The founder of a popular, internationally recognized Putin restaurant chain in Ontario, Smoke’s Poutinerie, reportedly died Sunday due to unexpected complications following recent surgery.
“He wanted [que ses restaurants de poutine soient] “We are present in every city and every country in the world and that is what he has preached from day one,” his successor, president and chief operating officer Mark Cunningham, told the Toronto Star on Monday.
The founder of the Smoke’s Poutinerie chain, Ryan Smolkin, 50, has been working since 2009 to prepare the traditional Quebec dish, garnished with various ingredients such as pulled pork, bacon or cheeseburgers, which became internationally known through around thirty recipes that he offered his Hundreds of offices in Canada and the United States.
“Nothing stops the gravy train [à poutine]“He told his employees, according to English-language media.
The 50-year-old, who died Sunday following complications from surgery, was also behind a world Putin championship in which competitive eater Joey Chestnut previously devoured 28 pounds of Putin in 10 minutes, according to the Toronto Star.