Stéphane Levac has been selected as one of this season’s competitors for Canada’s Top Chef.
Levac will be up against 10 other contenders for the title of Canada’s Top Chef, and is the only person representing the East coast.
Stéphane Levac was adopted from the M’Chigeeng First Nation at just six weeks old, and grew up in a Francophone family in Sturgeon Falls. Levac moved around a lot throughout his life, and eventually settled with his wife Sarah in Nova Scotia.
Now 41, Levac said he s beginning to understand who he is, and is making an effort to learn about his Ojibwe culture.
But Levac still didn’t feel qualified for
Top Chef until Ogilvie nominated him. “I wasn’t thinking even about applying for the show, you know, I didn’t really put myself on that kind of level,” he tells The Coast in a phone call. Stéphane Levac says going to Toronto for Top Chef was especially unique during the COVID-19 pandemic. Food Network Canada There’s been a handful of local chefs making their way to television in recent years. On top of The Canteen’s Renée Lavallée and Ogilvie on
Top Chef,
MasterChef saw Nova Scotian Jennifer Crawford take home the crown in 2019, while the most recent season saw both Andy Hay from Andy’s East Coast Kitchen and Andrew Al-Khouri from aFrite in the kitchen studio.
Author of the article: Rita DeMontis
Publishing date: Apr 15, 2021 • 2 hours ago • 3 minute read • Top talent from Top Chef Canada, Janet Zuccarini (left), Chris Nuttall-Smith, Eden Grinshpan, Mark McEwan, Mijune Pak Photo by supplied /Food Network Canada
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Author of the article: Elizabeth Chorney-Booth
Publishing date: Apr 16, 2021 • 1 hour ago • 4 minute read •
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