Laura Calder

Laura Calder is a Canadian chef who hosted the television series French Food at Home.

Early life and education Calder was born in Saint John, New Brunswick, and raised in Long Reach on Kingston Peninsula, the southern part of New Brunswick. She left New Brunswick to attend Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec. She also attended York University in Toronto, and the London School of Economics in the U.K., after a stint as a sports reporter for a New Brunswick newspaper. Leaving London to return to Canada, Calder took a job in public relations, but left that position to enroll in the Dubrulle Culinary Institute, a cooking school in Vancouver. She then studied cooking at the École de Cuisine La Varenne in France.

Career Calder has written four cookbooks, including French Food at Home (2003), French Taste: Elegant, Everyday, Eating (2009), Dinner Chez Moi: The Fine Art of Feeding Friends (2011), and Paris Express: Simple Food from the City of Style (2014). French Taste was awarded the 2010 Taste Canada gold medal for cookbooks. 2010: Taste Canada — Winner of gold medal for Cookbook: French Taste: Elegant Everyday Eating 2010: James Beard Foundation Award — Winner of Best Television Show, In Studio or Fixed Location for French Food at Home 2011: Awarded Order of Agricultural Merit