Chef John Vetere, Ravine Vineyard

We are pleased to welcome Chef Vetere as one of the guest chefs of the culinary experience at the Chardonnay in the Vineyard event on Saturday July 19th at the Riverbend Inn.

About Chef John Vetere, Director, Estate Winery and Executive Chef at Ravine Vineyard ·
A Canadian-born chef and author (Cooks Book), John has been working in Southern Ontario’s best kitchens for the past 17 years. After completing culinary school at George Brown College, he earned an international post-graduate diploma from Alma – one of Italy’s most prestigious culinary schools. He received further training at Locanda Della Tamerici – a Michelin star restaurant in Luni Mare, Liguria, Italy.
In 2014 he and his wife moved to Niagara-on-the-Lake in search of new business ventures. In 2015, the pair received a nomination for Niagara’s Young Entrepreneur of the Year award and notable mention in The New York Times for the establishment and success of The Norton Underground – a secret society of ‘pop-up’ style dinners held in unique locations around Niagara-on-the-Lake. In his most recent restaurant opening in 2018, Brushfire Smoke BBQ reached critical acclaim of CBC’s food and travel writer Suresh Doss, producing some of the finest BBQ in the Niagara Region.