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Michael Smith (chef)
Canadian television chef and writer (born 1966) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Michael Dixon Smith CM is an American-born Canadian chef and cookbook writer. He has hosted The Inn Chef, Chef at Home, and judged on Chopped: Canada on the Canadian Food Network. Smith is Prince Edward Island's Food Ambassador, a nutritional activist, and an advocate for sustainable home cooking and farm-to-table cuisine.[1]
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At age seventeen, Smith started cooking in kitchens while attending art school. Within five years he was the Head Chef at a large, upscale bistro. He then enrolled at The Culinary Institute of America, where he graduated second in his class. After graduation, Smith worked in Michelin three-star restaurants in Europe,[2] as well as kitchens in South Africa, the Caribbean,[3] and New York City.
Smith relocated to Prince Edward Island with the desire to cook sustainably by building a garden and developing partnerships with local farmers and fishermen.[4] Smith started as a chef at The Inn at Bay Fortune in 1991.[5] His first television show, The Inn Chef (1998), was filmed on location at the Inn, and across Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.[6]
Smith lead the team that cooked for athletes in Whistler, British Columbia during the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.[7]
With his wife and business partner Chastity, Smith purchased The Inn at Bay Fortune in 2015.[8] FireWorks, the on site restaurant, practices sustainable cuisine by growing its own vegetables in the surrounding gardens and sourcing local seafood.[9]
In 2019, Smith was appointed to the Order of Canada as a member "for his contributions as a chef, entrepreneur and champion of local foods, as well as for his efforts to develop regional tourism."[10] In the same year, the Smiths opened a sister property, The Inn at Fortune Bridge.[11]
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Personal life
On August 17, 2013, Smith married Chastity Smith, a singer-songwriter, on Prince Edward Island, where they live with their three children Gabe, Ariella, and Camille.[12] Smith is a collector of vintage maps.[13]
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Cookbooks
- Open Kitchen: A Chef's Day at The Inn at Bay Fortune (1998)
- The Inn Chef: Creative Ingredients, Sensational Flavours (1999)
- Chef at Home (2005)
- The Best of Chef at Home: Essential Recipes for Today's Kitchen (2009)
- Chef Michael Smith's Kitchen: 100 of My Favourite Easy Recipes (2011)
- Fast Flavours: 110 Simple Speedy Recipes (2012)
- Back To Basics: 100 Simple Classic Recipes With a Twist (2013)
- Family Meals: 100 Easy Everyday Recipes (2014)
- Make Ahead Meals: Over 100 Easy Time-Saving Recipes (2015)
- Real Food, Real Good: Eat Well With Over 100 of My Simple, Wholesome Recipes (2016)
- Farm, Fire & Feast: Recipes from The Inn at Bay Fortune (2021)
- Farmhouse Vegetables, Recipes from The Culinary Farm: Globe & Mail bestseller list | Short Listed 2024 Taste Canada Awards (2023)
- Wood, Fire & Smoke, Fires of The Inn at Bay Fortune: Indigo’s 25 most anticipated cookbooks of the year (May 13, 2025 Release)
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