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Dario Tomaselli (born June 22, 1966) is an executive chef, culinary artist and professor, known best as the co-founder of Passion is Cooking Lifestyle TV, International Coordinator of Post Diploma programs in Italian Cuisine at George Brown College  and former executive chef at the critically acclaimed restaurant Oro.

Early Life and Career
Born into a family with a long track record of hotelier entrepreneurship, Tomaselli's passion for culinary arts and cooking started at a young age. He pursued a formal education in the culinary arts at the Culinary School Erminio Maggia in Stresa. His professional career brought him to the Fairmont Le Montreux Palace, where he would stay to work for a couple of years until moving to Switzerland, France and Italy. In 1989, Tomaselli immigrated to Toronto, Canada.

In Canada, he worked at the Four Seasons Hotel and Residences Toronto until picking up the mantle of the executive chef at the Global Grand Melia Hotel. Upon returning to Toronto, Tomaselli received a number of accolades as a culinary artist and chef, including the 2001 Gold Medal of Excellence Academy of Italian Cuisine and the Cuvée Award of Distinction for Excellence & Innovation.