Maisie Peters has announced her much-anticipated third studio album, Florescence. Co-produced with 2x Grammy Award winner Ian Fitchuk (Kacey Musgraves, Beyoncé, Chris Stapleton) and featuring duets with Julia Michaels and Marcus Mumford, the album arrives two years after her chart-topping breakthrough The Good Witch. Florescence arrives on Friday 15 May and is available to pre-order now, alongside a trailer directed by Amelia Dimoldenberg.

After a whirlwind few years that saw Maisie open for Taylor Swift, Coldplay, Conan Gray, and Noah Kahan, headline her own world tours, and make her Glastonbury debut, she found herself almost constantly on the road. By the end of 2024, the pace had become unsustainable, affecting Maisie physically and mentally, and so she made the decision to step back – pressing pause on the popstar carousel and returning home to reconnect with her life offstage. That quieter chapter gave her space to reset, grounding her not just as a person, but as an artist. It was during this time that the emotional heart of Florescence quietly took shape.

That return to herself was reflected not only in her life, but in the music. Led by her love of storytelling, Maisie headed to Nashville, where she wrote and recorded much of the album. Reuniting with longtime collaborator Ian Fitchuk – whom she first worked with in 2020 – felt like a natural fit. Together, they crafted the album’s warm, textured sound, with Fitchuk supporting Maisie as she stepped into the role of co-producer for the first time.

Drawing from the aftermath of the relationship explored on The Good Witch, as well as the love story she’s now living – having fallen in love with her high school sweetheart – Florescence reflects on how the right love can help heal the wrong ones. It’s an album about perspective, self-realisation, healing, and ultimately, learning how to flourish.

“These 15 tracks depict a blossoming of myself from ages 23 to 25 and a blossoming of a true, real love that anchors both me and this record. It tells the story of the last few long winters, with all of their villains and thorns, heartbreaks and rains, and it leads you, by the end, into a perfect English spring, into the hope and catharsis that comes when the first wildflower blooms,” shares Maisie. “This album feels like a true representation of healing, of finding hope, peace, and strength not just in somebody else, but in yourself. It is knowing that there was a point to all the sadness of before, and the point is the woman you see in this mirror now, and the person you see by her side.”

Fresh from her intimate, instantly sold-out shows in London and New York, Maisie is marking the album announcement with a new run of global ‘Before The Bloom’ theatre dates, designed to mirror Florescence’s closeness and vulnerability. Kicking off on 2 March at Sydney’s Enmore Theatre, the tour will travel through Australia, East Asia, Europe, the UK, America, and Canada – see the full itinerary below, and access ticket here.

Stay tuned for Maisie’s new single, ‘My Regards’, out Friday 6 February.

FLORESCENCE TRACK LISTING: 

1. Mary Janes
2. Audrey Hepburn
3. Say My Name In Your Sleep 
4. Old Fashioned 
5. Houses 
6. Kingmaker (with Julia Michaels) 
7. Vampire Time 
8. My Regards
9. You You You
10. If You Let Me (with Marcus Mumford) 
11. Flat Earther
12. Questions 
13. Girl’s Just Flying 
14. You Then Me Now
15. Nothing Like Being In Love

TOUR DATES:

March

2 | Enmore Theatre, Sydney, Aus

4 | Forum Theatre, Melbourne, Aus

16 | La Madeleine, Brussels, BE

18 | Melkweg MAX, Amsterdam, NL

20 | Astra Kulturhaus, Berlin, DE

21 | Live Music Hall, Cologne, DE

23 | La Cigale, Paris, FR

25 | KOKO, London, UK

April

14 | 9:30 Club, Washington, DC

16 | Théâtre Beanfield, Montreal, QC

17 | The Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto, ON

19 | The Vic Theatre, Chicago, IL

22 | The Fonda Theatre, Los Angeles, CA

25 | Cine Joia, São Paulo, BR

Hot Docs Cinema has released its lineup of programming for February, offering a breadth of new release and classic titles that showcase the best in documentary filmmaking and storytelling from Canada and around the world. Highlights of February’s programming include the return of popular free screening series For Viola, the launch of new series Midtown Matinees, Oscar nominees, screenings celebrating history-making lives and legacies, and films that dig deep into compelling stories and subjects.

