ATOTK Winter 2022/23 A Taste of the Kawarthas

Chef Basel Selva Chefs of the kawarthas

Chef Basel is the owner of Chef Basel Cuisine at 2641 Television Road in Peterborough. Our Real Estate writer, Jay Lough Hayes, introduced me to this restaurant when we met with Sylvia Sutherland for a delicious breakfast. The morning special is just $7.99 before 10am and it’s quite busy, as you would expect.

Chef Basel is no stranger to running a restaurant. He came to Canada in 1992 and started working as a dishwasher and short order cook in Scarborough. Basel moved to Winnipeg and went to Red Deer College for a culinary education. He came back to Toronto in 1995 and worked at Alice Fazoolie’s for five years.

Basel then ran a restaurant in Oshawa and after that, owned a restaurant with a partner. When Covid hit his restaurant in Oshawa had a tough time, as all restaurants did, so he moved to Peterborough and opened Chef Basel Cuisine in January 2020. Basel’s style is ‘fusion’. His restaurant serves a full variety on the menu - breakfast, salads, appetizers, pub fare, sandwiches & wraps, pizza, pasta and dinners. They also have a takeout menu and offer kids meals. He likes cooking all types of food. “This is my whole life. My daughter says I’m a workaholic. We love it here in Peterborough”, he says.

The fact that Basel survived Covid and is still go ing strong speaks for itself. Chef Basel Cuisine is li censed for beer and wine.