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Top Chef Canada, the nation’s most revered culinary competition, returns for a momentous 11th season. For over a decade, Top Chef Canada has given fans a front-row seat to the country’s ever-evolving culinary scene.
EDEN GRINSHPAN
Toronto-born Eden Grinshpan is the host of Top Chef Canada and the author of EATING OUT LOUD: Bold Middle Eastern Flavours For All Day, Every Day, and the upcoming TAHINI BABY: Bright, Everyday Recipes That Happen to Be Vegetarian.
A graduate from Le Cordon Bleu in London, Eden has a “Grande Diplome” in Pastry and Cuisine. After graduating, she took her love of culinary and travel to India, Israel, and Southeast Asia to learn the culture and cuisines of the countries she explored. While in India, Eden volunteered with an orphanage called Ramanas Garden, where she re-opened a café to raise money and awareness for the orphanage. After returning to NYC, Eden completed a management program at The Institute of Culinary Education.
Soon after, Eden met Samantha Schutz, and together they created Eden Eats, a Cooking Channel show that explored the global culinary food scene. A year later, Eden launched Log On & Eat with Eden Grinshpan on Cooking Channel, where she traveled the country in search of the most adventurous, well-known food bloggers and social media influencers
In May 2018, Eden partnered with by CHLOE founder Samantha Wasser to open DEZ, a Middle Eastern fast casual restaurant in NYC that featured a menu inspired by Eden’s Israeli heritage and travels.
Eden released her first cookbook, EATING OUT LOUD with Clarkson Potter on September 1, 2020. Her second cookbook, TAHINI BABY: Bright, Everyday Recipes That Happen to Be Vegetarian comes out April 22, 2025.
Eden lives in Toronto with her husband, Ido and two daughters Ayv and Romi.
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