Desert Lake Gardens Catering is reopening with new people in control. Maximus Pisa is the son of our original chef at Mill Street Café, Paul Pisa who is now the Executive Chef at Quinn’s Irish Steakhouse in Toronto. Max is also the grandson of Pat and Rick Dawson, the founders of Desert Lake Gardens. He will be taking over as Executive Chef at Desert Lake Gardens Catering, with help from other family members. Max has grown up in the restaurant industry, and has worked with DLG on weddings in the past. In Toronto Max worked at Quinn’s with Chef Paul as Chef Tournant. He then moved on to lead a BBQ restaurant on Centre Island. Max now comes back to us after a few years as Sous Chef at Beer Bistro in Toronto, a bistro specializing in its use of imported beers for cooking and food pairing.

When possible, we will be featuring produce grown in our own gardens, at the original Desert Lake Gardens farm. As always, we will grow the most tasty varieties.

That makes three generations working at Desert Lake Gardens! Allow us to please you with our catering services.