The Story
From a harvest table in the pines to a MICHELIN Star.
The Pine began as twelve guests at an outdoor harvest table, ringed by pine forest. Six years later it is one of the most celebrated restaurants in Canada.
Chef Jeremy Austin and his wife Cassie opened The Pine in August 2020, at a moment when indoor dining in Ontario had all but stopped. The name came from that first pop-up’s setting. A twelve-seat room on Collingwood’s main street followed, and with it a tasting menu shaped by the years Jeremy spent cooking in Wuxi, Hong Kong and Shanghai after training in Italy.
In April 2024 the couple moved The Pine south to the village of Creemore, into a converted gas station and body shop they renovated largely by hand. The new room seats 24, six of them at a counter facing the open kitchen. Within six months, The Pine received its first MICHELIN Star — which it has now held for three consecutive years.
The cooking is Chinese in spirit and Canadian in substance. Most of the produce comes from the family farm; meat and fish are sourced in Canada with an emphasis on sustainability. The menu changes constantly — a single seating of roughly 18 to 21 courses that runs over an evening, with a walk through the back garden along the way. Beverage pairings are named 86, 90 and 93 Octane, after the building’s first life.
