Jamie Drummond (born November 7, 1971) is a Canadian

sommelier A sommelier ( or or ; ), or wine steward, is a trained and knowledgeable wine professional, normally working in fine restaurants, who specializes in all aspects of wine service as well as wine and food pairing. The role of the wine steward in fin ...

, wine consultant, and writer who acts as Senior Editor and Director of Programs for Toronto not-for-profit Good Food Revolution. Drummond was born in

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, Scotland, and is a former pupil of

George Watson's College George Watson's College is a co-educational independent day school in Scotland, situated on Colinton Road, in the Merchiston area of Edinburgh. It was first established as a hospital school in 1741, became a day school in 1871, and was merg ...

. Following this Drummond went on to read Cultural Studies at the

University of East London , mottoeng = Knowledge and the fulfilment of vows , established = 1898 – West Ham Technical Institute1952 – West Ham College of Technology1970 – North East London Polytechnic1989 – Polytechnic of East London ...

, UK. Drummond began working as a sommelier for UK Chef Andrew Radford's

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recognised Atrium restaurant in

, Scotland.
During this time he studied with the United Kingdom's

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(WSET). In 1997 Drummond emigrated to Canada and began working as Sommelier at Toronto's

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. In 2004 he was hired by

Jamie Kennedy James Harvey Kennedy (born May 25, 1970) is an American actor and comedian. He has played Randy Meeks in the ''Scream'' franchise (1996–2000) and a multitude of characters in '' The Jamie Kennedy Experiment'' (2002–2004) on The WB. His oth ...

and was in control of the selection and purchasing of wines for Kennedy's restaurants until late 2009. For some time it was rumoured that he was the chef behind Charlie's Burgers in Toronto, which was not the case. Drummond has served as a wine judge for Intervin, BioVino, Ontario Wine Awards, Royal Agricultural Winter Fair. He also occasionally DJs in Toronto as DJ Non Doctor.

References

External links

Jamie Drummond's blog

Drummond's contributions
to ''GoodFoodRevolution.com'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Drummond, Jamie 1971 births Living people Sommeliers People educated at George Watson's College Alumni of the University of East London Scottish emigrants to Canada