Marc M. Lepine
marclepine.bsky.social
Marc M. Lepine
@marclepine.bsky.social
Atelier (Ottawa)
www.atelierrestaurant.ca

The Best Chef Awards 🔪 2025 + 2024
Most innovative Chef in Canada 2018
Canadian Culinary Champion 2016 and 2012
I could smell pink peppercorns all day

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October 8, 2026 at 8:49 PM
A small experiment from the garden: baby red corn

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October 6, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Butternut squash with root beer and ras el hanout

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October 2, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Golden Primatoli peppers. They don't just look scary, they are scary. 2 miliion+ SHU = hotter than Reapers.

I tried a brunoise-sized piece and now I'm breathing fire.

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September 26, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Peeled purple tomatoes

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September 15, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Mad Hatter peppers

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September 12, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Lemon Spice jalapenos from the garden. Bright yellow, citrusy, and about three times hotter than the usual green jalapeno.

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September 9, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Phlox season - my favourite part of late summer. They have a lilac-like perfume and sweet corn-like flavour.

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September 2, 2026 at 5:00 PM
My 2nd year growing Mochi tomatoes. They don't burst like a typical cherry tomato, but instead have a soft, chewy texture.

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August 28, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Mad Hatter peppers beginning to ripen

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August 25, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Amuse of rapunzel tomato and nasturtium chimichurri

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August 20, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Rapunzel tomatoes, skins peeled back and crisped

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August 20, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Thai basil, in a stage we’re usually told to prevent

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August 18, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Our pincushion flowers are a hit with the bees

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August 12, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Bee bread flowers having a great year, as usual

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August 8, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Nasturtiums in the Atelier garden

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August 5, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Garden guest 🌿🐇

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July 29, 2026 at 8:08 PM
It's impossible to look at flowers without mentally writing a dish around them

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July 17, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Some of the best ingredients don't come in boxes

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July 10, 2026 at 3:27 PM
The best reason to plant an herb garden: lemon verbena

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July 3, 2026 at 10:20 PM
My vote for the world's most beautiful sugar snap pea: Spring Blush

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June 25, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Marigolds

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June 24, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Flowering claytonia

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June 17, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Sugar snap pea flowers

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June 13, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Radish flowers

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June 10, 2026 at 4:14 PM