898: Chef Matt Basile - "Alchemy Grills"
Chef Matt Basile spent over a decade disrupting the food industry as the founder of Toronto\u2019s most recognizable food truck brand, Fidel Gastro\u2019s, and popular gastropub, Lisa Marie. Today, as the co-founder of Alchemy Grills, he\u2019s taking on a new frontier \u2014 disrupting the barbecue and live-fire cooking landscape. In an industry steeped in tradition, Basile is always striving to do things differently.
In just under four years, Basile transformed the Fidel Gastro\u2019s brand from an underground sandwich pop-up to an internationally recognized food brand. He also ran the Queen West gastropub and brunch hotspot, Lisa Marie, for six phenomenal years. It was featured on various TV series, including You Gotta Eat Here! and Chef in the City, and was also ranked as the ninth best brunch spot in Canada by OpenTable magazine.
Today, Basile has partnered with two seasoned entrepreneurs to launch Alchemy Grills. The Alchemy is the first barbecue to allow home cooks the option to smoke and grill food at the exact same time with one appliance. In addition to developing prototypes, Basile is developing recipes for an accompanying line of rubs and sauces and designing stylish merchandise for the brand.
By his Alchemy Grill in his backyard outside of suburban Toronto, Matt connects with Lou on Thrive LouD and shares his story of how Alchemy Grills came to be.
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