Like a rock ’n’ roll super group, the minds behind Union Chicken showcase some of the biggest names in Toronto’s restaurant scene. Yannick Bigourdan, the former owner of Splendido and Nota Bene, and current owner of The Carbon Bar, Adam Teolis, former General Manager of The Carbon Bar and Dan Kennedy who is a seasoned veteran when it comes to opening restaurants in the city. They were joined by Michael Angeloni, former Executive Chef at Grand Electric, and one of Toronto’s top 30 under 30 chefs and the fab four quickly put together a fresh way of doing rotisserie chicken.
The idea came from Yannick, based on a restaurant his family owned in France that sold rotisserie chicken. “It was sort of a casual ‘pick-up a chicken on the way home from groceries’ sort of thing,” explains Michael. “He always loved the concept of watching the chicken spin and that casual sort of atmosphere.”