Bruno Feldeisen

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Bruno Feldeisen
Born1964or1965(age 58–59)
Culinary career
Cooking style French
Current restaurant(s)
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Bruno Feldeisen (born 1964or1965) [1] is a French chef, restaurateur and television personality. He is current executive chef at the Semiahmoo Resort near Blaine, Washington and a judge for The Great Canadian Baking Show on CBC Television. [2] Aside from his work as a chef, Feldeisen is a spokesman for the mental health advocacy group Anxiety Canada. [3]

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He is the former executive pastry chef for the Four Seasons Hotel New York in New York City and Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver in Vancouver. [3] Feldeisen is also a former instructor at the Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts and a multiple James Beard Award nominee.

Early life

Feldeisen was born in Clermont-Ferrand, France. [4] He moved to the United States in the 1980s and permanently relocated to Vancouver in 2007. [1]

Television career

He has been a competitor on the cooking competition reality series Sweet Genius , Chopped Canada , Donut Showdown , and Beat Bobby Flay . [4] [2]

Since November 2017, Feldeisen has been a judge for The Great Canadian Baking Show , a Canadian adaptation of The Great British Bake Off produced for CBC Television. [4] [5] [6]

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The second season of The Great Canadian Baking Show premiered on CBC Television on September 19, 2018. Ten amateur bakers competed over eight weeks of challenges throughout the competition for the title. Canadian actor and television personality Dan Levy and Canadian-British actress Julia Chan returned as hosts, with French-born Canadian chef Bruno Feldeisen and Canadian-Australian pastry chef Rochelle Adonis also returning as judges. For the second season, producer Marike Emery stated that the audition process prioritized "skill over personality" and that the tasks would be more challenging than the first season.

The third season of The Great Canadian Baking Show premiered on CBC Television on September 18, 2019. Ten amateur bakers competed over eight weeks of challenges, vying for the title. The season marked the debut of Carolyn Taylor and Aurora Browne, of the Baroness von Sketch Show, as hosts and chef Kyla Kennaley as judge. French-born Canadian chef and pastry expert Bruno Feldeisen returned as judge for a third season.

The fourth season of The Great Canadian Baking Show premiered on CBC Television on February 14, 2021. As with previous seasons, ten amateur bakers will compete over eight weeks of challenges, vying for the title. The season marked the debut of Ann Pornel and Alan Shane Lewis as hosts, who replaced Carolyn Taylor and Aurora Browne. Bruno Feldeisen and Kyla Kennaley returned for their fourth and second seasons respectively as judges.

The fifth season of The Great Canadian Baking Show premiered on CBC Television on October 17, 2021. As with previous seasons, ten amateur bakers will compete over eight weeks of challenges, vying for the title. Ann Pornel and Alan Shane Lewis return for their second season as hosts. Bruno Feldeisen and Kyla Kennaley return for their fifth and third seasons respectively as judges.

The sixth season of The Great Canadian Baking Show premiered on CBC Television on October 2, 2022. As with previous seasons, ten amateur bakers will compete over eight weeks of challenges, vying for the title. Ann Pornel and Alan Shane Lewis return for their third season as hosts. Bruno Feldeisen and Kyla Kennaley return for their sixth and fourth seasons respectively as judges.

References

  1. 1 2 Stainsby, Mia (March 15, 2014). "Four Seasons pastry chef shares story of his sorrowful childhood". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
  2. 1 2 Donahue, Stefanie (November 9, 2017). "Local chef wraps up production on The Great Canadian Baking Show". The Northern Light. Blaine, Washington. Archived from the original on November 9, 2017. Retrieved November 9, 2017.
  3. 1 2 Shore, Randy (November 11, 2017). "Meet the Chef: Bruno Feldeisen has got game". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved November 16, 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 "Bruno Feldeisen - CBC Media Centre" . Retrieved 2017-11-04.
  5. Yeo, Debra (February 7, 2018). "Great Canadian Baking Show renewed for Season 2". Toronto Star. Retrieved February 8, 2018. Actors Daniel Levy and Julia Chan will return as hosts, along with judges Bruno Feldeisen and Rochelle Adonis.
  6. "Bruno Feldeisen and Kyla Kennaley: Judges". CBC Life. Retrieved 2019-05-29.