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Image Not Available for 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
Image Not Available for 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
ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0021127F
Image Not Available 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(...)
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(...)
12/23/1974
Image Not Available for 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(...)
9/30/1975
Image Not Available for 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
1/26/1988
Image Not Available for 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
7/16/1996
Image Not Available for 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
2/26/1980
Image Not Available for 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
1/13/1975
Image Not Available for 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,(...)
10/27/1976
Image Not Available for 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
8/27/1980
Image Not Available for 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
5/1/1992
Image Not Available for 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
10/15/1988
Image Not Available for Shi Ping Ma: Fon San's pastry chef with the dough that he turns into two miles of noodles, by hand
Shi Ping Ma: Fon San's pastry chef with the dough that he turns into two miles of noodles, by hand
1/7/1982
Image Not Available for Berried treasure: Lesia Kohut, Pastry chef at All the Best Fine Foods, laces her yummy pudding with cranberries
Berried treasure: Lesia Kohut, Pastry chef at All the Best Fine Foods, laces her yummy pudding with cranberries
11/17/1998