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Anna Olson

Before realising cooking and baking was her true calling, Anna earned a degree in political studies and sociology from Queen’s University of Kingston, Ontario. She spent a few years in banking before deciding it was not her life long dream. Anna promptly enrolled herself into the culinary program at Johnson & Wales University in Denver. After graduating, Anna traveled across the United States and finally settled herself in Canada’s Niagara region.

She began her career as a pastry chef at a premier winery restaurant located in the midst of prime Niagara farm and wine country named, ‘Inn on the Twenty’. It was here where she met her husband, Michael Olson.

Anna became a notable celebrity chef after starring in her own successful cooking shows, Sugar, Kitchen Equipped and Fresh with Anna Olson. Sugar, a series about desserts, allowed Anna to show off her baking expertise, creating deliciously sinful goodies. Fresh with Anna Olson was filmed in her beautiful home in the Niagara region. Proximity to some of the most fertile and productive farming in Canada allowed her to showcase incredibly fresh, seasonal ingredients in her tasty and approachable recipes. Currently, Sugar and Fresh with Anna Olson are airing on the Asian Food Channel.

Other than starring in her own cooking shows, Anna has also published several successful cookbooks. Currently, she has six cookbook publications under her belt, with her most recent release titled, Fresh with Anna Olson. Using food as her creative medium, Anna likes to work backwards, starting with ingredients that sound delicious to create components within the recipe body to get a delicious end result.