Concept demo, prepared for Chef Phil DeWar by HigherMindAI. Film and imagery are concept pieces. Menu prices are from the published catering menu.
Jerk chicken charring over open flame on a steel drum grill at dusk
Guests laughing and passing a platter at a candlelit dinner table
A jerk chicken wrap in paratha roti, cut in half and stacked
Plates of glazed short rib and plantain lined up on a kitchen pass, a pan flaring behind
A long harvest table of guests toasting in a meadow at golden hour

Orangeville - Dufferin - Headwaters

The language of food, spoken live.

Chef Phil DeWar. Private chef, caterer, community builder.

905.586.0045
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 - 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

Three doors, one kitchen

It says three things on the card.

Private Chef. Community Partner. Educator. Pick the door, and the desk does the rest.

Guests laughing and passing a platter at a candlelit dinner table

I Your table

Private Chef

A dinner composed for one table, on one night, in your home.

How it works
A catering spread of jerk chicken, rice and peas, macaroni pie, plantain and slaw

II Your crowd

Catering

Weddings, corporate tables, private parties, festivals and personal orders.

How it works
Culinary students chopping scallion and peppers at a teaching kitchen counter

III Your room

Community & Classes

School presentations, workshops, interactive cooking classes and speaking.

How it works
A jerk chicken wrap in paratha roti, cut in half and stacked
The Legend

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

  1. 01Paratha roti
  2. 02Lettuce, tomato, onion
  3. 03Cheese
  4. 04Cajun mayo
  5. 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

The whole story

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.

Rule two

"Serves up to 10 portions."

    Tray math from the published prices. The desk does this for every dish you add.

    Side B - the hometown record

    What one kitchen did for one town.

    2009The year the language of food started cultivating community and culture herechefphildewar.ca
    100+seats on Mill Street, up from 30chefphildewar.ca
    14,000people at CaribFest and Founder's Day, by In The Hills' estimateIn The Hills, 2016
    300+Reggae Wraps sold in one day, at a pop-up that planned for 100Orangeville Citizen, 2019
    13homes supplied weekly by the food delivery program he managed during COVID-19chefphildewar.ca
    A theatre audience on its feet, applauding, seen from the stage

    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

    A tray of golden Jamaican patties fresh from the ovenConcept imagery

    At the kitchen door

    LyvePatty

    Gourmet Jamaican patties. The shop opened its doors on November 1, 2024, at the catering headquarters. Our Routes Magazine, 2025

    Hours

    76 Centennial Rd Unit #3, Orangeville