Mary Berg (chef) explained

Mary Berg
Birth Date:1989 12, df=yes
Birth Place:Pickering, Ontario, Canada
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Mary Berg is a Canadian television host, author and cook, who rose to fame as the winner of the third season of MasterChef Canada. She has been the host of two television cooking shows, Mary's Kitchen Crush and Mary Makes It Easy, and the daytime talk show, The Good Stuff with Mary Berg. She has released three cookbooks, Kitchen Party, Well Seasoned and In Mary's Kitchen.[1]

Early life

Berg was born in Pickering, Ontario.[2] When she was four years old, Berg was in a car accident in which her father died.[3] [4] Her mother and brother survived the accident with injuries, but Berg survived relatively unscathed.[5] Berg helped out preparing meals for her family from about age 7 and by age 13 was cooking dinner for her family on her own.[6]

Berg attended Pine Ridge Secondary School in Pickering, Ontario, and later went on to obtain her bachelor's degree from Wilfrid Laurier University, double majoring in history and English.[7] She then pursued a master's degree in information science at the University of Toronto.

Career

After university, Berg became an insurance broker. She left her job to compete in MasterChef Canada in 2016.[8] [9] Berg was the winner of season 3 of MasterChef Canada and the first ever female winner of the show.[10]

Since winning MasterChef Canada, Berg has appeared as a regular food expert on television shows like Your Morning and The Marilyn Denis Show.[11] In 2017, Berg starred in an eight-episode cooking show on Gusto called Mary's Big Kitchen Party.[12] She served as a culinary consultant for the episode, "Vaulting Ambition."[13]

Berg is the first MasterChef Canada winner to host her own cooking show, Mary's Kitchen Crush. The show premiered on CTV in April 2019.[14] Mary's Kitchen Crush won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Lifestyle Series, and Berg won for Best Lifestyle Host, at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards in 2020.[15] Mary’s Kitchen Crush won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Lifestyle Series again in 2021 at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards, where Berg also won Best Lifestyle Host.[16]

Berg's first cookbook, Kitchen Party, was published in September 2019.

In 2021, Berg premiered the new series Mary Makes It Easy, designed around simple, easy-to-make recipes for people who struggle with their cooking skills, on CTV Life Channel.[17] That same year, she released her second cookbook, Well Seasoned.[18] Well Seasoned won the gold medal at the 2022 Taste Canada Awards for best general cookbook.[19]

On 6 April 2022, Berg won the Canadian Screen Award for Host, Lifestyle at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards. Mary Makes It Easy also won the award for Lifestyle Program or Series, on which Berg is a co-executive producer.[20]

On 12 April 2023, Berg hosted the 11th Canadian Screen Awards ceremony for Lifestyle and Reality Television categories. Mary Makes It Easy won in three categories, including 'Best Lifestyle Program or Series', 'Best Direction, Lifestyle or Information', and 'Best Photography, Lifestyle or Reality/Competition'.[21]

In February 2022, Mary Makes It Easy premiered on Food Network in the USA.[22] She served as co-host for the CTV show, Cross Country Cake Off, which premiered in December 2022.[23] [24]

In June 2023, Berg was announced as the host of The Good Stuff with Mary Berg, a new daily talk and lifestyle series replacing The Marilyn Denis Show on CTV's daytime schedule.[25] The show's name came from a quote Berg included in her first cookbook from Ratatouille: "‘If you are what you eat, then I only want to eat the good stuff."[26] The Good Stuff premiered on 5 September and airs weekdays at 10am Eastern Time.[27]

In July 2023, Berg announced that she will be hosting a podcast called Mary's Reservation for Two.[28] Her third cookbook, In Mary’s Kitchen: Stress-Free Recipes for Every Home Cook was published in October 2023.[29] [30]

A series of poorly photo-shopped ads were taken out on X in January 2024 falsely claiming Berg had been arrested.[31] [32] The Good Stuff addressed the ads on X on 5 January, writing "We are aware of the ongoing issue of fake advertisements targeting Mary Berg. We encourage our followers to remain vigilant against these deceptive ads and report suspicious content to the platform they're using." The ads were determined to be a cryptocurrency scam.[33] [34]

Bibliography

Filmography

Television

!Year!Show!Role!Notes
2016MasterChef CanadaselfSeason three winner
2018-2023The Marilyn Denis Showself
2018Culinary consultantEpisode: Vaulting Ambition
2019-2020Mary's Kitchen Crushselfhost
2021-2023Mary Makes it Easyselfhost
2022-2023Cross Country Cake-Offselfco-host
2023-pres.The Good Stuff with Mary Bergselfhost

