Chuck Hughes (chef)

Chuck Hughes (born December 31, 1976)^[1] is a Canadian chef, television personality, and restaurateur. He is the chef and co-owner of Garde Manger^[2][3] and Le Bremner,^[4] located in Old Montréal, with partners Tim Rozon and Kyle Marshall Nares.^[5] Hughes fluently speaks both English and French.

Chuck Hughes
Born	(1976-12-31) December 31, 1976 (age 47) Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Culinary career
Current restaurant(s) Garde Manger Le Bremner
Television show(s) Chuck's Day Off, Chuck's Week Off: Mexico, Chuckmas, Chuck's Eat The Street, Chopped: Canada, À couteaux tirés, Chuck and the First Peoples’ Kitchen

Biography

He became a celebrity chef^[6] as the host of the English-language cooking series Chuck's Day Off on the Food Network in Canada and on Cooking Channel in the United States. Since then, he has hosted a travel and cooking show called Chuck's Week Off: Mexico, and Chuck's Eat The Street, where he explores foods along a street in cities around the United States.^[7]

Hughes competed on the American cooking show, Iron Chef America, defeating Iron Chef Bobby Flay, becoming the youngest Canadian chef to win, and only the third to do so.^[8][9][10] He was a competitor on Food Network's The Next Iron Chef: Super Chefs competition.

In 2014, Hughes was a recurring judge on season one of Chopped Canada.^[11] He is also the co-host of Casa's À couteaux tirés, a French-language cooking competition show, based somewhat on the American series Knife Fight.^[12]

Filmography

Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Ace of Cakes	Himself	Season 1 episode 5: "Duff Goes Hollywood"
2009–2011	Chuck's Day Off	Himself/host
2010	The Best Thing I Ever Ate	Himself	Season 4 episode 5 and 6: "Under Wraps" and "Cake Walk"
2010–2012	Unique Eats	Himself	25 episodes
2011	Iron Chef America	Himself	Season 9 episode 2: "Flay vs. Hughes: Battle Canadian Lobster"
	Chuck's Week Off	Himself
	Chefography	Himself	Season 7 episode 1: "Chuck Hughes"
	Secrets of Montréal: Cultural Gems	Himself
	The Next Iron Chef	Himself	Contestant Season 4: "Super Chefs"
2011–2012	The Perfect 3	Himself	Season 1 episodes: 9 and 12: "Potato" and "Pies" Season 2 episode 18: "Fish"
2011–2014	Top Chef Canada	Himself	Guest judge Season 1 episode 6: "The French Feast" Season 3 episode 1: "My First Dish" Season 4 episode 8: "School's Out for the Chefs"
2012–2014	Chuck's Eat the Street	Himself/host
2013	Chopped	Himself	Competitor Season 15 episode 4: "Chopped All-Stars: Mega Chefs"
	Food Network's 20th Birthday Party	Himself
2014	Chopped Canada	Himself	Recurring judge on season 1
2014	À couteaux tirés!	Himself
2015	Man Fire Food	Himself	Season 4 episode 13: "Puerto Rican Grilling"
2017	Chuck & Danny's Road Trip	Himself
2020	Chuck et la Cuisine des Premiers Peuples	Himself/host

References

1. "Q&A: Chuck Hughes, celebrity chef – Canadian Business – Your Source For Business News". 2 July 2012. Archived from the original on 26 February 2013. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
2. "Toronto Life article". 2011-03-21. Archived from the original on 2011-04-02. Retrieved 2011-10-29.
3. "Restaurant Garde Manger". crownsalts.com. Archived from the original on 2011-11-04. Retrieved 2011-11-10.
4. "Le Bremner". crownsalts.com. Archived from the original on 2011-11-05. Retrieved 2011-11-10.
5. "Lesley Chesterman". 13 July 2011. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011.
6. "Q&A: Chuck Hughes, celebrity chef – Canadian Business – Your Source For Business News". 2 July 2012. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
7. "Chuck's Eat the Street : Chuck Hughes : Cooking Channel". Archived from the original on 2012-11-06. Retrieved 2012-11-05.
8. "Chef Chuck Hughes Iron Chef Win". Archived from the original on 2011-03-24. Retrieved 2011-03-22.
9. "Montreal celeb chef Chuck Hughes mulling plan to open Toronto restaurant". 27 October 2011. Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
10. "Chuck Hughes Bio on Cooking Channel". Archived from the original on 2011-10-29. Retrieved 2011-11-10.
11. Ian Harrison (6 January 2014). "Chopped Canada Debuts to Boffo Ratings". Eater.
12. "Chuck Hughes on His New Show, À couteaux tirés". Eater. 29 April 2014.

External links

• Official website
• Chuck Hughes at IMDb
• Chuck and the First Peoples' Kitchen