Eden Grinshpan

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Eden Grinshpan
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation(s)Cook and television personality
Known forHost of Top Chef Canada
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Eden Grinshpan is a Canadian chef and television host based in Toronto, Ontario. She has hosted Top Chef Canada since 2017.

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Early life and education

Grinshpan was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. [1] [2] She spent summers in Israel as a child. [2] [3] Grinshpan graduated from the Metropolitan Preparatory Academy in 2004. [4] Grinshpan studied culinary arts at Le Cordon Blue in London, graduating in 2006. [5] [1]

Career

Grinshpan co-created and hosted the television shows Eden Eats and Log On and Eat With Eden. [6] [2] Log On and Eat With Eden, which debuted on the Cooking Channel in 2013, features restaurants discovered by Grinshpan via food blogs and social media posts. [7] Grinspahn launched the Middle-eastern inspired restaurant Dez in 2018 with Samantha Wasser. [8] The Nolita-based restaurant closed in 2019. [9]

Grinshpan has been the host of Top Chef Canada since 2017. [3] Her first cookbook Eating Out Loud was published in 2020. [10]

Personal life

Grinshpan lives in Toronto, Ontario with her husband, Ido Nivron, and their two daughters. [11]

Publications

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