One of Hot Docs Cinema’s most popular series, For Viola returns on Wednesday, February 25, at 6:30 PM, with a free screening of Khartoum (D: Ibrahim Snoopy Ahmad, Timeea Mohamed Ahmed, Rawia Alhag, Philip Cox & Anas Saeed), winner of the Hot Docs Bill Nemtin Award for Best Social Impact Documentary at the 2025 Hot Docs Festival. Five stories from Sudan weave together in search of freedom through animated dreams, street revolutions and a war from the metropolis of Khartoum to escape in East Africa. Named in honour of Canadian civil rights icon Viola Desmond, For Viola centres Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour (BIPOC)-led stories and filmmakers, with screenings offered free of charge. For more information on For Viola, visit hotdocs.ca/whats-on/cinema-series/for-viola

Hot Docs is excited to launch a new series celebrating Hollywood’s Golden Age and our cinema’s historic legacy. Named in recognition of 506 Bloor Street West’s enduring history as a neighbourhood cinema, Midtown Matinees harks back to the years 1941-1966, when the iconic Midtown Theatre offered a state-of-the-art movie going experience that beckoned Torontonians from across the city. The series launches on Sunday, February 15 at 3:30 PM with an afternoon screening of one of cinema’s most celebrated releases of all time, Michael Curtiz’s 1942 classic Casablanca. A monthly series, Midtown Matinees highlights iconic movies and movie stars the way they were meant to be seen: on our glorious big screen. Join us for an afternoon at the picture palace!

In addition to these two series, two Oscar nominated documentaries that premiered at Hot Docs Festival 2025 and were voted as top ten audience favourites will return for screenings in advance of this year’s Academy Awards.

Winner of the Hot Docs Festival 2025 Audience Award and nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the upcoming Academy Awards, Ryan White’s Come See Me in the Good Light is one of the most celebrated and well-reviewed documentaries of the past year. After receiving an incurable cancer diagnosis, spoken word artist and poet laureate of Colorado Andrea Gibson, alongside their partner and fellow poet Megan Falley, embarks on a poignant journey filled with humour and love that culminates in a final career defining performance. The film screens on Friday, February 27 at 6:30 PM.

Also nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the upcoming Academy Awards and a top ten audience favourite from Hot Docs Festival 2025, Mohammadreza Eyni and Sara Khaki’s Cutting Through Rocks took home the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. When Sara Shahverdi becomes the first woman elected to office in her remote Iranian village, the pressure of the role becomes a weighted reality. Cutting Through Rocks was a 2020 recipient of the Hot Docs CrossCurrents International Doc Fund and participated in the 2020 Hot Docs Forum. The film screens on Sunday, March 1 at 6:30 PM.

Hot Docs Cinema welcomes several special guests in attendance for screenings and events at the cinema in February.

On Wednesday, February 4 at 7:00 PM, writer E.Lockhart arrives at Hot Docs Cinema to unveil We Fell Apart, a razor-sharp story of family secrets, seaside mysteries, and the lies we tell to survive, as part of the Author Talks series.

On Saturday, February 7 at 7:00 PM, producer/director Peter Thurling and producer Joan Schafer will be in attendance for a post-screening discussion following the Canadian premiere of their film Rubin Hurricane Carter: Forever a Fighter, about the legendary Black fighter who overcame his life sentence as a triple murderer and freed others wrongly convicted.

On Saturday, February 21 at 7:00 PM, director Lisa Rideout will be in attendance for a post-screening discussion following Degrassi: Whatever It Takes, which goes behind-the-scenes of the Degrassi franchise, celebrating the legacy of a show that made teens everywhere feel seen.

On Saturday, February 22 at 6:30 PM, director Jereme Watt will be in attendance for a post-screening discussion following Everest Dark, in which a famed Nepalese mountaineer risks everything to bring home a fallen climber’s body.

On Thursday, February 26 at 6:30 PM, film subject Fred Isseks will be in attendance for a post-screening discussion following a screening of Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss’s Teenage Wasteland. In 1991 in Upstate New York, a group of teenage misfits, inspired by a renegade English teacher, embark on a student film project and uncover a vast conspiracy that is poisoning the ground beneath their feet. The film will also screen earlier in the day as part of Hot Docs Docs For Schools program, a series of free programs to help educators and students engage with current issues, raise critical questions, and interact with new perspectives.

