Meet the Host

Angie MacRae

Angie is a graduate of Stratford Chefs School, although her “food education” stretches far outside of the classroom. When she’s not filming food television, Angie shares her knowledge with other passionate foodies by teaching, catering and working at various interactive kitchen spaces. It is this background in teaching food preparation to the everyday home-chef that makes Angie a perfect choice for this series.
Ever since she was a child, Angie has loved being in the kitchen. Although her recipes started out simple (like her famous chocolate chip cookies), the kitchen has always been a place that felt like home. Angie’s cooking education began when she worked as a “bush cook” in the middle of Northern Ontario, working off of propane tanks and a generator to supply hard working tree-planters with hot and delicious meals. According to Angie her natural surroundings posed a few challenges, “sometimes the bears stole my food” she laughs, “I let them have it”.

Angie moved from the back woods to the open farmlands of Guelph, Ontario. She started working in a small organic bakery as head baker. She also started her own small health food take away business that she ran from the Guelph market. It was from these combined experiences as baker and food marketer in the world of premium ingredients and natural products that Angie found her calling – she wanted to be a chef. At Stratford Chefs School Angie’s love of food grew even deeper. As Angie explains, “it was an unbelievably intense course that taught us how hard we could work, and how much we could learn, from not only our instructors, but from each other – there is always something to learn from another cook”.
While in Ottawa, her excellence as a chef, combined with a love of fresh seasonal ingredients, made her a hit on the chi-chi Embassy circuit. Her company also provided a full catering service to the city’s film and television industry. Angie has now moved to Toronto where she runs a successful food consulting business. She has also been featured on MSN.ca offering tips and tricks in the kitchen, and has co-authored a cookbook and wine pairing guide entitled “THIS FOOD THAT WINE”, and co-hosted the TV series also called “THIS FOOD THAT WINE” which aired on Food Network Canada and in 30 other countries around the world. Angie is thrilled to bring her foodie philosophy, and experience to the newly renovated FOODIES!