Food Network Canada and Insight Production Company Ltd. in partnership with Tourism Calgary are bringing the season finale of Top Chef Canada to new territory for the first time in the series’ history.  Read More

Food Network Canada is giving everyday North Americans the chance of a lifetime in its brand new Canadian original series produced by Cineflix, Giving You The Business.  Read More

Vancouver-based Paperny Entertainment has been given the greenlight by Food Network Canada for season two of “World’s Weirdest Restaurants” (14×30) and season four of “Eat St.” (26×30). Both series return with their popular hosts, Bob Blumer for “World’s Weirdest Restaurants” and James Cunningham on “Eat St.” Production on both begins summer with an anticipated network launch in 2013.

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Food Network Canada set the wheels in motion this past week, rolling out their fall Marketing campaign across the country. With an innovative approach, using fresh creative and attention-grabbing media vehicles, the campaign ignites excitement for the return of two popular entertaining series, Great Food Truck Race and Restaurant: Impossible and reinforces Food Network as a top entertainment destination.
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Food Network Canada is serving up a generous helping of the best in entertaining programming this fall beginning on August 29th with 25 new series and seasons.  Internationally renowned celebrity chef Jamie Oliver rescues viewers’ busy weeknight dinners with his brand new series, Jamie’s Meals In Minutes.  Wednesday nights have never been sweeter as cake ‘Ace’ Duff Goldman uncovers America’s most delectable desserts in his new series Sugar High, followed by two sisters who manage a bustling New Jersey cookie company in Tough Cookies.  In Thursday night’s new food travel series, Crave, San Diego food critic Troy Johnson sheds light on how his favourite foods are made, the history and science behind them and why they’re so popular.  The night heats up with Aarón Sanchez (Chefs vs. City) and Roger Mooking’s (Everyday Exotic) new series Heat Seekers, in which the two scour America’s most fiery dishes.
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Shaw Media announced an agreement with Australia’s BrandNewMedia to produce the first Canadian edition of the internationally popular series, Family Cook Off, in partnership with Vancouver-based production company, Force Four Entertainment Inc.   In each episode, food meets Family Feud as two families of four compete head-to-head in a fast-paced, three-course cook-off to find out whose family fare is superior. The 12-part half-hour competitive cooking series is currently looking for families across Canada who think they have what it takes to out cook the competition, with more information available at www.foodnetwork.ca/about/castingcall.
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Monday night’s eagerly anticipated season finale of Top Chef Canada delivered record-breaking audience numbers for Food Network Canada, achieving an unprecedented 410,000 (2+), making it the highest rated episode ever in the network’s history. Further reinforcing Food Network Canada’s solid track record for delivering the best in entertaining, food-related content, Monday’s finale beat out all specialty competition and drew in the highest audience for its time period as well as the entire day in key demographics. Canadians were no doubt on the edges of their seats waiting to find out that Vancouver’s Chef Dale MacKay of recently opened ensemble restaurant has been crowned Canada’s Top Chef.
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Beginning today, Food Network Canada is rolling out a massive, multi-platform national marketing campaign to drive awareness and further build excitement around the premiere of the eagerly anticipated brand new original series Top Chef Canada. In an effort to exceed the colossal popularity of the Top Chef franchise, Food Network Canada is making this its most extensive multi-layered marketing campaign for a single show in network history. Highlights of the campaign include wide-reaching, strategic media buys, robust promotional sponsorships, and unique creative executions such as die-cut AdBars, wrapped streetcars, reusable grocery bags, and postcards. The distinctively Canadian campaign, designed to reach a broad audience, celebrates national pride, the country’s top chefs and taps into Canadians’ competitive spirit.
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Shaw Media and Insight Production Company Ltd. announced today that GE Monogram and Loblaws have signed on as official sponsors of Top Chef Canada. The first season of Top Chef Canada will premiere April 11, 2011 exclusively on Food Network Canada.
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Internationally acclaimed celebrity chef Jamie Oliver is delving into the underbelly of America’s food scene in search of the true heart of the country: its people, music, culture, and most importantly, its food. The new six-part series, Jamie’s American Road Trip, airs Thursdays at 9 pm ET/10 pm PT beginning with its Canadian broadcast premiere on November 11. In each episode, Jamie takes a pass on tourist traps and fancy restaurants to show viewers that what’s really behind good, honest American food has little to do with burgers, fries, and oversized portions.
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