Sash Simpson

Sash Simpson (born 1970) is a chef and owner of the Toronto restaurant Sash. He was a street kid in southern India before being adopted by Sandra Simpson of the Toronto charity Families for Children.

Biography

Early life A runaway as a child, Simpson lived in a movie theatre before being taken in by an orphanage in Coimbatore sponsored by a Canadian nonprofit, Families for Children, when he was seven.

Sash dropped out of high school in the 12th grade to work full-time in the restaurant industry. However, he returned to North 44 soon after and, in 2003, became the executive chef of the restaurant.

Documentary filmmaker Barry Avrich produced a documentary about Sash's life, released in 2024. The film was shot in Toronto and India.

Personal life Simpson met his wife Robin Pitcher in 2008. The couple married in 2011.

Simpson returned to India in 2018 to open a restaurant at his former orphanage, where orphans who reach the age of 18 can work and develop skills.