Gusto TV Hosts
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">Featured Host
Based in Montreal and fully bi-lingual, Liam’s passion for all things food-related began early. By 10 years of age, he had started his own food blog: visiting with chefs, bakers, and farmers… learning how to cook/bake/make something at each stop; Liam’s food training had begun.
Gusto TV Hosts
Pailin Chongchitnant
Pailin Chongchitnant currently lives in Vancouver, where she’s training to be a high school cooking teacher.
Missy Hui
First in her class in cooking school, top prize winner on Chopped, and boasting a resume full of equally impressive achievements, Missy’s finest attributes are her friendly, down-to-earth style and fun personality.
Jessica McGovern
While baking is her greatest passion, Jessica McGovern’s love for adventure has taken her around the world. She has travelled to almost every continent, teaching English as a second language and developing her baking talent, picking up tips from Australia to Africa.
Micah Trainor
Micah fell in love with food and cuisine as child, learning about both modern Canadian and old school Caribbean cooking from her family.
Michael Bonacini
Celebrity Chef Michael Bonacini is the co-founder of one of Canada’s leading fine dining restaurant companies, Oliver & Bonacini Restaurants, operating 11 unique and innovative restaurants in Ontario.
Matt Dunigan
Matt Dunigan is the face, heart and soul of ROAD GRILL. Born in Ohio, the Dunigan family moved to Dallas when Matt was 6 years old where he quickly learned that Texans are fanatic about 2 things: football and barbecue.
Mary Tang
Mary Tang was born in Hong Kong and grew up enjoying Chinese cuisines, alongside many others. Mary discovered her passion for cooking by helping her mom prepare large meals for friends and family.
Luis Tigreton Leon
Originally from the Catalan Pyrenees, Luis “Tigretón” Leon is a Montreal-based chef who specializes in Spanish food. Determined to perfect his craft, Tigretón traveled across Spain, working in kitchens from Valencia, to Madrid.
Lisa Nguyen
Lisa Nguyen is the Marketing & Communications Lead at the Hawksworth Young Chef Scholarship Foundation where she combines her culinary experience with her marketing background.
Lauren Gulyas
Lauren perfected her culinary craft in some of the industry’s best kitchens in Ottawa, Prince Edward County, British Columbia and Costa Rica. After years of working behind the scenes in restaurants, Lauren is now focusing on her food televi
Leah Wildman
Leah Wildman grew up with an actor father and chef mother, and considers herself a direct by-product of them both. She studied French gastronomy in the south of France, and staged in the south before moving to Paris.
Jim Kelley
Jim Kelley, eccentric co-host of Junk Brothers, opened a few small companies of his own. He tried his hand at running an Antique store in Ottawa and then decided to focus on the transportation of antiquities.
Carlo Rota
Carlo Rota was born in London, England, and has said in an interview with CBC that his passion for cuisine comes from his father – a prominent international chef.
Hana Etsuko Dethlefsen
Hana Etsuko Dethlefsen is passionate about simple and authentic Japanese home cooking. Born and raised in Canada to a Japanese mother and German father, Hana had the opportunity to live in Japan from 2001-2004.
Bianca Osbourne
Bianca Osbourne is fun, sassy, outspoken, and quick with her signature knowing smile. A child of Caribbean immigrants, the Edmonton, Canada native is now based in Toronto where she teaches Food Media and Business at Centennial College.
Joanna Chery
Born and raised in Montréal, Québec, Joanna Chery comes from a long line of talented home chefs. She learned to cook authentic Greek dishes from a young age and, with a large family, there was always a crowd to cook for!
Craig Wong
Craig Wong is the Chef and owner of Patois Toronto, an Asian-Caribbean restaurant and the executive chef at Ting Irie, Dubai’s first Jamaican restaurant.
