A Nova Scotia-based chef just launched his new series, emphasizing his home-province\u2019s local eats and the joy of cooking for Canadians.<\/p>\n
You may recognize Andy Hay from when he was a contestant on season 5 of Master Chef Canada, where he placed as runner-up, before he returned in season 7 of Master Chef Canada: Back to Win and finished as a co-runner up.<\/p>\n
Now, along with his love for cooking, Hay has launched his own HGTV show on the Food Network.<\/p>\n
Andy\u2019s East Coast Kitchen Crawl takes the Peggy\u2019s Cove-native across the Atlantic provinces of Canada, as he visits different local, high-end restaurants, home kitchens and everywhere in between.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The show highlights different east coast cuisines, and people, as Hay shares the stories of locals and provides his own expertise.<\/p>\n
Hay told Now Toronto that bringing his content from small screen social media platforms to a longer form television series was always a major goal.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe part of Instagram that I really like is just constantly getting out there, making new recipes, getting inspired,\u201d Hay explained. \u201cBut I think what\u2019s cool is I built my brand using and showcasing the east coast, and it just takes it to a whole new level, meeting the people, the landscape, more of those food traditional stories that make Atlantic Canada so awesome.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hay added that it was important to show the people behind the plates, especially in Atlantic Canada.<\/p>\n
\u201cLife can be tough, but one thing that [people from the east coast] do pretty well is \u2018do\u2019 with a smile on your face and try to have a good time with it,\u201d he said. \u201c[We] invite people just off the street, like we had that while we were filming in the summer, people just inviting us right into their homes\u2026 It\u2019s comforting, it\u2019s very friendly. It\u2019s neighbor-first, and it\u2019s just a trusting place.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hay said with his new series, he wanted to share unique east-coast dishes with the country, something he got into with his wife.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe went to Southeast Asia. She fell in love with cooking,\u201d Hay shared. \u201cWe came home, back to Halifax, and in 2011 there weren\u2019t any Thai or Vietnamese restaurants, so I\u2019m craving this food now. I have to teach myself how to cook and then I just got really into it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hay added how he would teach himself through cookbooks and YouTube videos, catapulting himself towards wanting to pursue a career in culinary arts full-time.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to be a poor man\u2019s Anthony Bourdain. I want a food travel show, and that\u2019s been the dream since day one, is that this is all I\u2019ve ever wanted,\u201d Hay said.<\/p>\n
Now, following his Master Chef Canada run in 2021, Hay is finally catching his big break with his very own show.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo kitchen is too big or too small. We do fine dining. We do like grandma\u2019s kitchen,\u201d he said. \u201cTrying to capture not only just like the high-end food, but what is it that makes up Atlantic Canadian food? It is a surprisingly diverse area in different ways. There\u2019s loads of different kinds of traditions, cultures, and we just dove deep into it and tried to understand a little bit more.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hay added that he also thinks the ingredients from Atlantic Canada are the best in the world.<\/p>\n
Andy\u2019s East Coast Kitchen Crawl premiered on April 10 and airs every Friday on HGTV\u2019s Food Network.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Nova Scotia-based chef just launched his new series, emphasizing his home-province\u2019s local eats and the joy of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":623011,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[233656,136037,49,48,75,96963,100967],"class_list":["post-623010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-andy-hay","tag-anthony-bourdain","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-food-network","tag-hgtv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=623010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623010\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/623011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=623010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=623010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=623010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}