Corbin Tomaszeski

Canada's homegrown Chef Corbin Tomaszeski is not only passionate about food, his passion runs deep for his family, his daily ritual to have fun, and his loyalty to his food service team to always coach them to be the best that they can be. Raised on a farm in rural Edmonton, Alberta, this talented chef was born to create and to cook. He helped his mother create wonderful meals including heartwarming soups that have since become one of his trademarks with widespread customer base at Holt Renfrew in Toronto.

Chuck Hughes

Chuck Hughes was on the fast track to a career in advertising, but somewhere along the way he fell in love with the restaurant business. He enrolled in culinary school, started working in the city's hottest kitchens and hasn't looked back.

In 2006, he and his two friends opened their own place. He loves simple, well-made food: "It's food!" he says, "It's meant to be fun and taste good -- it doesn't have to be fancy." If you want to know about some of his favorites, look no further than his tattoos: lobsters, oysters, bacon, and arugula suggest that this guy REALLY LOVES his craft.

Claus Meyer

Claus Meyer was born on 27 December 1963 in Nykøbing-Falster (South of Zealand). He graduated from Nykøbing-Falster Cathedral School in 1983 and after a year as an au pair in France he went to Copenhagen where he completed cand.merc international (BLC/Sprøk) specialising in business start-up and business development.

For more than 20 years, Claus Meyer has been pointing out shortcomings and possibilities within the Danish food culture. Through food policy business, lectures, participation in the public food debate and his TV-programmes and cookbooks he has tried to show the way to a higher quality of food and meals.

Curtis Stone

Curtis Stone is a 'young gun' Australian Chef, classically trained in London under the legendary Marco Pierre White. He is the face of a new generation of Chefs. Curtis is an author and presenter of the globally successful cooking/lifestyle program, 'Surfing the Menu', and has one of America's most popular reality/cooking shows titled, 'Take Home Chef'. His success in the US has been phenomenal, with People Magazine voting him as one of the sexiest men alive.