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Chef ricardo larrivee s banana bread with maple crumble
Ricardo Larrivée CM (born 1967), also known as Ricardo, is a television host and a food writer who lives in Quebec, Canada. He hosts Ricardo on Radio-Canada and previously hosted Ricardo and Friends which aired on Food Network Canada.
Contents
- Chef ricardo larrivee s banana bread with maple crumble
- Une journee avec le chef quebecois ricardo larrivee
- Early life and education
- Career
- Books
- References
Une journee avec le chef quebecois ricardo larrivee
Early life and education
In the 1980s, Ricardo 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.
Career
Larrivée moved to Regina, Saskatchewan and accepted a job as a technician at Radio-Canada. 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.
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 a 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 the daily newspaper La Presse.
In 2002, Larrivée created a new TV show, Ricardo, with an accompanying magazine. In its third season the show was the highest rated TV morning show on Radio-Canada. The magazine is published five times a year in a print run of about 80,000 copies for each issue.
Larrivée published a book, Ma cuisine week-end, in the autumn of 2004, which went into a second printing for a total of 65,000 copies.
Larrivée and his wife, Brigitte Coutu, operate a company headquartered in Saint-Lambert where recipes are tested and the magazines are created.
In 2014, Larrivée was named a Member of the Order of Canada.
Larrivée operates a restaurant in Montreal.
In 2016, Larrivée published a book, Slower is Better, through HarperCollins. His cooking show employs abour 125 people. and airs in about 160 countries.