Share this Story : How Ottawa chef Cameron McGihon went from flipping burgers to a stint at an elite Swedish restaurant Copy Link Email X Reddit Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Breadcrumb Trail Links News Local News Food How Ottawa chef Cameron McGihon went from flipping burgers to a stint at an elite Swedish restaurant Bar Lupulus's sous chef will stage a 10-course pop-up dinner at Corner Peach in Chinatown on June 9. Author of the article: Peter Hum Published Jun 05, 2024 • 5 minute read Join the conversation You can save this article by registering for free here . Or sign-in if you have an account.
OTTAWA - May 23, 2024 --Cam McGihon poses for a photo at Corner Peach in Ottawa Thursday. Cam, who cooked for several weeks earlier this year at the Swedish three-Michelin-star restaurant Frantzen, where dinner costs $600+/person. McGihon is staging a pop-dinner at Corner Peach on June 9.
TONY CALDWELL, Postmedia. Photo by Tony Caldwell / Postmedia Article content Not that long ago, Cameron McGihon was frying chicken wings and flipping burgers at an Ottawa pub. But the 28-year-old Ottawa chef began 2024 by spending three months cooking at Frantzén, a three-Michelin-star restaurant in Stockholm that has climbed the prestigious World’s 50 Best Restaurants list to rank as high as sixth.
McGihon, the sous chef at Bar Lupulus on Wellington Street West, wasn’t paid for his long hours in Stockholm. He paid his own way to Sweden and found cheap lodging in the outskirts of the capital .
