Chuck Hughes (born December 31, 1976) is a Canadian

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, and

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. He is the chef and co-owner of Garde Manger and Le Bremner, located in Old Montréal, with partners Tim Rozon and Kyle Marshall Nares. Hughes fluently speaks both English and French.

Biography

He became a

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as the host of the English-language cooking series '' Chuck's Day Off'' on the

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in Canada and on

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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. Hughes competed on the American cooking show, ''

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'', defeating

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, becoming the youngest Canadian chef to win, and only the third to do so. He was a competitor on

's '' The Next Iron Chef: Super Chefs'' competition. In 2014, Hughes was a recurring judge on season one of '' Chopped Canada.'' He is also the co-host of Casas ''À couteaux tirés'', a French-language cooking competition show, based somewhat on the American series ''

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''.

Filmography

References

External links

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Chuck and the First Peoples' Kitchen
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hughes, Chuck 1976 births Living people Anglophone Quebec people Canadian male chefs Canadian restaurateurs Canadian television chefs Chefs from Montreal Food Network chefs Television personalities from Montreal