Toronto, rooted in Italy

A private Italian table, brought home.

A private Italian table, brought home.

We’re Adam and Simran, the hands and heart behind Cantina dei Nonni. With restaurant experience, culinary-school technique, and traditions kept alive by Adam’s nonni, we bring a little piece of Italy into your home — handmade, generous, and elegant.

We’re Adam and Simran, the hands and heart behind Cantina dei Nonni. With restaurant experience, culinary-school technique, and traditions kept alive by Adam’s nonni, we bring a little piece of Italy into your home — handmade, generous, and elegant.

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Private dinners • Catering • Events

Elegant dining table prepared for an Italian meal

Classic Italian dishes

with an elegant spin, served at your own table.

What we bring

Dinner party polish with nonni-level care.

From intimate home dinners to celebrations with friends and family, every menu is built around the kind of Italian food that makes people settle in and stay awhile.

Personal chefs

Private dinners at home

Multi-course meals prepared in your kitchen, plated with restaurant technique and the warmth of a family table.

Personal chefs

Private dinners at home

Multi-course meals prepared in your kitchen, plated with restaurant technique and the warmth of a family table.

Catering

Italian gatherings

Elegant spreads, handmade pastas, sauces, and seasonal dishes designed for birthdays, showers, and celebrations.

Catering

Italian gatherings

Elegant spreads, handmade pastas, sauces, and seasonal dishes designed for birthdays, showers, and celebrations.

Event planning

The full table experience

Menu guidance, pacing, presentation, and hosting details so the evening feels considered from aperitivo to dessert.

Event planning

The full table experience

Menu guidance, pacing, presentation, and hosting details so the evening feels considered from aperitivo to dessert.

Italian dish prepared for a private dining table

A family affair

Tradition, technique, and the experience around the food.

Tradition, technique, and the experience around the food.

Adam’s nonni have kept traditions alive through sausage making, tomato sauce, pasta, and all the small rituals that make Italian cuisine feel like home. Since Simran joined, it has become a family affair — part culinary-school technique, part memory, part hospitality.

Adam’s nonni have kept traditions alive through sausage making, tomato sauce, pasta, and all the small rituals that make Italian cuisine feel like home. Since Simran joined, it has become a family affair — part culinary-school technique, part memory, part hospitality.

Handmade pasta

Sauce traditions

Elegant plating

Around the table

Good food. Lasting memories.

From our guests

A seat for your story.

Joined us around the table? We’d love to hear what made your evening special. Guest reviews will appear here once they’ve been reviewed and published.

Bring Cantina dei Nonni to your table

Tell us about the dinner you’re imagining.

Tell us about the dinner you’re imagining.

Tell us about the dinner you’re imagining.

For private chef dinners, catered gatherings, and thoughtfully planned parties in Toronto, we’ll help shape the menu, rhythm, and experience around your guests.

For private chef dinners, catered gatherings, and thoughtfully planned parties in Toronto, we’ll help shape the menu, rhythm, and experience around your guests.

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Serving Toronto homes and events

Cantina dei Nonni

Cantina dei Nonni

Toronto private dining, rooted in Italian tradition.

Toronto private dining, rooted in Italian tradition.