Ted Reader is a

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chef and author of several cookbooks.

Biography

Reader is from

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, and is a graduate of

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's culinary management program. Beginning his career in local restaurants, he eventually became executive chef at the Skydome Hotel at Rogers Centre in

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. He later held a five-year tenure as executive chef of President's Choice. For nine years, Reader was the featured grill chef on the series ''

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'', and he was also a team chef with '' Cart Racing'' for three seasons, for drivers

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and

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. He has also made regular guest appearances on Citytv’s ''

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'', Toronto’s

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, and is a part of Rock Mornings with Craig Venn and Lucky on 94.9 The Rock. He is the author of several cookbooks including ''Sticks and Stones: The Art of Grilling on Plank'', and ''Vine and Stone'', which was awarded the Silver Medal in the Cuisine Canada 2000 Cookbook Awards. Other cookbooks include ''Napoleon's Everyday Gourmet Grilling'', ''Napoleon's Everyday Gourmet Plank Grilling'', and ''Napoleon's Everyday Gourmet Burgers'' which were bestsellers in Canada. Reader also has a line of sauces and products, called ''Ted's World Famous BBQ''. Products include "Beerlicious BBQ Sauce", "Crazy Canuck BBQ Sauce", "Pineapple Rum BBQ Sauce", "Apple Brown Betty BBQ Sauce", "Orgasmic Onion", "Bone Dust" and "Maple and Cedar Planks". In 2010, Reader attempted to set a

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for the largest hamburger, grilling a 268- kilogram burger in downtown

as part of a promotional tour for a cookbook.

References

External links

Official webpageTed Reader
at the Chef and Restaurant Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Reader, Ted Canadian television chefs Living people Writers from Ontario Canadian cookbook writers People from the County of Brant George Brown College alumni Year of birth missing (living people) Canadian male chefs