Additional programming highlights for February include Runa Simi (D: Augusto Zegarra), screening as part of the Doc Soup monthly series, in which a Peruvian voice actor tries to persuade Disney to dub The Lion King into Quechua, hoping to save his native language; The King of Color (D: Patrick Creadon), the story of 96-year-old Lawrence Herbert, visionary behind the revolutionary Pantone Matching System; My Undesirable Friends: Part I – Last Air in Moscow (D: Julia Loktev), in which independent journalists struggle to counter Russian propaganda in Moscow during week one of the Ukraine invasion; Sketches of Frank Gehry (D: Sydney Pollack), screening in memory of the late Toronto-born architect; Holding Liat (D: Brandon Kramer), in which—in the weeks after his daughter is kidnapped—a father resists efforts to use her captivity to justify escalating violence in Gaza; True North (D: Michèle Stephenson), which shares the pivotal 1960s Montreal events that impacted the global movement for Black liberation (screening will include a virtual Q&A with the filmmaker); and A Band Called Death (D: Mark Christopher Covino, Jeff Howlett), the second installment in our new monthly series Jukedocs curated by Niko Stratis, which tells the story of three Detroit brothers, sons of a preacher, who formed an all-Black punk rock band called Death.

The above films join the full line-up of screenings and events taking place at Hot Docs Cinema.

For more of what’s on at Hot Docs Cinema, visit hotdocs.ca/whats-on/watch-cinema

Operated by Hot Docs, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to advancing and celebrating the art of documentary, Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema is the world’s largest documentary cinema. A historic, century-old landmark located in Toronto’s vibrant Annex neighbourhood, the Cinema is a year-round home for non-fiction film and storytelling, presenting first-run international and Canadian documentaries, curated film and speakers series, signature events including Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, as well as hosting for some of the city’s premier festivals and events.

Hot Docs (www.hotdocs.ca), North America’s leading documentary festival, conference and market, is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to advancing and celebrating the art of documentary and to creating production opportunities for documentary filmmakers. Hot Docs will present its 33rd Hot Docs Festival April 23 to May 3, 2026, in Toronto. Festival Packages are now on sale at hotdocs.ca. Since its inception in 1993, Hot Docs has supported the Canadian and international industry with professional development programs and production fund portfolio, including the Hot Docs Ted Rogers Fund, CrossCurrents Doc Funds, Hot Docs-Slaight Family Fund, Hot Docs-Blue Ice Docs Fund and Hot Docs Partners, and valuable professional development programs, including Doc Ignite and Hot Docs Incubator.

MUBI, the global film distributor, streaming service and production company, brings Gianfranco Rosi’s Pompei: Below the Clouds exclusively to MUBI in Canada on March 27, 2026. The film received its world premiere at the 82nd Venice International FiIm Festival, winning the Special Jury Prize, and also screened as part of both the New York Film Festival and BFI London Film Festival in 2025.

Streaming exclusively on March 27 in North America, Latin America, UK, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Spain, India, Australia, New Zealand, and coming soon to Turkey.

Between Mount Vesuvius and the Gulf of Naples, the ground shakes periodically and the fumaroles of the Phlegraean Fields taint the air. From the traces of history, memories of the subterranean world, and the concerns of the present, in black and white, a lesser-known Naples emerges and fills with voices, with lives.

From award-winning filmmaker Gianfranco Rosi comes Pompei: Below the Clouds, a striking and human portrait of Naples, a city forever marked by the looming presence of Mount Vesuvius. While the volcano’s quiet threat lingers in the background, Rosi turns his lens toward the everyday rhythms of life that continue undisturbed. Archaeologists carefully brush away centuries of dust to reveal fragments of history, children recite lessons as the earth hums beneath their feet, and firefighters stand ready for the next call.

Through these intimate moments and sweeping imagery, the film reveals a community that has learned to live with uncertainty. The result is a portrait at once local and universal: a reflection on humanity’s capacity to live, love, and rebuild in the shadow of the unimaginable.

As with his earlier films (Fire at Sea, Notturno), Gianfranco Rosi’s latest is a masterful act of cinematic immersion. Shot in and around Naples over the course of three years as Rosi embedded himself in the communities in and around Vesuvius, Pompei: Below the Clouds marks his first black-and-white feature in over thirty years. In 2013, his film Sacro GRA was the first ever documentary to be awarded the Golden Lion.

