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CHEF MATTHEW JAMES DUFFY
Acclaimed chef and bread fanatic Matthew James Duffy exploded on the sourdough scene with major influence and over 300K social media followers. After fifteen years of international industry experience everywhere from specialty bakeries to Michelin star restaurants, Mathew is following his baking passion as a baking professor at Centennial College with online courses and consulting.
Sourdough has taken Matthew to Freiburg to work alongside a German master baker at Backerei Pfeifle, and to King Arthur Flour to work with bread master Jeffery Hamelman. He has also taken his baling talents to San Francisco’s San Francisco Baking Institute and Chicago’s French Pastry School. Special mention goes to a recent experience attending Coupe du Monde De La Boulangerie in Paris, France.
CHEF ERICA KARBELNIK
Erica has travelled across the world, and each new place brings new flavors into her cooking. Over the years, she has gone back and forth from Toronto to Vancouver, working for some of the best chefs across Canada.
Erica is traditionally trained with a French Italian background and specializes in handmade pasta. She was recently awarded the title of Canada’s Top Chef, after competing alongside her husband and fellow chef, Josh Karbelnik, on Food network’s Top Chef Canada. On the show, Erica tapped into her Moroccan Israeli Background, and brought those flavors to the table, finding her stride and her cooking style. Erica also won her episode of Chopped Canada on Season 3 in 2016.
Chef Erica’s many projects keep her busy, but she hopes to open her own restaurant in the next year.
JAMAR MCNEIL
Making mornings pop on Chum 104.5’s Marilyn Dennis and Jamar, Jamar’s been a radio host for some of the biggest radio stations in the United States and in the Caribbean. Beyond his popular radio shows, he is also a TV actor, an accomplished club/party DJ and music producer known as J Niice specializing in Pop, Dancehall, Reggae and Soca.
Jamar is an avid snowboarder, scuba diver and soccer player. His #1 passion is music, with a passion for nature and the environment coming in at a “close-second”. He loves sci-fi movies, comic books and long walks on the beach
KATHERINE WANTS
What started as a way for Chef Randy to satisfy his wife, Katherine’s culinary desires and cravings has transformed into the social media sensation and lifestyle brand, Katherine Wants.
Taking TikTok and Instagram by storm with over 800K followers, this entertaining video blog features elevated but easy to execute recipes, their everyday favourites, life updates, new renovations and soon even travel adventures that’ll give you instant fomo.
Let’s just say, whatever Katherine wants, Randy makes happen! Talk about couple goals!