Vegan, gelato
Born in Istanbul, Turkey, a city at the intersection of eastern and western culture, Kaya came to Canada in 2002 to study chemical engineering at the University of Toronto. Upon graduation he pursued his interest in food science and enrolled in the Stratford Chef School where he went on to become an instructor. He completed apprenticeships at Scaramouche as well as stages overseas at Micheline Star restaurants including Oud Sluis in Holland, Manresa in San Francisco, and In De Wulf in Belgium. He was employed at La Grenouillere in France for 18 months. In 2015 Kaya won Chopped Canada with his ricotta, lemon and rosemary ice cream and used his prize winnings to purchase his first Italian Carpigiani gelato machine.
Formally an art student in Montreal, Maddalena Fuller now practises law in Toronto. Maddalena is Kaya’s partner in life and in business. After a lengthy motorcycle trip through Sicily in 2015, the couple decided to go into business together and make gelato.