Peter Oliver, who helped transformed Toronto dining with Oliver & Bonacini, dies
, died Wednesday at age 74. He had been diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer in May 2021.
But it was a fateful coming together of Oliver and Michael Bonacini, then-executive chef at Centro, a venerated Italian restaurant almost directly across Yonge St. from Oliver’s sandwich shop, that marked the birth of theOliver was looking to open a restaurant in Commerce Court, an area largely barren of destination spots for big-spending corporate executives and clients. When plans for his chef fell through, he approached Bonacini. Together, they opened Jump on Wellington St. W. in 1993.
Local chefs, from Rob Gentile, “what a legend he was,” to Claudio Aprile, “an undeniable impact on our industry” have reacted on social media to Oliver’s passing.
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