| Chuck Hughes | |
| Birth Date: | 1976 12, mf=y |
| Birth Place: | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Restaurants: | Garde Manger Le Bremner |
| Television: | Chuck's Day Off, Chuck's Week Off: Mexico, Chuckmas, Chuck's Eat The Street, , À couteaux tirés, Chuck and the First Peoples’ Kitchen |
Chuck Hughes (born December 31, 1976)[1] is a Canadian chef, television personality, and restaurateur. He is the chef and co-owner of Garde Manger[2] [3] and Le Bremner,[4] located in Old Montréal, with partners Tim Rozon and Kyle Marshall Nares.[5] Hughes fluently speaks both English and French.
He became a celebrity chef[6] as the host of the English-language cooking series Chuck's Day Off on the Food Network in Canada and on Cooking Channel in the United States. Since then, he has hosted a travel and cooking show called Chuck's Week Off: Mexico, and Chuck's Eat The Street, where he explores foods along a street in cities around the United States.[7]
Hughes competed on the American cooking show, Iron Chef America, defeating Iron Chef Bobby Flay, becoming the youngest Canadian chef to win, and only the third to do so.[8] [9] [10] He was a competitor on Food Network's The Next Iron Chef: Super Chefs competition.
In 2014, Hughes was a recurring judge on season one of Chopped Canada.[11] He is also the co-host of Casas À couteaux tirés, a French-language cooking competition show, based somewhat on the American series Knife Fight.[12]
| Television | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2006 | Ace of Cakes | Himself | Season 1 episode 5: "Duff Goes Hollywood" |
| 2009–2011 | Chuck's Day Off | Himself/host | |
| 2010 | The Best Thing I Ever Ate | Himself | Season 4 episode 5 and 6: "Under Wraps" and "Cake Walk" |
| 2010–2012 | Unique Eats | Himself | 25 episodes |
| 2011 | Iron Chef America | Himself | Season 9 episode 2: "Flay vs. Hughes: Battle Canadian Lobster" |
| Chuck's Week Off | Himself | ||
| Chefography | Himself | Season 7 episode 1: "Chuck Hughes" | |
| Secrets of Montréal: Cultural Gems | Himself | ||
| The Next Iron Chef | Himself | Contestant Season 4: "Super Chefs" | |
| 2011–2012 | The Perfect 3 | Himself | Season 1 episodes: 9 and 12: "Potato" and "Pies" Season 2 episode 18: "Fish" |
| 2011–2014 | Top Chef Canada | Himself | Guest judge Season 1 episode 6: "The French Feast" Season 3 episode 1: "My First Dish" Season 4 episode 8: "School's Out for the Chefs" |
| 2012–2014 | Chuck's Eat the Street | Himself/host | |
| 2013 | Chopped | Himself | Competitor Season 15 episode 4: "Chopped All-Stars: Mega Chefs" |
| Food Network's 20th Birthday Party | Himself | ||
| 2014 | Chopped Canada | Himself | Recurring judge on season 1 |
| 2014 | À couteaux tirés! | Himself | |
| 2015 | Man Fire Food | Himself | Season 4 episode 13: "Puerto Rican Grilling" |
| 2017 | Chuck & Danny's Road Trip | Himself | |
| 2020 | Chuck et la Cuisine des Premiers Peuples | Himself/host | |