Chef Matt Basile

Fidel Gastro's Street Food Company

Matt Basile is the founder of the Fidel Gastro's Street Food Company. In less than 10 years he went from underground sandwich popup to internationally recognized food brand. With a growing business of food trucks, festival booths and a massive catering division, Matt is always trying to be different in an industry steeped in tradition.

Matt is the author of the Canadian Bestselling, Street Food Diaries and in September 2018 launched his second cookbook "Brunch Life" which has been nominated for a Taste Canada Award and a World Gourmand award. He has also hosted two seasons of his internationally sold television show "Rebel Without A Kitchen" which appeared on Netflix.

The Fidel Gastro’s brand celebrated 6 phenomenal years with their brick and mortar gastro pub, Lisa Marie which has been featured on various TV series such as You Gotta Eat Here! and Chef In The City and was ranked as the 9th best brunch spot in Canada by OpenTable magazine.

Matt currently collaborates with brands and food personalities on his popular YouTube channel and participates on numerous advisory board speaker sessions. In 2017, Matt helped launch June’s eatery, the world’s first popup restaurant where the chefs were all HIV+ in an effort to smash HIV/AIDS related stigmas. The project received global praise within the health community and news coverage.