Michael Dixon Smith is an American-born Canadian chef and cookbook writer. He has hosted ''

The Inn Chef ''The Inn Chef'' is a television show hosted by professionally trained chef Michael Smith. ''The Inn Chef'' is filmed on site at Inn at Bay Fortune along with many locations in Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia. The Inn Chef creates menus ...

'', ''

Chef at Home Chef at Home is a Canadian cooking reality TV show presented by professionally trained chef Michael Smith (chef), Michael Smith. Produced by Ocean Entertainment, it debuted October 5, 2004 on Food Network (Canadian TV channel), Food Network Canada a ...

'', and judged on '' Chopped: Canada'' on the Canadian Food Network. Smith is Prince Edward Island's Food Ambassador, a nutritional activist, and an advocate for sustainable home cooking and farm-to-table cuisine.

Career

At age seventeen, Smith started cooking in kitchens while attending art school. Within five years he was the Head Chef at a large, upscale bistro. He then enrolled at The Culinary Institute of America, where he graduated second in his class. After graduation, Smith worked in Michelin three-star restaurants in Europe, as well as kitchens in South Africa, the Caribbean, and New York City. Smith relocated to Prince Edward Island with the desire to cook sustainably by building a garden and developing partnerships with local farmers and fishermen. Smith started as a chef at The Inn at Bay Fortune in 1991. His first television show,

(1998), was filmed on location at the Inn, and across

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and Prince Edward Island. Smith lead the team that cooked for athletes in Whistler,

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during the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. With his wife and business partner Chastity, Smith purchased The Inn at Bay Fortune in 2015. FireWorks, the on site restaurant, practices sustainable cuisine by growing its own vegetables in the surrounding gardens and sourcing local seafood. In 2019, Smith was appointed to the

Order of Canada The Order of Canada (french: Ordre du Canada; abbreviated as OC) is a Canadian state order and the second-highest honour for merit in the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, after the Order of Merit. To coincide with the c ...

as a member "for his contributions as a chef, entrepreneur and champion of local foods, as well as for his efforts to develop regional tourism." In the same year, the Smiths opened a sister property, The Inn at Fortune Bridge.

Personal life

In 2009, Smith created a five-year scholarship for students in the Family and Nutritional Sciences Program at the

University of Prince Edward Island The University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI) is a public university in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, and the only university in the province. Founded in 1969, the enabling legislation is the ''University Act, R.S.P.E.I 2000.'' H ...

. On August 17, 2013, Smith married Chastity Smith, a singer-songwriter, on Prince Edward Island, where they live with their three children Gabe, Ariella, and Camille. Smith is a collector of vintage maps.

Filmography

Bibliography

Cookbooks

*''Open Kitchen: A Chef's Day at The Inn at Bay Fortune'' (1998) *''The Inn Chef: Creative Ingredients, Sensational Flavors'' (1999) *''Chef Michael Smith's Kitchen: 100 of My Favourite Easy Recipes'' (2011) *''The Best of Chef at Home: Essential Recipes for Today's Kitchen'' (2011) *''Chef at Home'' (2011) *''Fast Flavours: 110 Simple Speedy Recipes'' (2012) *''Back To Basics: 100 Simple Classic Recipes With a Twist'' (2013) *''Family Meals: 100 Easy Everyday Recipes'' (2014) *''Make Ahead Meals: Over 100 Easy Time-Saving Recipes'' (2015) *''Real Food, Real Good: Eat Well With Over 100 of My Simple, Wholesome Recipes'' (2016) *''Farm, Fire & Feast: Recipes from The Inn at Bay Fortune'' (2021)

References

External links

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Food Network Canada biography
(archived copy taken March 28, 2014 fro

{{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Michael 1966 births Living people 21st-century Canadian male writers American emigrants to Canada American expatriates in Canada American male chefs Canadian cookbook writers Canadian restaurateurs Canadian male chefs Canadian television chefs Chefs from New York (state) Chefs from New York City Culinary Institute of America alumni Food Network chefs Members of the Order of Canada Rochester Institute of Technology alumni Writers from New York City Writers from Prince Edward Island