About Chef Darryl Fletcher

North America Corporate Chef for Aqua Star

Darryl Fletcher's inspiration to pursue a culinary career began while watching Graham Kerr (The Galloping Gourmet) and trying some recipes at home. He is a graduate of the Chef De Partie program from Humber College in Toronto, Canada.

Chef Darryl started his career as an apprentice in Toronto, Canada at Donato's Italian Bistro, under Chef Roberto Arissa. After apprenticing he moved back to his home town of Kitchener, and worked in various establishments until becoming Executive Chef at the Kitchener Auditorium Complex (where he spent three years) before joining M & M Meat Shops as part of the New Store Development Team.

After several years with M&M Meat Shops, Darryl decided he needed to get back to his love of food and cooking, so he began work again as a chef in several well-known restaurants in Ontario, Canada and eventually became the Executive Chef for Weber's Restaurants.

In 2001 Chef Darryl expanded into the role of Corporate Chef, first with a retail food broker and then with Toppits Foods Ltd., where he designed recipes for the website and worked in product development. At the same time, Chef Darryl enjoyed teaching cooking classes for leading Canadian retailers Loblaw's and Zehrs in their "What's For Dinner" program. He and his recipes have been featured in Canadian Living and Foodservice and Hospitality magazine's Chef's Corner.

Darryl is currently the North American Corporate Chef at Aqua Star, working in recipe and product development and corporate sales. He is a popular guest on the Canadian radio show, The Wine Ladies and in his spare time he lends his creativity to Gold Seal, Pillers Meats and The California Oil Company. 

He truly lives up to his nickname "Chef of the World"!