Pompei: Below the Clouds is written and directed by Gianfranco Rosi, cinematography and sound is by Gianfranco Rosi, editing by Fabrizio Federico in collaboration with Joe Bini and music by Academy Award® winner Daniel Blumberg. The film is produced by Donatella Palermo, Gianfranco Rosi, Paolo Del Brocco, 21Uno Film srl, Stemal Entertainment srl, with Rai Cinema.

MUBI WILL RELEASE POMPEI: BELOW THE CLOUDS IN CANADA ON MARCH 27, 2026

Disowned at birth by his obscenely wealthy family, blue-collar Becket Redfellow (Glen Powell) will stop at nothing to reclaim his inheritance, no matter how many relatives stand in his way.

Today, we get a new Poster for HOW TO MAKE A KILLING, in theatres February 20, 2026 via VVS Films.

Today, Melanie Martinez returns with “POSSESSION,” a candy-coated gut punch from the multi-platinum, multi-hyphenate global alt-pop phenomenon. With razor sharp lyricism tucked inside glossy melodies, the track peels back the ways power can masquerade as love. The song is haunting, satirical and spotlights Melanie’s trademark blend of charm, mischief and bite. Welcome to Melanie Martinez’s new world order – Cry Baby is dead.

Listen to “POSSESSION” HERE

With 30 billion+ global streams, 5.54 billion official YouTube views and 62.2 million+ followers across platforms, Melanie Martinez has stretched, shaped, and molded alternative pop into an immersive, innovative, and inimitable world of her own design. Since emerging in 2012, the New York-born Latin-American singer, songwriter, director, and visionary has not only blurred the lines between genres, but also between reality and fantasy, beckoning audiences into the warm embrace of her singular artistry. Martinez broke ground with her iconic 2015 debut LP, CRY BABY. The 2x-Platinum album, celebrated its 10th anniversary last year and is mother to the 3x-Platinum “Dollhouse,” 2x-Platinum staples “Pity Party,” “Play Date” “Pacify Her,” “Carousel,” “Mad Hatter,” and “Soap,” and Platinum favorites “Training Wheels,” “Sippy Cup,” “Alphabet Boy,” and “Tag, You’re It.” After vaulting to #6 on the Billboard 200, this debut has gone on to log 208 non-consecutive weeks on the chart. In its wake, she notched two consecutive Top 3 debuts on the Billboard 200 with the Platinum-certified K-12 (2019) and PORTALS (2023). All three albums debuted #1 on the Billboard Alternative chart. Upon release of K-12 Melanie also made her film debut with an accompanying musical of the same name which upon its release was #6 at the box office world-wide. On her tour for this record, she donated a dollar of every ticket to The Trevor Project. PORTALS debuted on The Billboard 200 at #2 and spawned “VOID” and “DEATH,” her first original songs to debut on the Billboard Hot 100. 2023 also saw Melanie release a perfume line in partnership with Flower Shop Perfumes. This is after her original perfume, CRY BABY, which was self-released in 2016, was a sold-out success. The collection has since expanded to include candles, body sprays, and perfume pendants. Her fragrances have quickly emerged as a standout in the category, ranking among the top five best sellers at ScentBar, the nation’s leading indie fragrance retailer. In 2024, Martinez embarked on her first-ever global arena headline tour, The Trilogy Tour, packing legendary venues on multiple continents, including sold-out successive nights at NYC’s Madison Square Garden. 2024 also saw the artist headline the world-famous Lollapalooza Festival in Chicago and the Corona Capital Festival in Mexico City.

Tickets to see Disney and Pixar’s highly anticipated original animated comedy “Hoppers” in theatres are on sale now. Audiences can uncover the secrets of the animal kingdom like never before at special early access screenings beginning on Saturday, February 28, 2026 ahead of the film’s wide release exclusively in theatres on Friday, March 6 in IMAX, RealD 3D, 4DX and premium screens everywhere.

Tickets now on sale here.

In Disney and Pixar’s “Hoppers,” animal lover Mabel (voice of Piper Curda) seizes an opportunity to use a new technology to ‘hop’ her consciousness into a life-like robotic beaver and communicate directly with animals. As she uncovers mysteries in the animal world beyond anything she could have imagined, Mabel befriends charismatic beaver King George (voice of Bobby Moynihan) and must rally the entire animal kingdom to face a major, imminent human-threat: smooth-talking local mayor Jerry Generazzo (voice of Jon Hamm). The all-star voice ensemble also features Meryl Streep, Dave Franco and Kathy Najimy. “Hoppers” is directed by Daniel Chong (“We Bare Bears”) and produced by Nicole Paradis Grindle (“Incredibles 2”), with an original score by Mark Mothersbaugh.

