Ted Reader

Reader is from Paris, Ontario, and is a graduate of George Brown College's culinary management program.

[1] Beginning his career in local restaurants, he eventually became executive chef at the Skydome Hotel at Rogers Centre in Toronto.

He is the author of several cookbooks including Sticks and Stones: The Art of Grilling on Plank, and Vine and Stone, which was awarded the Silver Medal in the Cuisine Canada 2000 Cookbook Awards.

Reader also has a line of sauces and products, called Ted's World Famous BBQ.

In 2010, Reader attempted to set a world record for the largest hamburger, grilling a 268-kilogram burger in downtown Toronto as part of a promotional tour for a cookbook.