Laura Calder (born April 24, 1972) is the host of the James Beard Award-winning series French Food at Home, airing on Food Network Canada, The Cooking Channel, and other international stations. Laura is also a judge on Recipe to Riches, a reality series on Food Network Canada, and has been a guest judge on both Top Chef Canada and Iron Chef America. Laura is the author of French Food at Home, as well as the bestselling French Taste: Elegant, Everyday, Eating, which won the Cuisine Canada gold medal. Her latest release is Dinner Chez Moi: The Fine Art of Feeding Friends. Laura was recently honoured with the Ordre National du Mérite Agricole by the French government.
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Laura Calder was born and raised in eastern Canada. She attended university in Canada and the U.K., and began her career in journalism before turning to food, studying at the Dubrulle Culinary Institute in Vancouver, Canada, and at Ecole de Cuisine La Varenne in France.[1]
After a decade of living in France, Laura is now based in Toronto.[2]
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| Year | Show | Role | Notes |
| 2007-2010 | French Food at Home | Host | |
| 2007 | The Chateau Dinner, French Food At Home Special | Herself | |
| 2008 | Twas the Night Before Dinner Christmas Special | Herself | Christmas special with Bob Blumer, Anthony Sedlak, Anna Olson, and Ricardo Larrivée |
| 2011 | Iron Chef America | Herself/Judge | Battle mussels |
| Top Chef Canada | Herself/Guest judge | Episode "The French Feast" Judged the elimination challenge |
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| Recipe to Riches | Herself/Judge | ||