Personal life

Berg lives in Toronto, Ontario, with her husband, engineer Aaron Mariash.[37] She has been a Pescatarian for more than 15 years, though she cooks meat on her show.[38] [39]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Amber . Dowling . How Mary Berg Went From ‘MasterChef’ Hopeful to a Millennial Ina Garten . . 13 December 2022.
  2. Web site: Pickering TV chef Mary Berg will debut her first cookbook next year. Fillatrau. Shana. 7 May 2018. DurhamRegion.com. en-CA. 9 May 2020.
  3. Web site: MasterChef winner Mary Berg on becoming a better home cook. Huras. Jessica. 31 March 2020. TRNTO.com. en-US. 9 May 2020.
  4. News: 6 December 2019. Masterchef Canada winner Mary Berg's recipe for stress-free cooking. CBC Radio. 9 May 2020.
  5. Web site: David. Lauren. 2022-01-12. The Family Tragedy That Led To Mary Berg's Love Of Cooking. 2022-01-15. Mashed.com. en-US.
  6. News: Yeo. Debra. 24 April 2019. MasterChef Canada winner Mary Berg warms up the TV screen with her own show. Toronto Star. 9 May 2020.
  7. Web site: The Winner of MasterChef Canada Explains How a Terrible Accident Made Her a Pathological Saver. 16 November 2016. Magazine. 9 May 2020.
  8. Web site: Saying Farewell to Mary Berg. 16 March 2016. Cade Associates Insurance Brokers Limited. en-US. 9 May 2020.
  9. Web site: Celebrity chef Mary Berg cooks with love. Borowiecki. Anna. 21 April 2018. StAlbertToday.ca. en. 9 May 2020.
  10. News: Van Rosendaal. Julie. 25 September 2019. MasterChef Canada winner and author Mary Berg on how to plan a dinner party and what she's reading now. The Globe and Mail. 9 May 2020.
  11. Web site: Mary Berg's Super Versatile White Beans on Toast. Buchar. Lara. 27 March 2020. The Kit. en-US. 9 May 2020.
  12. Web site: From home kitchen to cooking show: hosting a kitchen party with Mary Berg. Frayn. Mallory. 11 November 2017. Eat North. en. 9 May 2020.
  13. Web site: Walker . Kylie . 2021-04-27 . For Mary Berg, cooking is a love letter to family and friends . 2023-09-07 . SBS Food . en.
  14. Web site: One Day in Toronto: Masterchef Canada winner Mary Berg. Ball. Daniel. 5 November 2019. Eat North. en. 9 May 2020.
  15. Brent Furdyk, "Canadian Screen Awards: Winners Revealed In Lifestyle And Reality, Children's And Youth Categories". ET Canada, 26 May 2020.
  16. Marisska Fernandez, "Canadian Screen Awards 2021: News, Documentary, Lifestyle and Reality". Tribute, 18 May 2021.
  17. Greg David, "Award-winner Mary Berg is back on TV with Mary Makes it Easy". TV, eh?, 3 September 2021.
  18. Web site: Brehaut. Laura. 2021-11-26. 'Food, it's infinite': TV host Mary Berg shares seasonal favourites from her family table in new cookbook. 2021-11-27. O Canada. en-CA.
  19. News: 2022-11-14 . Celebrity chef Mary Berg wins best cookbook of the year at 2022 Taste Canada Awards . CBC . 2022-11-28.
  20. Greg David, "Corner Gas Animated, The Hardy Boys, Mary Berg and Canada’s Drag Race win during Night 3 of the 2022 Canadian Screen Awards". TV, eh?, 6 April 2022.
  21. Connie Thiessen, "2023 Canadian Screen Awards: Lifestyle & Reality winners". Broadcast Dialogue, 12 April 2023.
  22. Victoria Priola, "How to watch Mary Berg’s ‘Mary Makes it Easy’ cooking show: Date, time, channel, live stream info". The Patriot-News, 5 February 2022.
  23. Web site: Ball . Daniel . 2022-11-16 . New CTV series Cross Country Cake Off premieres December 4 . 2022-12-07 . Eat North . en.
  24. Web site: CTV . CTV's Original Competition Series CROSS COUNTRY CAKE OFF Premieres with Special Two-Night Event Beginning December 15 . 2022-12-07 . News Wire . en.
  25. Greg David, "CTV orders new daytime series, The Good Stuff with Mary Berg, premiering fall 2023". TV, eh?, 8 June 2023.
  26. Web site: Dowling . Amber . 2023-09-01 . How Mary Berg's 'Ratatouille' obsession led to 'The Good Stuff' . 2023-09-07 . etalk . en-US.
  27. Greg David, "CTV’s new daytime series, The Good Stuff with Mary Berg, debuts Sept. 5". TV, eh?, 23 August 2023.
  28. Web site: Mary's Reservation for Two . 2023-07-12 . iHeart . en.
  29. Web site: 2023-09-05 . 5 exciting new Canadian cookbooks to buy this fall . 2023-09-07 . Eat North . en.
  30. News: Brehaut . Laura . 2023-11-24 . Cook This: Three recipes from In Mary's Kitchen, including Irish onion soup . 2024-02-13 . National Post.
  31. Web site: Singh . Simran . 2024-01-15 . People are once again getting spammed by bizarre fake ads involving CTV host Mary Berg . 2024-01-17 . Daily Hive Canada . en.
  32. Web site: Fletcher . Jack Reuben . 2024-01-06 . Mary Berg Fake X Ads Controversy Here's What We Know So Far? . 2024-01-17 . The Llanelli Herald . en-US.
  33. News: Casemore . Jamie . 2024-01-18 . Why X is full of ads spouting false claims about CTV chef Mary Berg . 2024-02-13 . National Post.
  34. Web site: Gault . Matthew . 2024-01-17 . X Flooded With Bizarre Ads Smearing TV Chef to Promote Crypto Platform . 2024-02-14 . Vice . en.
  35. Web site: Eight delicious recipes from Mary Berg's first-ever cookbook. 11 September 2019. The Loop. en-US. 9 May 2020.
  36. Web site: David. Greg. 2021-08-18. New original culinary series Mary Makes it Easy premieres Sept. 6 on CTV Life Channel. 2021-09-06. www.tv-eh.com.
  37. Web site: Bridges . Katie . 2022-04-14 . At Home With... MasterChef Winner Mary Berg Has Cooked Up Her Dream House . 2022-06-06 . STOREYS . en.
  38. Web site: 'MasterChef Canada' winner Mary Berg show's first female champ. Slotek. Jim. 20 June 2016. Brantford Expositor. en-US. 9 May 2020.
  39. Web site: Profiles of U of T alumni: hail to the chef!. Easton. Megan. 23 November 2016. University of Toronto News. en. 9 May 2020.

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