Pino Di Cerbo
Pino Di Cerbo is a two-time MasterChef Canada winner and is now the chief culinary officer of a plant-based products company in Toronto.
Pailin Chongchitnant
Pailin Chongchitnant currently lives in Vancouver, where she’s training to be a high school cooking teacher.
Ned Bell
Ned was born in Okanagan, B.C., placing him in the perfect environment to cook with seafood and learn about sustainability.
Natalia Machado
She’s earned top honours and television cook offs alike – edging out the competition with her creativity and authentic Argentinian fare. Today, she is Executive Chef at Montreal’s Ferreira Café. Her biggest food vice is hot sauce.
Najla Sater
Najla is a girls girl through and through! She’s passionate about inspiring confidence and reminds women just how beautiful they are — inside AND out!
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.
Michael Cummings
Michael Cummings worked as the original Chef at Allegro Ristorante and the original chef at Da Sergio Ristorante.
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.
Michael Allemeier
Michael Allemeier is an Instructor of Culinary Arts in Calgary, Canada and former head chef of the Mission Hill Family Estate in the Okanagan Valley.
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.
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.
Marlowe Dueck
Marlowe Dueck is a passionate home cook who loves creating dishes that delight her family and friends, from her signature pasta to crowd-pleasing pizzas.
Luis Valenzuela
Born in Guadalajara, Mexico, Luis Valenzuela has dedicated his life to the culinary arts. His passion was ignited by his grandmother and mother who taught him that ‘food is the soul of life.’
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.
Liam Lewis
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.
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.