ABOUT PIXAR

Pixar Animation Studios, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, is an Academy Award®-winning film studio with world-renowned technical, creative and production capabilities in the art of computer animation. The Northern California studio has created some of the most successful and beloved animated films of all time, including “Toy Story,” “Monsters, Inc.,” “Cars,” “The Incredibles,” “Ratatouille,” “WALL•E,” “Up,” “Brave,” “Inside Out,” “Coco,” “Soul,” “Turning Red,” “Elemental,” and “Inside Out 2.”

After a breakout year for anime across streaming and on the big screen, Crunchyroll announced the 2026 Crunchyroll Anime Awards will return to Tokyo, Japan on May 23, 2026. The marquis tenth celebration will be punctuated by a global pre-show, a star-studded orange carpet, and once-in-a-lifetime performances, all in support of honouring nominees across 32 anime categories.

Popular voice actress and performer Sally Amaki and renowned entertainer Jon Kabira will return as co-hosts for the fourth straight year.

Crunchyroll also revealed a preliminary music lineup for the 2026 Crunchyroll Anime Awards. Japanese singer Yoko Takahashi will perform a 30th anniversary tribute to 1995’s seminal anime Neon Genesis Evangelion featuring the renowned theme “A Cruel Angel’s Thesis.” Symphonic suites conducted by Hirofumi Kurita, performed by the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, and arranged by Kazunori Miyake will accent the ceremony. More to be announced soon!

Singer Yoko Takahashi | Neon Genesis Evangelion ©カラー/ Project Eva. ©khara／Project Eva.
For the past decade, the Crunchyroll Anime Awards has been shaped by the fans who show up every year to celebrate the stories and creators they love,” said Rahul Purini, President of Crunchyroll. “What began with a few million votes in 2017 has grown into tens of millions of voices from around the world, reflecting how deeply anime has become part of people’s lives. Returning to Japan is about celebrating where these stories begin and the fans everywhere who make them live far beyond the screen.”

Nominees will be revealed on April 2 alongside the start of global fan voting. Fans are invited to mark their calendars and fight for the series, films, creators and performances they loved, helping determine winners across 32 categories that capture the medium’s contributions to entertainment. The full list of categories can be found on the Crunchyroll Anime Awards Official Website.

The nominees in each category will be selected from eligible titles that premiered between January 1 and December 31 in 2025 by the passionate and independent 2026 Anime Awards judges who represent global creatives, tastemakers, experts, and influencers.

The global pre-show preceding the ceremony will once again be hosted by Crunchyroll’s Lauren Moore and Tim Lyu.

The Crunchyroll Anime Awards is the leading yearly awards program honoring the creators, musicians, and performances powering the global love of anime. Sony Music Solutions Inc., part of Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc., and Dempsey Productions will support Crunchyroll in the execution of the event. The event will be livestreamed for global audiences.

More information can be found on the Crunchyroll Anime Awards Official Website and across X (Twitter), Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube.

About Crunchyroll
Crunchyroll is the global anime brand that fuels fans’ love of anime. With the ambition to make anime an even bigger part of pop culture, Crunchyroll offers fans the ultimate anime experience and destination centered around a premium streaming service. Crunchyroll has the largest dedicated anime library, an immersive world of events, exciting theatrical releases, unique games, must-have merchandise, timely news, and more. Anime is for everyone and is accessible to stream across territories through Crunchyroll—whether on the go on mobile, through gaming consoles and big-screen devices at home, or on desktops anywhere.

Crunchyroll, LLC is an independently operated joint venture between U.S.-based Sony Pictures Entertainment and Japan’s Aniplex, a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc., both subsidiaries of Tokyo-based Sony Group.

Today, Disney+ unveiled the all-new trailer and key art for the highly anticipated second season of “Paradise.” The Emmy® Award-nominated hit drama series returns Monday, February 23, 2026 with three episodes, followed by new episodes weekly on Hulu on Disney+ in Canada. See Trailer here.

