 Stephen Beckta is proprietor of Beckta dining & wine, one of Ottawa’s premier fine dining restaurants, along with the recently opened Play food & wine. After graduating with honours from Algonquin College’s Sommelier program, Stephen departed Ottawa to hone his skills in New York City for four years with the top players in the restaurant industry. Stephen started at Café Boulud working for the celebrated chef, Daniel Boulud, followed by a stint with renowned restaurateur Danny Meyer at Eleven Madison Park before returning to his native city. Beckta dining & wine has received glowing reviews in The New York Times, The Globe and Mail, The National Post, The Ottawa Citizen and The Montreal Gazette, being applauded for its extraordinary hospitality, caring customer service and inspired cooking. Just two weeks after opening, enRoute Magazine rated Beckta dining & wine the fourth best new restaurant in Canada. Other accolades include four consecutive CAA/AAA four-diamond awards as well as being named the #1 restaurant in Ottawa by Ottawa Magazine in 2006, 2007 and 2008. Stephen has been named Top Independent Restaurateur in Ontario by the Ontario Hostelry Institute (2007), nominated for the Bill Joe Restaurateur of the Year Award three times by the Ontario Restaurant Association (2005-2007), nominated for the Ontario Premier’s Awards in Business (2006), named one of Ottawa Life Magazine’s Top 50 people (2003), one of Ottawa’s Top 40 under 40 by the Ottawa Business Journal (2008) and is currently a Governor of the National Capital Sommelier Guild. Stephen just opened his latest venture, a more casual and playful eatery in Ottawa’s Byward Market to be able to offer his unique brand of hospitality to a broader clientele for more everyday occasions.
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