Anna Olson is Canada’s baking sweetheart and an accomplished savoury chef. Her positive and common-sense approach in the kitchen has made her one of the country’s most popular and recognizable television chefs. As the host of Food Network’s Bake with Anna Olson, Fresh with Anna Olson, and Sugar, Anna has earned a loyal following in hundreds of countries worldwide. She continues to expand her audience as a guest on Breakfast Television and on The Good Stuff with Mary Berg, and through her YouTube channel, Oh Yum with Anna Olson, which has over 1.5 million subscribers. Whether in the kitchen, on television (or both!), Anna never fails to impress with her wealth of cooking knowledge and experience!
In addition to hosting her own television shows, Anna has been the co-host and judge on Great Chocolate Showdown and Junior Chef Showdown. In 2018, she joined Iron Chef Canada’s special holiday baking episode as their Iron Chef, where she was victorious against her competitor.
Using food as her creative medium, recipe development is one of Anna’s greatest accomplishments. She is the author of a number of bestselling cookbooks, including Anna Olson’s Baking Wisdom and Baking Day with Anna Olson, which won the Gold Medal at the Taste Canada Cookbook Awards. Her recipes have also been published in several magazines, and many of her cookbooks have been translated into Spanish. In addition, Anna has her own line of kitchen products, called Anna Olson Kitchen.
Anna is an avid promoter of the local food movement. She works under the motto “what grows together, goes together” and infuses her cooking with great local ingredients. Both the Ontario Hostelry Institute and the Canadian Food & Wine Institute have recognized Anna for her ongoing contributions to the development of Canadian food culture.
