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Canada’s best chefs share their food stories.
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Chef Noel Cunningham: Bringing Caribbean Cuisine to Canadian Tables
From Sunday afternoons in his mother's kitchen in Kingston, Jamaica, to Canadian television and a new children's book, Chef Noel Cunningham is showing Canada how much more there is to Caribbean food.
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From Childhood Kitchens to Blackshop: Chef Ace’s Culinary Journey
Executive Chef at Blackshop Restaurant & Wine Bar in Cambridge, Ontario, Chef Asela Bulner brings 23 years in kitchens across Sri Lanka, Germany, the Middle East and Canada to every plate.
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Team Canada Sets Its Sights on Bocuse d'Or 2027
Chef Keith Pears and commis Joseph Mongillo are going back to Lyon: a silver medal at the Bocuse d'Or Americas has secured Canada's place at the 2027 World Finals, behind a campaign powered entirely by the culinary community.
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From Small-Town Kitchens to the World Stage: Meet Chef Scott Baechler
Chef Scott Baechler started washing pots outside Goderich and went on to cook for Queen Elizabeth II, compete for Culinary Team Canada, and run the Four Seasons Whistler kitchen. Now he teaches the next generation at Niagara College.
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Chef Taylor Parker: Cooking With Purpose, Passion, and Presence of Mind
From a plant nursery at Six Nations of the Grand River to private seven-course tables, Chef Taylor Parker builds a cuisine rooted in Indigenous knowledge, native ingredients, and a refusal to waste.
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