Early culinary career

Matheson began working at Le Sélect Bistro in Toronto in 2003 under chef Rang Nguyen, who taught him French culinary techniques. In 2006, Matheson was hired at the restaurant, La Palette.^[7] In 2010, Matheson became executive chef at the new Parts & Labour restaurant until it closed in 2019. His recognition, along with his outgoing and wild personality, would lead to his appearance on the online show Munchies by Vice Media.

On-screen

He was hired to host Viceland's It's Suppertime and Dead Set on Life.^[11][12] Matheson also maintains his own Youtube channel.^[13]

Matheson has also appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, where he showed Jimmy Kimmel how to make a "stuffed shell family recipe".^[14]

In April 2021, Matheson signed with WME Agency (a subsidiary of Endeavor Group Holdings, Inc.). In June 2022, Matheson joined the cast and crew of FX's The Bear. He portrays handyman Neil Fak, and he also serves as a producer and culinary consultant on the show.^[15]

Restaurants

Matheson partnered with Shlomo Buchler in 2015 to create a pizza restaurant called Maker Pizza, which has opened and expanded into numerous locations within the Greater Toronto Area.^[16][17]

During the COVID-19 pandemic, in the summer of 2020, Matheson created a pop-up restaurant called Matty Matheson's Meat + Three, a take on an American meat and three, specializing in American barbecue, in Fort Erie;^[18] the Meat + Three pop-up closed in 2022.^[19]

In October 2020, Matheson opened another pop-up restaurant in Toronto, a continuation of Matty's Patty's,^[20] which was originally located in Hawaii with a short stint in Shibuya, Japan.^[21] Matty's Patty's opened a permanent location in the Trinity-Bellwoods neighbourhood in Toronto in December 2020.^[3][22]

In April 2021, Matheson partnered with Toronto chefs Kate Chomyshyn and Julio Guajardo to open a new pop-up restaurant in Toronto called Birria Balam, specializing in the Mexican dish birria.^[20] Matheson, Chomyshyn, and Guadjardo opened up a new permanent restaurant, Fonda Balam, in the Trinity-Bellwoods and Little Italy neighbourhoods of Toronto in October 2021, serving birria and other Mexican cuisine.^[23] They subsequently closed Birria Balam.

In January 2022, Matheson teamed up with his mentor and friend Rang Nguyen and opened Ca Phe Rang, a Vietnamese restaurant serving pho and bánh mì. The restaurant opened where Birria Balam had been previously, in Chinatown, Toronto.^[24][25]

In April 2022, Matheson opened Prime Seafood Palace, a steakhouse and seafood restaurant in Trinity-Bellwoods, Toronto. Matheson had been working on opening the restaurant since 2016.^{[26][27][28][29][30]}

In November 2022, Matheson opened Rizzo's House of Parm, a restaurant serving old-school Italian-American cuisine, at Crystal Beach in Fort Erie, Ontario. He named the restaurant after his first daughter and second child, Rizzo.^[31][32]

Matheson has incorporated all of his restaurants into his company, Our House Hospitality Company.^[29][33]

Cookbooks

In October 2018, Matheson released his first cookbook, Matty Matheson: A Cookbook.^[34][35]

On September 29, 2020, Matheson released his second cookbook, Matty Matheson: Home Style Cookery.^[36] Matty recorded a series of YouTube videos to coincide with the release of this book.^[37]

Miscellaneous

In March 2020, Matheson and artist Alex 2Tone, co-founder of streetwear brand Born X Raised, started a podcast titled Powerful Truth Angels, with producer Jason Nelken.^[38]

In 2020, Matheson teamed up with Toronto chef Keenan McVey and opened Blue Goose Farm, a small farm operation in Fort Erie, Ontario; the farm, named after a restaurant owned by Matheson's grandfather, which helps to supply vegetables to some of his restaurants and other restaurants in Toronto.^[39][40][41]

In 2022, Matheson started the "hyper-local entrepreneur" workwear clothing line, Rosa Rugosa, with production based in the West Toronto neighbourhood of Parkdale. Matheson has also started a kitchen utensil collection.^[32][42]

Television

Non-fiction

• Matty Matheson: A Cookbook. New York: Harry N. Abrams. 2018. ISBN 978-1-4197-3245-4.
• Matty Matheson: Home Style Cookery. New York: Harry N. Abrams. 2020. ISBN 978-1-4197-4748-9.