Laura Calder is a Canadian chef who hosted the television series French Food at Home.
Early life and education Calder was born in Saint John, New Brunswick, and raised in Long Reach on Kingston Peninsula, the southern part of New Brunswick. She left New Brunswick to attend Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec. She also attended York University in Toronto, and the London School of Economics in the U.K., after a stint as a sports reporter for a New Brunswick newspaper. Leaving London to return to Canada, Calder took a job in public relations, but left that position to enroll in the Dubrulle Culinary Institute, a cooking school in Vancouver. She then studied cooking at the École de Cuisine La Varenne in France.
Career Calder has written four cookbooks, including French Food at Home (2003), French Taste: Elegant, Everyday, Eating (2009), Dinner Chez Moi: The Fine Art of Feeding Friends (2011), and Paris Express: Simple Food from the City of Style (2014). French Taste was awarded the 2010 Taste Canada gold medal for cookbooks. She has also written The Inviting Life (2017) and Kitchen Bliss (2023). She is a judge on Recipe to Riches, a reality series on Food Network Canada, and has been a guest judge on both Top Chef Canada and Iron Chef America.
In 2011, the Canadian government announced that Calder had received the Order of Agricultural Merit from the French government, in the standing of knight.
Filmography Television Year Show Role Notes 2007–2010 French Food at Home Host 2007 The Chateau Dinner, French Food At Home Special Herself 2008 Twas the Night Before Dinner Christmas Special Herself Christmas special with Bob Blumer, Anthony Sedlak, Anna Olson, and Ricardo Larrivée2011 Iron Chef America Herself/Judge Battle mussels, Battle caviar Top Chef Canada Herself/Guest judge Episode "The French Feast"Judged the elimination challenge Recipe to Riches Herself/Judge
Awards and nominations 2009: James Beard Foundation Award — Nominated for Best Television Food Show, National and Local 2010: Taste Canada — Winner of gold medal for Cookbook: French Taste: Elegant Everyday Eating 2010: James Beard Foundation Award — Winner of Best Television Show, In Studio or Fixed Location for French Food at Home 2011: Awarded Order of Agricultural Merit
Bibliography French Food At Home, (, 2003) French Taste: Elegant Everyday Eating, HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, (, 2009) Dinner Chez Moi: the Fine Art of Feeding Friends, HarperCollins Publishers Ltd (, 2011) Paris Express: Simple Food from the City of Style, HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. (, 2014) The Inviting Life: An Inspirational Guide to Homemaking, Hosting and Opening the Door to Happiness, Doubleday Canada (, 2017) Kitchen Bliss: Musings on Food and Happiness (With Recipes), Simon & Schuster Canada (, 2023)
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External links Laura Calder's official website