French Chef Didier Leroy Opening Intimate Restaurant in the Junction
Master Chef Didier Leroy is launching The French Kitchen, a 20-seat fine-dining spot with seasonal tasting menus on Dundas West.
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Chef Didier Leroy is returning to French cuisine—his foundation—with a new intimate restaurant opening in the Junction this month.
The French Kitchen takes over the space that once housed Bunner's Bake Shop at 3054 Dundas Street West. With just 20 seats, the restaurant will offer a five-course seasonal tasting menu designed to be built to each diner's preference. The price point is $148 per person, with wine pairings available for each course.
Leroy, one of only about 500 Master Chefs in the world, spent over a year at the helm of LSL (a collaborative project with Christian Le Squer and Masaki Saito at Avenue and Lawrence) before separating from the partnership in late 2025. Le Squer and Saito rebranded the restaurant to Onze in early 2026. Leroy's next chapter marks a departure from that ambitious, multi-chef concept in favour of something more singular: a classically trained French chef working in a small room with seasonal ingredients as his north star.
The restaurant's location on Dundas West places it in a neighbourhood known for chef-driven dining and neighbourhood character—a fitting home for a chef of Leroy's calibre who's spent decades building his reputation across international ventures. Seasonality sits at the heart of French cooking, and that philosophy will drive every menu iteration at The French Kitchen.
Reservations are already available through OpenTable. The French Kitchen opens Thursday, June 25.