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15 LEGENDS + TALES • Volume 9 • 2021 MANDEL HITZER Eateries: Deer + Almond, RAW: almond, RAW: Gimli and RAW: Tokyo Claim to food fame: His restaurant deer + almond is a favourite for local and A-list celebrities, but his biggest claim to fame has been RAW:almond, a pop-up restaurant erected for over three weeks in winter on the frozen Assiniboine River at The Forks. SCOTT BAGSHAW Eateries: Enoteca, Máquè, Passero/Corto Claim to food fame: Winnipeg's resident "bad boy" chef has hit home runs with his three small-plates restaurants, including Enoteca, named one of enRoute Magazine's Canada's Best New Restaurants for 2015. JOSEPH CHAEBAN AND ZAINAB ALI Eatery: Chaeban's Ice Cream Claim to food fame: This Lebanese cheese-maker specializes in premium hard ice cream made in house from scratch, with ingredients produced or grown in Manitoba. JENNA AND ASHLEY ILLCHUK Bakery: Jenna Rae Cakes Claim to food fame: Martha Stewart Weddings magazine listed Jenna Rae Cakes one of 20 Cake Makers to follow on Instagram, now boasting over 181k+ followers thanks to gorgeous photography of stunning cakes, macarons, cupcakes and other treats sold in the storefront bakery and new kisok in The Forks Market. CHRISTA BRUNEAU- GUENTHER Eatery: Feast Café Bistro Claim to food fame: Christa is the first in Manitoba to dish up modern fare rooted in First Nations food, and was a recent guest judge on MasterChef Canada. Head to this sunny West End café to savour bannock pizza, bison chili and Indian tacos. ADAM DONNELLY Eatery: Segovia Claim to food fame: Arguably the city's hottest restaurant and named one of Canada's top 50 restaurants by Maclean's magazine, Segovia is renowned for its inspired Spanish tapas. WINNIPEG TASTEMAKERS Home to more than 1,100 restaurants, Winnipeg offers a taste for every sensation. Check out some of the city's leading culinarians who are making an impact in Winnipeg and beyond. Get monthly Winnipeg food-news updates by subscribing to Peg City Grub, Tourism Winnipeg's official culinary blog, at pegcitygrub.com. For full bios and more information on where to eat, visit tourismwinnipeg.com/eat