Bruno Feldeisen (born ) is a

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and television personality. He is current executive chef at the Semiahmoo Resort near

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and a judge for ''

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'' on

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. Aside from his work as a chef, Feldeisen is a spokesman for the mental health advocacy group Anxiety Canada. He is the former executive

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for the

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and Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver in

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. Feldeisen is also a former instructor at the Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts and a multiple

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nominee.

Early life

Feldeisen was born in

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, France. He moved to the United States in the 1980s and permanently relocated to Vancouver in 2007.

Television career

He has been a competitor on the cooking competition reality series ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and '' Beat Bobby Flay''. Since November 2017, Feldeisen has been a judge for ''

'', a Canadian adaptation of ''

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'' produced for

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* 1960s births Businesspeople from Vancouver Canadian restaurateurs Canadian television chefs French chefs French emigrants to Canada French emigrants to the United States French restaurateurs Living people Pastry chefs Businesspeople from Clermont-Ferrand People from Blaine, Washington Canadian male chefs {{chef-bio-stub