Nick Benninger is a Waterloo Region-based chef and restaurateur, and together with his wife Natalie they own Fat Sparrow Group. He spoke with food writer Andrew Coppolino about re-opening again during Covid-19, and how the pandemic has changed the local food scene, in some cases for the better.
Farm-to-table in Waterloo Region means chefs can meet face to face with local producers, buy their products, and savour those ingredients in dishes prepared in their restaurants all in the same day. Martin’s Family Fruit Farm and Fat Sparrow Group are one example of this special type of relationship
The Fat Sparrow Group business appeared in Waterloo Region in only 2017, but the names behind it have long made a mark when it comes to food and hospitality; it’s a parent company for the collection of eateries that chef Nick Benninger spearheads.
