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Ricardo and Friends
19 September 2011 Monday at 10:00pm
19 September 2011 Monday at 10:00pm
Ricardo Larrivee
Over the past twelve years, Ricardo has become a household name in Quebec.
At 17, he was naturally drawn to Quebec’s top hospitality school in Montréal, where he developed his passion for all things culinary. He then moved to Ottawa and pursued his studies in broadcasting. Combining his two passions, Ricardo got his start in 1990 at Radio-Canada in Saskatchewan.
In 2002 he launched a cooking show on Radio-Canada called, Ricardo. He met with resounding success: his television show, has the highest ratings of all daytime programs (between 6am to 6pm) on Radio-Canada.
To get his recipes into more kitchens, he launched Ricardo magazine, which has been a huge hit, with 100,000 copies of each issue. The magazine is now available for franchise around the world.
In 2006, Ricardo also hit the airwaves coast-to-coast with a new show « Ricardo & Friends », seen on Food Network Canada. Succes meets again.
Encouraged by Canadians’ insatiable appetite for new culinary knowledge, he published three cookbooks; Week-end Cooking, La Chimie des desserts and Meals for Every Occasion that have won awards in Canada.
Spring 2009 marked the launch of his website, ricardocuisine.com in English and French. The site quickly reached nearly 1% Canadian market penetration, with 5 millions page views every month.
Ricardo is the head of Ricardo Media, a company dedicated to cooking, which produces magazines, a website and TV shows for Ricardo and other chefs.
More than just a brand, Ricardo is a family- oriented approach to living. He is a modern father of tree daughters.
Ricardo takes an active interest in youth issues. He is the spokesman for La Tablée des Chefs, an organization that offers cooking classes and summer camps for disadvantaged youth, among other programs. Ricardo considers this a very important cause, because he believes that knowing how to cook and eat better are essential ingredients for personal independence and a better future.
Ricardo has gone from success to success. Now it’s your turn to get to know Ricardo.
At 17, he was naturally drawn to Quebec’s top hospitality school in Montréal, where he developed his passion for all things culinary. He then moved to Ottawa and pursued his studies in broadcasting. Combining his two passions, Ricardo got his start in 1990 at Radio-Canada in Saskatchewan.
In 2002 he launched a cooking show on Radio-Canada called, Ricardo. He met with resounding success: his television show, has the highest ratings of all daytime programs (between 6am to 6pm) on Radio-Canada.
To get his recipes into more kitchens, he launched Ricardo magazine, which has been a huge hit, with 100,000 copies of each issue. The magazine is now available for franchise around the world.
In 2006, Ricardo also hit the airwaves coast-to-coast with a new show « Ricardo & Friends », seen on Food Network Canada. Succes meets again.
Encouraged by Canadians’ insatiable appetite for new culinary knowledge, he published three cookbooks; Week-end Cooking, La Chimie des desserts and Meals for Every Occasion that have won awards in Canada.
Spring 2009 marked the launch of his website, ricardocuisine.com in English and French. The site quickly reached nearly 1% Canadian market penetration, with 5 millions page views every month.
Ricardo is the head of Ricardo Media, a company dedicated to cooking, which produces magazines, a website and TV shows for Ricardo and other chefs.
More than just a brand, Ricardo is a family- oriented approach to living. He is a modern father of tree daughters.
Ricardo takes an active interest in youth issues. He is the spokesman for La Tablée des Chefs, an organization that offers cooking classes and summer camps for disadvantaged youth, among other programs. Ricardo considers this a very important cause, because he believes that knowing how to cook and eat better are essential ingredients for personal independence and a better future.
Ricardo has gone from success to success. Now it’s your turn to get to know Ricardo.
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