Yannick LaSalle, who has worked at Les Fougères for more than a decade and became its chef five years ago, said his new job will give him a lot more family time.
Yannick LaSalle, winner of the 2019 Canadian Culinary Championships, will leave Restaurant Les Fougères in Chelsea at the end of August. Starting in September as the court’s new executive chef, LaSalle will cook lunches for its nine judges, as well as food for dinners and receptions with extra outside help.“It’s nothing I was thinking of doing in my career. My dream is to open up a restaurant ,” he added.
LaSalle said cooking for the Supreme Court came onto his radar when Oliver Bartsch, the court’s current chef and previously the chef for then-prime minister Stephen Harper at 24 Sussex Drive, took part last year in an event at Les Fougères and told LaSalle he might retire soon. LaSalle said he will miss cooking for guests at Les Fougères, which this year ranked 77th on the Canada’s 100 Best Restaurants list.
Les Fougères owners Charles Part and Jennifer Warren-Part are sad to see chef Yannick LaSalle leave, but ‘he’s our family, so we’ll see him,’ says Jennifer.Charles Part, who opened Les Fougères with his wife, Jennifer, in the early 1990s, said he hasn’t yet found a replacement for LaSalle.Article content