Cellar Door Productions (PEI) and Ocean Entertainment (NS) are pleased to announce the launch of their newest series Chef at Large with Chef Michael Smith, premiering Tuesday January 8th on Food Network Canada.

Chef at Large is an intriguing documentation of a world of cuisine you never knew existed. Building on the popularity of The Inn Chef, join Chef Michael on a culinary quest as he meets other fascinating Chefs, investigates their amazing kitchens and explores their unique and challenging worlds. From a dude ranch in British Columbia, to boarding one of the largest cruise ships in the world, to a look behind the courts with the NBA’s Toronto Raptors, Chef Michael is on an adventure of a lifetime, as he travels across Canada and around the world in search of fascinating people and places even he only dared to dream about.

“I can’t believe I get to do this for a job!” says Chef Smith. “I’m honoured to be able to tell the stories of the hard working heroes of the food business. There are tons of great chef’s out there doing amazing things in extraordinary places, this is their show!”

“We are the premiere series for the Food Network for 2002” states Gretha Rose, Cellar Door’s President. “Even though it is a documentary series, Chef at Large is about food, adventure and fun, which is who Chef Michael is as a person. We are planning for our next 13 episodes already.”

“Food Network Canada is an amazing new programming platform for the television industry,” says Johanna Elliot, Ocean Entertainment’s president. “We are very pleased to have such a dominant maritime presence on this nationally prominent network. Our region is rapidly solidifying its role as an equal player with the rest of Canada ”

The series is co-produced in partnership Chef Michael Smith, Cellar Door Productions and Ocean Entertainment, with whom Cellar Door has successfully co-produced and launched both The Inn Chef and Saturday Night - A Day in The Night of Chef Michael Smith. The program will air weekly on Food Network Canada beginning Tuesday January 8th at the following times:

Tuesdays 1:30pm, 9:30pm and 12:30am EST Saturdays 9:00pm EST Sundays 1:00pm and 10:00pm EST

For further information, contact: Richard Jamieson/Gretha Rose Cellar Door Productions (902) 628-3880

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