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An Italian kitchen in the heart of Fergus

Gente is Chef Angelo D’s trattoria, near where St. Andrew Street meets Highway 6.

Neapolitan at heart

Chef Angelo takes his cue from the simplicity of Neapolitan cooking. Gente works the way a good trattoria should: the menu is built on classic Italian dishes, with a focus on pasta, pizza and hearty entrées like rack of lamb.

Angelo has many years of cooking behind him, and he cares as much about how a plate looks as how it tastes.

Gente means people

In Italian, gente means “people”, and that’s the idea: good food, a glass of wine and good company, with a little Mediterranean liveliness in the middle of Fergus.

The dessert menu has a family touch, too: its apple strudel is listed as made by Mama.

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Chef Angelo D in his white chef’s jacket, leaning on a chair in the dining room

Three diners at a white-clothed table by a bright window, next to a green banquette — A table by the window, from a video on the old Gente website.

From Angelo’s kitchen

Two short videos of Angelo at work, as featured on the old Gente website. They open on YouTube.

Mussels in a pan of broth over a blue gas flame — Mussels on the flame.

A cook lifts a whole octopus out of a steaming pot with tongs — Octopus, lifted from the pot.

From the album

A few snapshots of happy evenings, from the old Gente website’s photo album.

The chef in a white jacket with two guests; one wears a medal — The chef with two guests.

The chef in a white jacket smiling beside a guest in dark glasses — The chef with a guest.

A copy of The Brampton Guardian with a large photo of a chef holding a plate — A newspaper clipping from The Brampton Guardian, kept in the old Gente website’s photo album.

The chef laughing with the same two guests; one bites a medal — The same evening, a moment later.

See People & Memories in the gallery