Lynn Crawford facts for kids
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Crawford (right) in 2014
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| Born | July 18, 1964 Toronto, Ontario |
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| Education | George Brown College |
| Spouse | Lora Kirk |
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Previous restaurant(s)
Ruby Watchco, Toronto (2010–2021)
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Television show(s)
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Lynn Crawford (born July 18, 1964) is a famous Canadian chef and TV star. She is well-known for her cooking shows on Food Network, like Restaurant Makeover. Her shows are watched in many countries around the world!
About Lynn Crawford
Lynn Crawford was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on July 18, 1964. She learned how to cook at George Brown College in Toronto. She also trained with a very famous chef named Alice Waters.
Before opening her own restaurant, Lynn was the head chef, also known as the executive chef, at the Four Seasons hotels. She worked at their hotels in Toronto and New York.
From 2010 to 2021, Lynn owned a restaurant called Ruby Watchco in Toronto. She started it with her partner, Lora Kirk. It was a special kind of restaurant called a table d’hôte, which means they served a set menu each night.
Lynn on TV
Lynn Crawford has been on many popular cooking shows. She even competed on Iron Chef America in 2007. She was one of the first Canadian chefs to be on this show. She had a cooking battle against Iron Chef Bobby Flay. The secret ingredient for their challenge was peanut. Chef Flay won that battle.
In 2010, Lynn started her own show on Food Network Canada called Pitchin' In. On this show, she traveled to different places. She looked for the freshest and best ingredients for her cooking. She wanted to show where our food comes from.
In 2013, Lynn was a contestant on Top Chef Masters. This was another exciting cooking competition. She also wrote a cookbook with Lora Kirk in 2021. It's called Hearth & Home: Cook, Share and Celebrate Family Style.
In 2018, Lynn became an Iron Chef on the new show Iron Chef Canada. She is one of five main Iron Chefs on the show. The other Iron Chefs are Hugh Acheson, Amanda Cohen, Rob Feenie, and Susur Lee.
Other TV Shows
Lynn Crawford has appeared on many other television shows. Here are some of them:
- Restaurant Makeover (2005–2008) – She helped fix up restaurants.
- Top Chef Canada (2011–2017) – She was a guest judge and a regular judge.
- Chopped Canada (2014–2017) – She was one of the judges.
- The Great Canadian Cookbook (2015) – She was a co-host.
- Wall of Chefs (2020) – She was a judge.
- Junior Chef Showdown (2020) – She was also a judge on this show for young chefs.
Lynn's Personal Life
Lynn Crawford is married.
Awards and Recognitions
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Lynn Crawford has won several awards for her amazing cooking and TV work.
- In 2008, she received the Thomas Jefferson Award Honoree.
- In 2011, she was named Consumer's Choice Business Woman of the Year.
- In 2013, she was honored as the Ontario Hostelry Institute Chef of the Year.
She has also been nominated for other awards, like the Gemini Awards and Canadian Screen Awards, for her show Pitchin' In.
