Food Network Celebrity Stage

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Appearing in person on the Food Network Celebrity Stage 2008
Anna Olson Celebrity Pastry Chef and Host of Fresh with Anna Olson New to Food Network this Spring	'BBQ' Naz Cavallaro Grilling Expert/Spokesperson Weber-Stephen Products Co.	Bob Blumer The Surreal Gourmet Co-creator/host of Food Network's 'Glutton for Punishment'	Rob Feenie Food Concept Architect for Cactus Club Restaurants & Vancouver’s own Iron Chef America Winner

Anna Olson

Celebrity Pastry Chef and Host of Food Network's
'Sugar' & 'Fresh with Anna Olson' programs

Anna Olson will be on the Food Network Celebrity Stage and will be recreating some of her famous recipes utilizing SPLENDA® Brand products.

Anna Olson originally hails from Atlanta, Georgia, but considers herself a Canadian gal, as she was raised in Toronto and has lived in Niagara for over 10 years.  A degree in Political Studies and Sociology from Queen’s University in Kingston helped Anna hone her writing skills, but it wasn’t until she pursued her true passion for cooking at Johnson & Wales University in Vail, Colorado, that she really found her calling.

Anna spent some time working in Colorado, Texas, and New Orleans before being drawn to the cooking styles of Michael Olson at Inn on the Twenty in Jordan.  She fell madly in love with his respectful approach to cooking using local and seasonal ingredients, and then fell madly in love with Michael!  They were married in 1999.

After leaving Inn on the Twenty as pastry chef, Anna moved into the medium of television as host of Sugar on Food Network Canada.  Sugar,an approachable all-dessert show, ran for five seasons and well over a hundred episodes. Additionally, Anna successfully hosted Kitchen Equipped a kitchen renovation series for two seasons which aired on both Food Network Canada and HGTV.  Anna’s latest series Fresh with Anna Olson features Anna in the comfort of her Niagara Region country home, preparing delicious and accessible recipes based on her personal mantra “eat fresh, eat local.”

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Chef Rob Feenie

Vancouver’s own Iron Chef America Winner
Food Concept Architect for Cactus Club Restaurants
Host of New Classics With Chef Rob Feenie on Food Network Canada
Iron Chef America title winner in 2005

Chef Feenie is one of Canada’s most recognized and acclaimed chefs. Both nationally and internationally Feenie has also developed a reputation as a chef-consultant.

In 1995 Chef Feenie opened his own restaurant in Vancouver and went on to critical and public success including being awarded the prestigious Relais Gourmand designation, four stars from the Mobil Travel Guide and the AAA Diamond Award. He starred in New Classics with Rob Feenie on Food Network Canada, and won the title Iron Chef America, by defeating Chef Masaharu Morimoto.

Chef Feenie has recently accepted a new position with Cactus Club Restaurants as their Food Concept Architect, where he will work with the senior management team to shape the restaurants’ growth and product development, creating innovative new dishes and continuously improving long time favourites.

On stage at EAT! Vancouver Rob is planning to feature some local BC ingredients in preparing a soy, ginger, sake marinated sablefish dish served in a dashi broth.

For more on Rob Feenie, click here

 “BBQ” Naz Cavallaro

Grilling Expert/Spokesperson
Weber-Stephen Products Co.


Naz Cavallaro grew up in the city of Toronto. "BBQ NAZ", as most of his friends now call him, followed his dream of making an impact in the food service and hospitality industry and he continues to do so one idea at a time. Over 20 years of creative manipulation and expecting consumer demands to always be surpassed, he comes across as one who feeds from your total satisfaction.  His accomplishments in the food service industry include, "The People’s Choice Award" in 1993 as top restaurant of Toronto for great Italian/Mediterranean cuisine with exemplary service. “Il Sorriso” (The Smile) Trattoria was located in the heart of the Fashion district in Toronto.  It was quite an accomplishment at that time for anyone in the restaurant business, especially when they were only 25 years old!  And it didn’t seem to end there… he promised more to come.  A quote from one of many food critics at that time reads, “with Chef Naz taking reigns in the kitchen, I am sure all the cracks and crannies will soon be flourishing with flavours of joy”. 

For more on BBQ Naz, click here

Bob Blumer .................Bob will be signing his new book!

The Surreal Gourmet
Co-creator/host of Food Network's 'Glutton for Punishment'

Chef, artist and professional bon vivant, Bob Blumer is one of today’s most imaginative food personalities. Watch Bob on Food Network’s Glutton For Punishment as the culinary adventurer seeks out extreme epicurean challenges in a rock’em sock’em show that will appeal to impassioned foodies, armchair adventurers and gourmet travelers.
Watch him on stage at EAT! Vancouver as he transforms common ingredients into wow-inspiring dishes through whimsical presentations and unusual cooking methods that has become his culinary trademark.

For morer on Bob click here

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