Chef Louise Lu was born and raised in Chengdu, Sichuan province of China and moved to Canada at the age of 17. Her love of food was inspired by her great-grandmother and fueled...
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Portrait by Murtaza N. Daud. Pour la version française, cliquez ici. Irene Matys and her family came to Canada as refugees in 1976. Only six years old at the time, she remembers feeling amazed by Toronto’s...
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Portrait by Murtaza N. Daud. Pour la version française, cliquez ici. Born in Somalia and raised in Italy, Bashir Munye has called Toronto home for more than two decades. He says he can still...
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Though Chef Paul Rogalski grew up in Calgary, he spent summers in Durham, Ontario with his Ukrainian grandparents. It was there that he grew to appreciate good food. His grandmother would grow fresh...
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Chef Andrea Carlson of Burdock & Co in Vancouver, British Columbia equates the local terroir to ‘unique moments in the season’. These moments are fleeting, but they’re rooted (pun intended) in nature, and...
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This Saturday, August 3rd is #FoodDayCanada and we’re excited to help spread the word! Food Day Canada was started 16 years ago by Anita Stewart, a culinary author and food advocate, with the...
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Chef Pierre A. Richard once had the opportunity to move and work in Calgary, but the East Coast was calling. He decided against the move, staying in Moncton. Chef Pierre is inspired by...
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Chef Valerie Jankovich grew up cooking with her grandmother, who was passionate about her garden of vegetables and fruit. She now brings this passion for locally-produced ingredients to her position at the University...
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Chef Craig Flinn tells me that pre culinary school, he was on track to become a geographer (spurred on by his love of cartography), so it only makes sense that as a chef,...
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Chef Andrew Dahl’s passion for cooking began at a young age while shadowing and observing his mother create delicious food in the kitchen. A talented home cook, he fondly remembers helping her prepare...
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