Toronto: Meet your new favourite chef. Earlier this week, culinary legend Daniel Boulud named Tyler Shedden le chef de cuisine of the soon-to-open Café Boulud. 

Boulud made the announcement, saying, "Tyler has been a good soldier and is now becoming a captain." Shedden, a BC native, previously worked in New York as the private dining room chef at Boulud's flagship Daniel, and as an executive sous-chef at Gordon Ramsay at the London.

The new restaurant, currently under construction in the mezzanine of the new Four Seasons hotel, is set to open October 5. Expectations for Café Boulud are high given its proprietor's reputation as one of the greatest chefs in the world. Toronto marks the fourth time Boulud has brought his circus to Canada.

While his restaurant in Montreal has been a success, Boulud was forced to close his two Vancouver restaurants in early 2011. Locals attributed the failure to Boulud's desire to push fine dining on a more laid back west coast market. 

Boulud has been careful not make the same mistake in Toronto. As the name suggests, Café Boulud will be "casual fine dining" and Boulud has repeatedly stated that local products and multicultural influences will permeate the menu.