Anna Olson

Anna Olson may be Canada’s baking sweetheart, but she’s an accomplished savoury chef as well. With her positive and common-sense approach in the kitchen, she has become one of the country’s most recognizable television chefs. Appearing for two decades with shows like “Bake with Anna Olson” and series such as “Great Chocolate Showdown”, her audience has expanded globally through broadcast television. While originally born in Atlanta, Georgia, Anna grew up in Toronto, but found her way back to the U.S. to study culinary arts at Johnson & Wales University and work in Colorado and New Orleans. Originally trained in the world of savoury cooking, Anna is equally recognized for her abilities in the pastry kitchen and values cooking with locally sourced ingredients. She is proud to call Niagara home and has lived and cooked here for 20 years. Anna’s culinary philosophy is based on a common-sense approach of cooking and baking with the seasons as well as respecting the ingredients, the technique and the process of sharing with others through food. Most of all, cooking and baking should be fun! Anna Olson will be joining us on our Main Stage on Saturday, October 18, at 2pm.