Mary Berg (chef)
Mary Berg is a Canadian television host, author, and chef. She won MasterChef Canada season 3 and hosts Mary's Kitchen Crush on CTV.Early life
Berg was born in Pickering, Ontario. When she was four years old, Berg was in a car accident in which her father died. Berg helped out preparing meals for her family from about age 7 and by age 13 was cooking dinner for her family on her own.
Berg obtained her bachelor's degree from Wilfrid Laurier University, double majoring in history and English. She then pursued a master's degree in information science at the University of Toronto.Career
After university, Berg became an insurance broker. She left her job to compete in MasterChef Canada in 2016. Berg was the winner of season 3 of MasterChef Canada and the first ever female winner of the show.
Since winning MasterChef Canada, Berg has appeared as a regular food expert on television shows like Your Morning and The Marilyn Denis Show. In 2017, Berg starred in an eight-episode cooking show on Gusto called Mary’s Big Kitchen Party.
Berg is the first MasterChef Canada winner to host her own cooking show, Mary's Kitchen Crush. The show premiered on CTV in April 2019. Mary's Kitchen Crush won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Lifestyle Series, and Berg won for Best Lifestyle Host, at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards in 2020.
Berg's first cookbook, Kitchen Party, was published in September 2019.Personal life
Berg lives in Toronto, Ontario. She has been a lacto-ovo pescatarian for more than 15 years, though she cooks meat on her show.
