Christina-Laia Vlahos

Christina-Laia Vlahos is a Canadian television presenter. She hosts the show "Star Foodies!" on Canada's OMNI.1 channel.

Early life Vlahos was born in Toronto to a Greek-Canadian family. Both her parents immigrated to Canada in the 1960s where they met and have resided ever since. She received a Bachelor of Arts double degree in mass communications and political science from York University in Toronto. The first season, subtitled Greece Edition, resulted from Vlahos living between Greece and Canada. In each episode sees Vlahos meet with a Greek celebrity to talk about life and food, before heading back to Canada to re-create a personal recipe of the celebrity with a Canadian Chef. The first episode of the series included Greek singer and actor Sakis Rouvas, and Canadian Chef Christine Cushing recreating Rouvas' personal recipe for Pastitsada, a dish from his home island of Corfu.

The National Herald describes Christina as the "tall, statuesque and very Greek-Canadian, TV entertainer" who has made a name for herself with the cooking show Star Foodies and in the fourth season took to the road to Cyprus to show off food and local talent.

The fifth season of the travel and food series was filmed on Aegina Island. The Weather Network From February 2020-2021, Vlahos was contracted (1-year maternity leave) as Presenter on The Weather Network in Canada. She presented the weekend evening/overnight program across Canada and also appeared live on the CBC Saturday and Sunday evenings reporting the current, and long range local weather forecast. CBC anchor, Marivel Taruc referred to Christina as "a real bright spot" in the show, during her final weather segment on CBC Live (Ontario) January 31, 2021.