With 'Top Chef Canada' Season 11 casting currently underway until mid-April, many Canadian chefs from coast to coast to coast are crossing their fingers to end up on the popular reality competition series. On this special one-off podcast episode (co-hosted by Dan Clapson, Carmen Cheng and Phil Wilson), we chat with one of the show's judges Mijune Pak, as well as and Season 10 runner-up Dez Lo about everything from what attributes a successful TCC competitor needs to possess, tips and tricks for the application process and more. While not every chef who appears on a season of 'Top Chef Canada ..read more

On the latest episode of Melodies and Menus, co-hosts Madison Olds and Dan Clapson talk with Clifton Murray, one quarter of the chart-topping act The Tenors, as well as drag queen superstar Anita Wigl'it. With The Tenors having an upcoming holiday tour across Canada and a current holiday single "Christmas Miracle", there's plenty to chat with Clifton about from family food traditions, creating four-part harmonies and more. Ms. Wigl'it dishes on her time on RuPaul's Drag Race Canada Vs. The World (the international franchise of the population competition series), living in Vancouver, being an ..read more

To kick off our new episode, Dan Clapson and Madison Olds chat with food personality AND Juno Award winner Roger Mooking. No stranger to the food television realm, Mooking has long been a household favourite, hosting many programs and currently serving as a judge on the popular series Firemasters. Mooking is also a celebrated musician, being part of the award-winning Bass is Base in the 90s, and his 2021 EP Edibles proves that his creativity still extends well beyond the kitchen. Next, Sarah Blackwood of the Juno Award-winning band Walk Off The Earth joins the co-hosts to talk about the band ..read more

co-hosts Dan Clapson and Madison Olds chat with rising star LØLØ. The pop-punk songstress has been making waves over the past couple years thanks to her catchy tunes and a prominent presence on TikTok. LØLØ talks about her first-ever American tour—which wrapped recently—as well as her unexpected new holiday single "christmas vacation" and her family traditions at this time of year. Next, the co-hosts discover that to interview jazz icon Molly Johnson is to fall even deeper in love with Molly Johnson. The acclaimed singer recently released her captivating album It's A Snow Globe World and is a ..read more

Co-hosts Madison Olds and Dan Clapson chat with one half of the duo BROS–and one quarter of The Sheepdogs–Shamus Currie about his love of Prairie food and how his recently released album Vol. 2 came to life. If you haven't heard it yet, trust that it's the perfect soundtrack to the dwindling days of summer. Fake Shark singer Kevvy joins next to talk about why takeout wins out over home cooking (for himself) every single time, some of the similarities between Vancouver and L.A. when it comes to food and what his band has in store for the remainder of 2021 ..read more

Phil Wilson chatting with special guest co-hosts Fiona Odlum of CBC Saskatoon and Eat North's Dan Clapson about the "what ifs" of post-pandemic dining. Will drive-in experiences make a resurgence? Odlum throws back to 30+ years ago when A&W offered "in-car" dining of sorts that even included a mini fork for your fries. From there, the three discuss if the pandemic has improved their skills as a home cook and why choosing good quality canned tomatoes over out-of-season fresh ones is always the way to go. Wilson leads the chat about Top Chef Canada as he shares his thoughts on last night's ..read more

We've got Top Chef Canada on our minds lately and so do our podcast hosts, Emma Waverman and Phil Wilson. After all, it is why we started this podcast in the first place back in 2018. Before dissecting the new cast of chefs and last night's premiere episode, the two chat in detail about types of flour–the "it" ingredient of the current pandemic–why it's important to understand their differences and why you can't substitute one for another when baking certain things at home. After a glutenous conversation and a comprehensive look at the first episode of Top Chef Canada season eight where Wave ..read more

Emma Waverman and Phil Wilson kick off this week’s episode of the More Than Maple Syrup podcast with a brand-new segment called “What’s in a Name?” The duo are joined by Fifendekel owner Jacquie Fenske, who, as the series’ title suggests, provides an origin story for the uniquely-named restaurant. Next, Waverman and Wilson jump into the main topic of this week’s episode, International Women’s Day. After our hosts briefly discuss the state of equality in Canada’s culinary scene, we hear from a prolific panel of Canadian women, who each give a shout-out to the women who’ve impacted them the mos ..read more

Eat North co-founder Dan Clapson is back in the More Than Maple Syrup booth this month and in an interesting twist, he’s joined by co-host Phil Wilson while Emma Waverman is away on a culinary adventure in Niagara. The gentlemen kicked things off with a conversation about enRoute magazine’s longlist of Canada’s Best New Restaurants, breaking down the nuances of the nomination process and point out which provinces are leading the pack. After making their predictions for who is likely to be frontrunners for the highly anticipated enRoute Top 10 shortlist, the duo discuss Eat North’s upcoming P ..read more

On the latest episode of Melodies and Menus, Dan Clapson and Hailey Benedict chat with country music icon Carolyn Dawn Johnson as well as Melissa B from Traitors Canada. First, Carolyn Dawn Johnson talks about her approach to supporting independent artists, watching Nashville grow over the past three decades and her new single "Road Blocks". Hailey and Dan discuss the third episode of Traitors Canada before its first eliminated Traitor, Melissa B, joins the co-hosts to chat. Hailing from St. John's, Melissa loves her local live music scene and shares some of her favourite local artists in a ..read more