Chef La-toya Fagon has multiple claims to fame. A Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) Hospitality Partner, she is also Toronto Raptors’ personal chef to Serge Ibaka, seen on Fridge Wars and the owner/operator of Twist Catering.
Fagon graduated from George Brown College before entering an apprenticeship in the kitchen of the King Edward Hotel. Of the experience, she says they were a “great set of people, but it wasn’t where I felt I was thriving.” She began staging at different restaurants—volunteering for a couple of shifts here and there to determine if she was the right fit.
It’s this process, she says, that “earns you the chef title,” one she feels these days is thrown around too easily. In a city such as Toronto with such great talent, Fagon finds it disheartening to see people with the title unearned and she is ready to share her experiences and life lessons.
