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Ricardo Larrivée

Ricardo Larrivée (born March 12, 1967) OC OQ,[1] sometimes mononymously credited as Ricardo, is a television host and a food writer who lives in Quebec, Canada. He hosts the television show Ricardo on Radio-Canada and previously hosted Ricardo and Friends on Food Network Canada...

Early life and education

In the 1980s, Larrivée enrolled in the Institut de tourisme et d'hôtellerie du Québec (ITHQ), a hospitality institute in Quebec, where he studied hotel management. He studied communications in Ottawa.[2]

Career

Larrivée moved to Regina, Saskatchewan, and accepted a job as a technician at Radio-Canada.[3] He created both simple and elaborate dishes in his spare time and gained a reputation as a good cook. He was hired to present a food show on Radio-Canada. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation was experiencing lay-offs, however, and Larrivée was one of those let go.[2]

Larrivée moved back to Montreal and had the opportunity to share his recipes while working as a food reporter for television, radio and newspapers. At Radio-Canada, he contributed to several television shows, including Menu à la carte, Pêché mignon, Secrets de famille, Indicatif présent, Christiane Charrette and Beau temps pour s'étendre, in addition to appearing on Saisons de Clodine on the TVA television network. He also wrote a column in the lifestyle section of the daily newspaper La Presse and he continues to be a regular collaborator in the Saturday edition.

In 2002, Larrivée created a new TV show, Ricardo, which is shot in his home kitchen in Chambly, Quebec.[3] He also begun to publish a magazine at the same time.[2] This show became the longest-running cooking show in Canada.[4] In 2006, Ricardo and Friends began to run on Food Network and lasted to three years. His cooking show employs about 125 people[5] and is shown in about 160 countries.[3]

Larrivée and his wife, Brigitte Coutu, operate a company headquartered in Saint-Lambert where recipes are tested and the magazines are created.[3] Over the years, he published many books. Since 2009, he also has his own website.[4]

In 2014, Larrivée was named a Member of the Order of Canada.[6] The same year, Ricardo opened a new headquarters in a Montreal suburb.[7] He has operated a restaurant in the greater Montreal area since 2016, named Café Ricardo, which will later expands to three cafés.[5]

On April 20, 2023, he announced that he was ending full-time hosting after 21 seasons and nearly 3,000 episodes.[8] He continues to make guest appearances on the successor show La Cuisine d'Isabelle et Ricardo, whose primary daily host is Isabelle Deschamps Plante.[9]

Television shows

Books

Awards and nominations

References

  1. ^ "Ricardo Larrivée – Ordre national du Québec". www.ordre-national.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Retrieved February 17, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Ali, Carolyn (November 29, 2006). "Ricardo Set To Cross The Two Foodie Solitudes". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved July 29, 2005.
  3. ^ a b c d McKnight, Zoe (March 13, 2016). "Celebrity chef Ricardo cooking up an empire". Toronto Star. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  4. ^ a b Van Paassen, Kevin (October 10, 2014). "Celebrity chef Ricardo Larrivée next ambition: 'I want to be the Google of Canadian food'". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  5. ^ a b c Karon Liu (November 9, 2016). "Why Ricardo loves the slow cooker". Toronto Star. p. E4. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  6. ^ "Order of Canada Appointments". June 30, 2014. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
  7. ^ Delean, Paul (November 21, 2014). "Celebrity chef Ricardo has lofty ambitions". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
  8. ^ Galloway, Matt (April 20, 2023). "Canadian celebrity chef Ricardo Larrivée bids adieu to TV". www.cbc.ca. Retrieved July 28, 2023.
  9. ^ Virginie Landry, "Cuisiner du Isabelle comme on cuisine du Ricardo". Le Devoir, December 2, 2023.
  10. ^ a b c d "Ricardo - Biography and Achievements". RicardoCuisine.com. Ricardo. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  11. ^ "2018 Winners". National Magazine Awards. June 20, 2018. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  12. ^ Rody, Bree (October 1, 2018). "2018 Brand of the Year: Ricardo's recipe for success". Media in Canada. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
  13. ^ Liu, Karon (November 15, 2018). "Magazine awards chef Ricardo Brand of the Year award". Toronto Star. Toronto.com. Archived from the original on June 3, 2021. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  14. ^ "Award Recipients: 2019". Alumni & Friends Network. Algonquin College. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  15. ^ "2019 Taste Canada Award Winners". Taste Canada. October 26, 2019. Retrieved June 3, 2021.

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