Roger Mooking
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Mooking pauses to talk, during a demonstration at the CNE.
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| Born | Trinidad |
| Education | George Brown Culinary Management Program |
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| Cooking style | Global |
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Roger Mooking is a Canadian chef, musician, and TV host. Mooking was the host of the television series "Man Fire Food" (2012 to 2015). He is also the host and co-creator of Everyday Exotic. Both programs aired on the Cooking Channel and Food Network Canada. He also appears on Heat Seekers with Aarón Sanchez on Food Network. Mooking has made guest appearances on shows such as Today, Good Morning America, The Marilyn Denis Show, Iron Chef America, Top Chef Canada, and Chopped: Canada. Mooking's band Bass Is Base received a Juno Award for Best R&B/Soul Recording in 1995.
Mooking was born in Trinidad into an extended family made up of food and beverage business providers. He moved to Canada at the age of five, and grew up in Edmonton, Alberta, where his parents were in the restaurant business. He has both Caribbean and Chinese ancestry. Mooking was introduced to European flavors by his mother, who prepared dishes from recipes passed on by her Ukrainian neighbors.
Mooking studied culinary arts at George Brown College of Hospitality and still continues to operate as the chair of the Professional Advisory Committee. Mooking worked at Toronto's Royal York Hotel before co-owning and consulting on many food and beverage operations in Ontario.
During his years as a restaurateur, Mooking was the Executive Chef/Co-Owner of Kultura Social Dining and Nyood Restaurant.
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