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Premier's Award Nominee
 Christine Cushing
Category: Business
Program: Food and Beverage Management
Graduated: 1986
Highlights of career achievement - Widely recognized as one of Canada's most popular food personalities.
- Host of Christine Cushing Live, a nightly, hour-long interactive television cooking show, now in its third season on Food Network Canada.
- Celebrity chef for the 2003 and 2004 Milk Calendars, published by the Dairy Farmers of Ontario.
- Author of two best-selling cookbooks, Fearless in the Kitchen, published in 2002, and Dish It Out, published in 2000.
- Volunteer spokesperson for the Kitchen Aid Cook for the Cure campaign raising funds for breast cancer.
- Host of Dish It Out television cooking show for three seasons on Life Network.
- Ran successful business as freelance chef, caterer, cooking teacher and food stylist and developed recipes for Gusto magazine.
- Pastry chef, Scaramouche restaurant.
- Graduated top of her class at L'Ecole de Cuisine La Varenne cooking school in Paris, France, 1990.
- Graduated George Brown Food and Beverage Management, 1986.
How college education contributed to career achievement - Left university to study at George Brown College because she wanted technical and practical training for a career in the culinary industry.
- College program gave her a realistic awareness of all facets of the industry, taught her the basics and introduced her to a network of like-minded people.
- Credits her training at George Brown as instrumental to her career success, laying a strong foundation that she has continued to build upon.
Social/community contribution - Volunteer spokesperson for KitchenAid's Cook for the Cure campaign to raise funds for breast cancer initiatives.
- Participates in charity events for a variety of causes.
- Acts as emcee and attends many events involving the Greek community.
- Each year, she and her family provide Christmas for a family from a North York women's shelter.
Revised:
October 24, 2005
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