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Ottawa celebrity chef Matthew Carmichael has admitted to sexually harassing women and has stepped back from the operations of his acclaimed downtown restaurants, which include Riviera, Datsun and two El Camino locations.
In a statement Wednesday morning, Carmichael, 46, said he sexually harassed an unspecified number of women with inappropriate comments and made an apology. He said he has handed over the daily operations to the management team of his businesses.
Carmichael said he has been in therapy for drug and alcohol rehabilitation since June 2017, and that the restaurants’ management acted immediately when they learned of his addiction.
“My fiancée Kelly Landry and I have decided together to speak out about harassment as part of my recovery,” Carmichael said. “I feel this is a crucial step in this process.
“In a clear state of sobriety I feel its full effect and to the women I have harassed, I apologize.”
Last week, Riviera, the posh Sparks Street restaurant popular with Parliament Hill politicos and fine-dining lovers, was named one of Canada’s top 10 new restaurants of 2017, according to enRoute magazine.
Carmichael also has a stake in Ottawa’s two El Camino restaurants, which specialize in tacos, as well as Datsun, which serves Asian small plates, on Elgin Street.
In light of the news, Grayson McDiarmid, a sommelier and restaurant manager and his wife, Anne-Marie McDiarmid, an event planner who both have extensive experience in the restaurant scene, have reached out to Ottawa restaurants to create a “safe restaurant list” for employers who are committed to a harassment-free workplace, and make it easier for workers to leave restaurants.
“There are a lot of great restaurants out there. I’m worried that our industry will be tainted today,” said Grayson, who has worked in close to a dozen Ottawa restaurants, including, briefly, Riviera.
“It might make it easier for people to come out. We don’t want to know what happened to people. And if something happened to a guy, they can come to our site, too. We’re hoping to make some good come out of this. We know there’s a lot of good people out there. We know there’s a lot of places to work out there.”
If you would like to contact Postmedia about this case or any other case in the restaurant industry, contact Foods editor phum@postmedia.com, reporter jlaucius@postmedia.com or assistant city editor amah@postmedia.com.
Chef/owner Matt Carmichael.
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In a statement Wednesday morning, Carmichael, 46, said he sexually harassed an unspecified number of women with inappropriate comments and made an apology. He said he has handed over the daily operations to the management team of his businesses.
Carmichael said he has been in therapy for drug and alcohol rehabilitation since June 2017, and that the restaurants’ management acted immediately when they learned of his addiction.
“My fiancée Kelly Landry and I have decided together to speak out about harassment as part of my recovery,” Carmichael said. “I feel this is a crucial step in this process.
“In a clear state of sobriety I feel its full effect and to the women I have harassed, I apologize.”
Last week, Riviera, the posh Sparks Street restaurant popular with Parliament Hill politicos and fine-dining lovers, was named one of Canada’s top 10 new restaurants of 2017, according to enRoute magazine.
Carmichael also has a stake in Ottawa’s two El Camino restaurants, which specialize in tacos, as well as Datsun, which serves Asian small plates, on Elgin Street.
In light of the news, Grayson McDiarmid, a sommelier and restaurant manager and his wife, Anne-Marie McDiarmid, an event planner who both have extensive experience in the restaurant scene, have reached out to Ottawa restaurants to create a “safe restaurant list” for employers who are committed to a harassment-free workplace, and make it easier for workers to leave restaurants.
“There are a lot of great restaurants out there. I’m worried that our industry will be tainted today,” said Grayson, who has worked in close to a dozen Ottawa restaurants, including, briefly, Riviera.
“It might make it easier for people to come out. We don’t want to know what happened to people. And if something happened to a guy, they can come to our site, too. We’re hoping to make some good come out of this. We know there’s a lot of good people out there. We know there’s a lot of places to work out there.”
If you would like to contact Postmedia about this case or any other case in the restaurant industry, contact Foods editor phum@postmedia.com, reporter jlaucius@postmedia.com or assistant city editor amah@postmedia.com.
Chef/owner Matt Carmichael.
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