Just a few years ago, Benjamin Lillico was a culinary student at Niagara College’s Canadian Food and Wine Institute who made headlines as captain of Junior Culinary Team Canada; today, he has been named among Canada’s next top chefs.
Lillico who is the now the executive chef at Holt Renfrew’s new flagship location in Toronto, was featured in a Globe and Mail article posted on October 11, ‘Canada’s Kitchen: 2019 edition, Meet the country’s next top chefs.’
During his time at NC, Lillico was a member and former captain of Junior Culinary Team Canada, which was comprised of students and recent grads of NC’s CFWI from 2013 to 2016.
The team was among 20 junior national culinary teams from around the world to compete at the IKA / Culinary Olympics in Octobr 2016 where they won a gold and a silver medal . In November 2014, the team won a gold and silver medal and ranked fifth overall at the Expogast Villeroy and Boch Culinary World Cup in Luxembourg. In August 2015, the team captured a gold and silver medal and the overall championship title at the American Culinary Classic in Orlando, Florida.
Lillico was also named among the Ontario Hostelry Institute’s Top 30 Under 30 Rising Stars in 2015.
