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I love chasing and telling a good story. I once drove 2,000 km in three days on assignment for the Washington Post. That piece, my first for the Post, would become the section cover story; ‘above the fold’ as they say in the business. Every minute—including a late night drive into Sudbury on gas fumes—was a joy. My work has also appeared in The Globe and Mail, CBC, Civil Eats, and in magazines including Chatelaine and Fine Cooking.
I am a socially active member of the North American food media community and have expertise in culinary history, feminism, and social justice issues in the restaurant business. I put on a chef jacket for the first time in 1988 and spent the next 13 years working in modern French restaurants in Ontario, including Le Bistingo, The Old Prune, and Rundles. My career was enriched by periods of international study with chefs like Lydia Shire at Biba in Boston, Ruth Rogers and Rose Gray at London's River Cafe, and Jacques Chibois at Le Royal Gray restaurant in Cannes, France. The ten years I spent teaching at the Stratford Chefs School were some of my happiest—we were dreamers, there was money, it was magical. *** My literary agent is Caroline Marsiglia at Aevitas Creative Management in New York. Reach me: chef(dot)reid(at)gmail(dot)com ExpertiseInternational Judge for the 2023 Irish Food Writing Awards - Feature Food Writing
Joseph Hoare Gastronomic Writer in Residence Committee Member - Stratford Chefs School - 2011 to 2014 PressIt's Time to Fix Toronto Food Culture. NOW magazine. Oct 2017
We're Not Quiet About Thanksgiving. Munchies. Oct 2016 Putting mental health on the menu. TVO. Jan 2016 Amidst the Smoke and Steam. Maisonneuve. Feb 2014 Glory Hole's Buttered Toast Doughnut. Bon Appetit. Jan 2013 Missing in Action. Macleans. Nov 2011 |
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Publications - Acknowledgements & Contributions
Professional Cooking for Canadian Chefs 7th edition. Wayne Gisslen.
Great Soup. Empty Bowls. Ed. Jamie Kennedy.
Niagara Flavours Guidebook & Cookbook. Brenda Matthews.
Northern Bounty. A celebration of Canadian cuisine. Eds. Jo Marie Powers and Anita Stewart.
La Varenne's Cookery. Terence Scully.
Great Soup. Empty Bowls. Ed. Jamie Kennedy.
Niagara Flavours Guidebook & Cookbook. Brenda Matthews.
Northern Bounty. A celebration of Canadian cuisine. Eds. Jo Marie Powers and Anita Stewart.
La Varenne's Cookery. Terence Scully.