Orangeville - Dufferin - Headwaters
The language of food, spoken live.
Chef Phil DeWar. Private chef, caterer, community builder.
Private chef
Your table. His setlist.
Dinners composed course by course, in your home.
As seen on You Gotta Eat Here!
The Reggae Wrap. A Soulyve original.
Invented on Mill Street. On the menu today.
Carib-fusion
Island flavour, classical fire.
Kingston roots. Humber training. Headwaters tables.
Catering
Carib meets the countryside.
Weddings, parties and festivals across the hills.
Food Network Canada - You Gotta Eat Here! - 2013In The Hills - Local Heroes - 2016Headwaters Tourism - Champion of the Year - 2018Toronto Caribbean NewsOrangeville CitizenCaledon CitizenOur Routes Magazine - 2025Food Network Canada - You Gotta Eat Here! - 2013In The Hills - Local Heroes - 2016Headwaters Tourism - Champion of the Year - 2018Toronto Caribbean NewsOrangeville CitizenCaledon CitizenOur Routes Magazine - 2025
Pronounced "so live"
I use the language of food as a vehicle to connect people, community, and culture.
Chef Phil DeWar in his own words
- Private Chef
- Community Partner
- Educator
I Your table
Private Chef
A dinner composed for one table, on one night, in your home.
II Your crowd
Catering
Weddings, corporate tables, private parties, festivals and personal orders.
III Your room
Community & Classes
School presentations, workshops, interactive cooking classes and speaking.
SO LIVESO LIVESO LIVESO LIVESO LIVESO LIVESO LIVESO LIVE
Track 05 - national television, 2013
The Reggae Wrap
"The kitchen truly heats up when John tries the enormous jerk chicken Reggae Wrap." You Gotta Eat Here! episode guide
- 01Paratha roti
- 02Lettuce, tomato, onion
- 03Cheese
- 04Cajun mayo
- 05Pineapple chutney
Jerk ChickenJerk PorkSweet 'n' Smokey BBQVeggie
100wraps planned for a one-day pop-up
300+sold by the end of the day
48hours notice it was given
Orangeville Citizen, 2019
Side A - the story so far
Eight tracks.
One town.
Drawn from the public record, with every source linked. Tap a track for the liner notes.
The desk knows the house rules
Two rules. Zero phone tag.
The two lines at the bottom of the menu are the two things every caller has to be told. Here, the site tells them.
Rule one
"Orders require at least 48 hour notice."
Greyed days are inside the window. The desk will not take them - it offers the phone instead.
2009The year the language of food started cultivating community and culture herechefphildewar.ca 13homes supplied weekly by the food delivery program he managed during COVID-19chefphildewar.ca
Town Hall Opera House - Headwaters Tourism Champion of the Year, 2018
I really love this community. This will always be my home.
Chef Phil DeWar In The Hills, 2018