Chef, Restaurateur, Cookbook Author,TV Personality Capra is an award-nominated cookbook author, who’s popularity has earned him to be considered one of Canada’s most entertaining and endearing celebrity Chefs. Capra is no stranger to TV being the host of his own show Gourmet Escapes and is a regular guest expert on City TV’s long running show Cityline, was a chef host on Food Network’s hit series Restaurant Makeover, and a resident judge on the hit show Chopped Canada. Currently Chef Capra is on Wall of Chefs Food Network’s newest primetime cooking competition series.

Known as the ‘Godfather of the Grill’, his charm and fearless culinary spirit has led Ted to become an award-winning chef, author, food and product innovation entertainer and a professor of Modern Culinary Applications Innovations at the Canadian Food and Wine Institute at Niagara College.

Ted’s culinary adventure began at George Brown College Chef School in Toronto, which to date has paved the way for his dynamic career. He cooks for all walks of life from swanky corporate affairs; to backyard BBQ parties and summer festivals.

Ted’s passion for all things smoked and grilled is extremely contagious. You’ll often find him spreading his gospel of BBQ at live cooking demonstrations and TV and radio appearances that keep fans salivating for more!

Ted has written over twenty-one cookbooks and has won such awards as Cookbook of the Year for the 2014 Single-Subject Cookbook at The Taste of Canada Food Writing Awards for Gastro Grilling. Other books he has written include; Beerlicious: The Art of Grillin’ and Chillin’, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Smoking, and Napoleon’s Everyday Plank Grilling just to name a few.

Ted owns over 75 grills and smokers.

Today you can find Ted in the backyard of his Toronto home tinkering with toys and developing creative and delicious recipes.

ACCLAIMED AS TOP 10 BBQ EXPERTS IN ALL OF NORTH AMERICA

Maddie & Kiki®, Canada’s favourite female grill experts, have fed thousands of barbecue-loving fans all across Canada and beyond. These charcoal-grilling sisters have a blast showcasing their love for barbecue cookery during television appearances, at live on-stage grilling demonstrations, and on their social channels. Maddie & Kiki take to the streets every week to spread BBQ cheer with their live Instagram segment called #BBQActsOfKindness. From smoked cherry cheesecake to charred morel mushroom and wild turkey pate, Maddie & Kiki grill it all! Recently named in the Top 10 BBQ Experts in all of North America (and the only women!) they are on a mission to get more women involved in BBQ. They also produce a YouTube series called, ‘Made by Maddie & Kiki’ where they teach viewers how to grill up unique BBQ creations with plenty of dancing along the way!

Christian Pritchard’s passion for food started as a toddler with his weekly trip to The St. Lawrence Market in Toronto with his first culinary mentor his Dad. The sights, sounds, smells and tastes were the catalyst for a career in food and entertaining.

Today, Christian dishes up his own brand of “gastrotainment”. His cooking has enabled him to travel the globe to bring the flavours of the world to your table.

Christian has become a household name in food broadcasting circles having appeared on TV, radio, in print and online across Canada, In the United States and Europe where he showcases his love for food, fun, culinary tourism and family!

As an educator, brand ambassador and food emcee Christian is in demand for his food industry work, recipe development and #1 cheerleader work for the Canadian food movement. In 2013 he taught dozens of cooking classes and in the Arctic and Tuscany, Italy in the same week! His corporate clients include Transat Holidays, Dairy Farmers of Canada, T Fal, Dempsters, Tourism Yukon, Maggi Canada, Baci -Perugina, International Shellfish Festival of PEI, Royal Winter Fair, Gagganeau Appliances, Alberta Beef Board and The Osteoporosis Society of Canada.

His food emcee work has had him working with culinary titans like, Mark McEwan, Lynn Crawford, Curtis Stone, Susur Lee, Michael Smith, Massimo Capra and Bob Blumer.

Christian is also the co founder of The Yukon Culinary Festival held in Whitehorse and Dawson City, Yukon