#FOOD: NAGAN X RADICI PROJECT COLLABORATION

On Friday, January 30, 2026, Little Italy’s Radici Project, located at 588 College St, Toronto, ON, will host a standout chef collaboration with Naagan, ranked No. 9 on Canada’s 100 Best New Restaurants 2025. Running from 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm, the immersive dining experience brings together Italian Japanese technique at Radici Project with Chef Zach Keeshig’s Indigenous culinary perspective from Naagan for a 10 course collaborative tasting menu, celebrating contrast, craftsmanship, and cultural storytelling through food. Tickets for this unique event will be priced at $200 (plus taxes & gratuity) and are available for purchase HERE.

Beverage pairings will be chosen on-site, with guests selecting between alcoholic or non-alcoholic options. Non-alcoholic options for the evening are designed by MICHELIN-trained beverage consultant Hugo Togni, co-founder of Toronto’s acclaimed Bar Pompette—ranked No. 1 on Canada’s 100 Best Bars 2025, No. 55 on The World’s 50 Best Bars 2025, and No. 7 on North America’s 50 Best Bars 2025—and founder of the beverage consulting company Mirabelle. Beverages are not included in the ticket price.
Guests will be welcomed with a non-alcoholic welcome drink during the reception from 6:30 pm to 7:00 pm where they will have an opportunity to mingle with chefs Emiliano Del Frate and Zach Keeshig, alongside Hugo Togni.

The collaboration is rooted in a shared philosophy of cooking with intention, passion, and respect for craft. At Radici Project, Italian Japanese technique serves as a foundation for thoughtful, innovative storytelling, while Naagan approaches food as a reflection of land, community, and Indigenous tradition. Together, the chefs create an experience that honours culture, creativity, and the belief that meaningful cooking begins with care for both ingredients and the stories they carry.

With limited seating, this chef collaboration offers an intimate opportunity for guests to experience two celebrated culinary masters in one room for one night only. Reservations are required and can be made HERE.

About Radici Project
Radici is a contemporary Italian-Japanese restaurant located in Toronto’s Little Italy. Founded by husband-and-wife duo Chef Emiliano Del Frate and Kayo Ito, Radici offers Italian-Japanese cuisine through a seasonally evolving menu rooted in sustainable practices and the use of Canadian ingredients. The restaurant features a dual-concept layout, with a casual à la carte natural wine bar at the front and an intimate chef’s table experience at the back. With thoughtful sake and wine pairings and a serene, locally inspired space, Radici brings a new kind of storytelling to Toronto’s dining scene.

About Naagan
Naagan, meaning “dish” in Ojibwa, is an intimate 17 seat restaurant located in the heart of Owen Sound, Ontario. Rooted in Indigenous culture, Naagan is a space where food, art, and education come together to celebrate hyper local abundance and the natural beauty of the land. The menu is guided by close relationships with Mother Earth, featuring ingredients that are foraged, grown, or sourced from local farmers, fishers, and hunters, with non local ingredients replaced by regional flavours such as sweetgrass and sea buckthorn. Through its seasonally evolving tasting menus, Naagan is committed to elevating Aboriginal cuisine and placing it alongside the world’s most celebrated culinary traditions.