In Season 2, Xavier searches for Teri out in the world and learns how people survived the three years since The Day. Back in Paradise, the social fabric frays as the bunker deals with the aftermath of Season 1, and new secrets are uncovered about the city’s origins.

“Paradise” stars Sterling K. Brown, Julianne Nicholson, Sarah Shahi, Nicole Brydon Bloom, Krys Marshall, Enuka Okuma, Aliyah Mastin, Percy Daggs IV and Charlie Evans, with recurring guest stars James Marsden, Shailene Woodley, Thomas Doherty and Jon Beavers.

“Paradise” is created and executive produced by Dan Fogelman. Jess Rosenthal, John Hoberg, Sterling K. Brown, Steve Beers, Glenn Ficarra and John Requa also executive produce. The series is a 20th Television production.

SCREAM 7 IS ONLY IN THEATRES ON FEBRUARY 27, 2026! Today we get a new Featurette with Director Kevin Williamson.

Paramount Pictures and Spyglass Media Group Present

“Scream 7”

SYNOPSIS

When a new Ghostface killer emerges in the quiet town where Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) has built a new life, her darkest fears are realized as her daughter (Isabel May) becomes the next target. Determined to protect her family, Sidney must face the horrors of her past to put an end to the bloodshed once and for all.

PRODUCED BY

William Sherak, James Vanderbilt, Paul Neinstein

BASED ON CHARACTERS CREATED BY

Kevin Williamson

STORY BY

James Vanderbilt & Guy Busick

SCREENPLAY BY

Kevin Williamson and Guy Busick

DIRECTED BY

Kevin Williamson

CAST

Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Isabel May, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Mason Gooding, Anna Camp, Joel McHale, Mckenna Grace, Michelle Randolph, Jimmy Tatro, Asa Germann, Celeste O’Connor, Sam Rechner, Ethan Embry, Tim Simons and Mark Consuelos

The Chicken Cartel is popping up at Farm Boy on Saturday, February 7 from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Farm Boy Front and Bathurst in Toronto, serving two limited-time fried chicken sandwiches that pair The Chicken Cartel’s viral, globally inspired flavours with Farm Boy favourites, including Farm Boy Pickles featured in the T.K.O. As part of Farm Boy’s commitment to being a good neighbour and spotlighting local culinary talent, this one-day collaboration brings Chef Donnie Gomes’ chef-crafted sandwiches into Farm Boy’s fresh-market experience for a limited window, available while quantities last.

“Farm Boy is known for premium quality ingredients and a friendly, fresh-market experience, which makes them a natural partner for this pop-up,” said Chef Donnie Gomes, Founder of The Chicken Cartel. “We wanted to bring our all-time favourite sandwiches to Farm Boy, pairing classic Cartel flavour with wholesome Farm Boy staples that you can taste in every bite.”

Event Details

What: Chicken Cartel x Farm Boy Pop-Up

When: Saturday, February 7, 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. (while quantities last)
Where: Farm Boy, 29 Bathurst St, Toronto, ON M5V 0L8

The Menu

Cartelito
A bright build that brings the crunch: krispy fried chicken breast layered with lettuce and tomato, then finished with a silky citrus mayo that cuts through the richness with a clean, zesty lift. Fresh, balanced, and dangerously easy to devour.

T.K.O.
A full-volume, hands-on sandwich built to hit every note: krispy fried chicken breast crowned with chili oil for slow-building heat, artisanal Farm Boy pickles for a bright, briny snap, and sexy slaw for cool crunch, finished with a honey-dijon mayo that pulls it all together into one rich, addictive bite.

About Farm Boy Company Inc.
Farm Boy provides a friendly, fresh-market shopping experience featuring signature farm-fresh produce, butcher-quality meats, artisan cheese, fresh dairy and popular private-label products at great value. Farm Boy has grown from a small produce stand starting in Cornwall in 1981 to 51 stores located across Ontario, with further expansions underway.

About The Chicken Cartel and Chef Donnie Gomes

Founded in 2021, The Chicken Cartel is a GTA-based fried chicken concept known for bold, globally inspired chicken sandwiches that consistently sell out and have built a devoted local following. The brand was created by Chef Donnie Gomes, who brings more than 17 years of restaurant industry experience, including time as a private chef for a Saudi Arabian royal family. Donnie was also part of the winning team at Battle Mokable and a finalist on Food Network’s Food Truck Face Off, where he earned second place.