Peter Oliver, known for co-founding luxurious Toronto restaurants, dead at 74 | CBC News

Oliver & Bonacini Hospitality says Canadian restaurateur Peter Oliver has died at 74, after a battle with cancer.

Posted: Sep 23, 2022 11:11 PM ET | Last Updated: 1 hour ago

Oliver & Bonacini Hospitality says Canadian restaurateur Peter Oliver has died at 74, after a battle with cancer. He entered the spotlight in 1993, when he partnered with chef Michael Bonacini to create a restaurant empire that runs 29 properties serving 30,000 guests a week and putting on more than 10,000 events annually.

Oliver got his start in the restaurant business in 1978, when he opened a small sandwich shop at Yonge Street and Eglinton Avenue named Oliver's Old Fashioned Bakery.An obituary from Oliver & Bonacini said he loved teaching about nature's interconnectedness at their family cottage on Lake Baptiste.

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