Jay Purvis

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Jay Purvis

Occupation	TV presenter, carpenter

Jay Purvis is a former model and television host. Purvis is a co-host of Kitchen Equipped, which can be seen on Food Network Canada and HGTV.

He was born in Toronto in 1976 but his family moved to England when he was a young child. He is a former pupil of Sutton Valence Public School and grew up in Kent then moved to Brighton Brighton, England, Purvis worked there in the building renovation and carpentry world. At the young age of 20, he hung up his tools for the catwalk. After giving up modelling, Purvis re-located back to Canada, where he has since continued to frame houses in Canada.

The Kitchen Equipped's resident carpenter's looks are compared to American Idol host Ryan Seacrest. He is also compared to English chef Jamie Oliver due to his use of Brighton slang and public school accent.