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Hello Dep Friends, Fans & Fam

It is with tremendous pride that I want to let everyone know that The Depanneur Cookbook will be published nationally by Simon & Schuster in 2023, led by award-winning editor Kirsten Hanson.

Another major milestone: I will be not be renewing my lease at 1033 College at the end of the year; I will be taking a sabbatical break in 2022 to focus my energies on envisioning and manifesting the next iteration of The Depanneur.

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“Look on every exit as being an entrance somewhere else.”
― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

The Depanneur College St. location is now closed.

The End of an Era… and the start of a whole new adventure!

After 11 fabulous years, thousands of unique events and a bajillion interesting food things, I have turned this particular key for the last time. Nothing but enormous gratitude for the incredible experiences, wonderful people and delicious food that has filled my life for the past decade. Thank you all for being a part of it, and for coming along for the ride into the future!

In 2022 The Depanneur will be exploring new ways to celebrate the incredible diversity of culinary talent we have in Toronto. You can keep abreast of our latest developments and new collaborations via our email newsletter, (subscribe here), or on our Facebook or Instagram pages.

If you are curious, you can browse through the thousands of unique Drop-In Dinners, Cooking Classes, Table Talks, and Supper Clubs we have hosted over the past decade.

The Depanneur was also the birthplace of Newcomer Kitchen, a non-profit social enterprise that helped create social and economic opportunities for Syrian refugee women through food-based projects.

—LEN