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The boss: Retiring chef Marcel Dider, top, gets a round of applause from five of his staff (above) Didier's first job at the hotel was as an apprentice in the pastry shop
The boss: Retiring chef Marcel Dider, top, gets a round of applause from five of his staff (above) Didier's first job at the hotel was as an apprentice in the pastry shop

The boss: Retiring chef Marcel Dider, top, gets a round of applause from five of his staff (above) Didier's first job at the hotel was as an apprentice in the pastry shop

Date2/21/1980
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Original Toronto Star caption: The boss: Retiring chef Marcel Dider; top; gets a round of applause from five of his staff (above) Didier's first job at the hotel was as an apprentice in the pastry shop.
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Object NumberTSPA_0021127F
Chef Paul Bocuse, centre, swiftly works his culinary magie in The Star test kitcher day, as Chef Marcel Didier, of the Royal Y and Chef Francis Vanden(...)
Chef Paul Bocuse, centre, swiftly works his culinary magie in The Star test kitcher day, as Chef Marcel Didier, of the Royal Y and Chef Francis Vanden(...)
Combs, Erin
9/30/1975
Expecting 1,500 guests for dinner at the Royal York Hotel tomorrow, executive chef Marcel Didier puts finishing touches on a whole, poached salmon for(...)
Expecting 1,500 guests for dinner at the Royal York Hotel tomorrow, executive chef Marcel Didier puts finishing touches on a whole, poached salmon for(...)
Griffin, Doug
12/23/1974
Pastry temptress: Pastry chef Daphna Rabinovitch, 25, has helped make the bakery counter one of the busiest and tastiest stops in the David Wood Food Shop on Yonge St
Pastry temptress: Pastry chef Daphna Rabinovitch, 25, has helped make the bakery counter one of the busiest and tastiest stops in the David Wood Food Shop on Yonge St
Bull, Ron
1/26/1988
Working together: Executive sous chef Snvano Kirisic (far right), who will take over from Didier in April, tastes sauce while Dominic Sousa is busy stirring
Working together: Executive sous chef Snvano Kirisic (far right), who will take over from Didier in April, tastes sauce while Dominic Sousa is busy stirring
Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
2/26/1980
Delicious handful: Cornelius Vreeker, ace pastry chef and operator of the Lakeview Pastry and Tearoom in Burlington, uses nothing but the freshest ingredients for his customers
Delicious handful: Cornelius Vreeker, ace pastry chef and operator of the Lakeview Pastry and Tearoom in Burlington, uses nothing but the freshest ingredients for his customers
Calleja, Frank
8/27/1980
Apprentice chefs on their way to Frankfurt to compete in the Olympics for Canada watch George Brown College Chef Willie Brand prepare fish. From left,(...)
Apprentice chefs on their way to Frankfurt to compete in the Olympics for Canada watch George Brown College Chef Willie Brand prepare fish. From left,(...)
Loek, Dick
10/27/1976
Deft touch of pastry chef Ernest Frehner gives a rich Christmas cake the royal treatment it deserves with marzipan (almond paste). The Windsor Arms Ho(...)
Deft touch of pastry chef Ernest Frehner gives a rich Christmas cake the royal treatment it deserves with marzipan (almond paste). The Windsor Arms Ho(...)
Combs, Erin
11/17/1975
Henri Feasson - Pastry Chef
Henri Feasson - Pastry Chef
Spremo, Boris
3/11/1997
Sweet it is to be a pastry chef when you enjoy your work as much as David Miller of London's Park Tower Hotel does
Sweet it is to be a pastry chef when you enjoy your work as much as David Miller of London's Park Tower Hotel does
Bull, Ron
1/13/1975
Sweet victory: Hotel pastry chefs, from left, Sunil Seneviratne of Royal York, Nicolette Thomas of The Sutton Place and Wai-Man chan of Delta Chelsea Inn decorated Hotelympiad cakes
Sweet victory: Hotel pastry chefs, from left, Sunil Seneviratne of Royal York, Nicolette Thomas of The Sutton Place and Wai-Man chan of Delta Chelsea Inn decorated Hotelympiad cakes
Bull, Ron
7/16/1996
Pastry chef Renee Foote, left, trades her recipe for Hazelnut Biscotti for a taste of vegetarian Eggplant Lasagna from her mother, Ruth
Pastry chef Renee Foote, left, trades her recipe for Hazelnut Biscotti for a taste of vegetarian Eggplant Lasagna from her mother, Ruth
Loek, Dick
5/1/1992
Selwyn Stoby: The pastry chef at the Four Seasons puts finishing touches to a fruit flan
Selwyn Stoby: The pastry chef at the Four Seasons puts finishing touches to a fruit flan
Griffin, Doug
10/15/1988