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Ivy Knight | |
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| Born | December 18, 1974 Alert Bay, British Columbia |
| Citizenship | Canadian |
| Occupation | Food Writer |
| Spouse | Kerry Knight |
Ivy Knight is a Canadian food writer and filmmaker. She is best known for her advocacy for people who work in the restaurant industry.[1]
Early Life
[edit]Born in Alert Bay, British Columbia, Ivy spent most of her childhood in Prince Edward Island.
Career
[edit]Ivy began as a dishwasher at a fish and chips restaurant as an 18-year-old and soon got promoted to a line cook.[2]
After moving to Austin, Texas, in 1999, following her husband's appointment as head coach at the Austin Rowing Club, she developed an interest in cooking while watching the newly established Food Network. Seeking formal experience, she trained at Chez Piggy, a well-known restaurant in Kingston, Ontario, where her husband had previously worked. She travelled from Austin to Kingston to apprentice under the restaurant’s head chef. Following her training, she returned to Austin, where she gained further experience staging as a pizzaiolo in a local restaurant.
By the fifth year of her culinary career, Ivy had began writing regularly, balancing part-time work in kitchens with increasing involvement in food media. She began writing about food and chefs for Vice[3] before they launched their food vertical, Munchies. During the final two years of her cooking career, she focused more on writing, media trips, and industry events.[4][5]
After ten years working in professional kitchens, Ivy left the restaurant industry on February 8, exactly a decade after she began. She transitioned into food media after securing a position as a writer and location scout on the Canadian Food Network series Pitchin’ In with Lynn Crawford.[6] The show, hosted by chef Lynn Crawford—formerly the head chef at the Four Seasons in New York City—featured visits to farms across North America, where Crawford engaged in farm work, learned about ingredient production and later collaborated with farmers to create dishes.
Writing
[edit]Ivy started out writing about food from a cook’s perspective for the Globe and Mail, Toronto Star [7] and eGullet. She was included in the 2007 Best Food Writing compilation and was nominated for Landsberg Award.[8] After writing for Vice, she began writing for Playboy as well, where she was assigned to write the obituary after the death of Anthony Bourdain.[9] Later, she also began writing for the New York Times, Rolling Stone, and the New Yorker.[10]
Books
[edit]Ivy has written two cookbooks for HarperCollins; JK: The Jamie Kennedy Cookbook with chef Jamie Kennedy,[11] and The Everyday Squash Cook: The Most Versatile & Affordable Superfood with Rob Firing and Kerry Knight.[12]
She has also written You Know You’re An Islander When, a humour book published by Acorn Press.[13][14][15]
TV and radio
[edit]Ivy has appeared in various Canadian and international shows related to cooking.
She appears in the docuseries The Dark Side of Reality TV by Vice Media.[16] She has also appeared in a Netflix documentary called The Heat: A Kitchen (R)evolution.[17] The documentary premiered at Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival in 2018 and launched the Culinary Cinema programme at the 2019 Berlinale.
She has been a regular guest on radio shows on CBC for Metro Morning with David Common[18] and Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud.[19][20]
Her podcast interviews include Cherry Bombe[21], and Carbface.[22]
Her first film project, Skyline, a documentary short about a 1960s diner, was included in the Hot Docs Film Festival in 2022.[23][24] Her recent filmmaking projects include OPEN, a series of short films shot on Super 8 with her longtime collaborator JR Reid, and media partner Taste Media.[25]
Memes
[edit]Ivy runs @allezceline, a Céline Dion parody meme account devoted to poking fun at restaurant culture. She started the meme account in 2018 as a way to deal with the pressure of a Me Too[26] investigation she was conducting for the Globe & Mail.[27][28]
Personal Life
[edit]Ivy lives with her husband, Kerry Knight in Toronto.
References
[edit]- ^ Manzocco, Natalia (2017-10-04). "It's time to fix Toronto's food culture - NOW Magazine". NOW Toronto. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
- ^ "StarChefs - Profile - Ivy Knight of Ivyknight.ca". StarChefs. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
- ^ "Ivy Knight". VICE. 2018-03-22. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
- ^ "86'd keeps Mondays sacred for Toronto food lovers". www.blogto.com. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
- ^ "Toronto through the eyes of James Chatto". www.blogto.com. Retrieved 2025-04-09.
- ^ Pitchin' In (TV Series 2009– ) - IMDb. Retrieved 2025-04-06 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "Ivy Knight". Chatelaine. 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
- ^ "Ivy Knight shortlisted for this year's Landsberg Award". Transatlantic Agency. 2019-06-11. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
- ^ Editorial, Playboy (2024-09-16). "Anthony Bourdain Democratized Food Like No One Before Him". Playboy. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
- ^ Food, Faces of (2019-01-16). "Ivy Knight#002". Faces of Food. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
- ^ "Jamie Kennedy Kitchens". Jamie Kennedy Kitchens. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
- ^ "The Everyday Squash Cook". HarperCollins. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
- ^ "You Know You're an Islander When…. – Acorn Press Canada". www.acornpresscanada.com. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
- ^ "'Specifically for Islanders': You Know You're An Islander When..."
- ^ "REVIEW: 'You Know You're An Islander When…' by Ivy and Kerry Knight".
- ^ Jane, Ashley; Cluer, Sebastian (2024-10-08), "Hell's Kitchen", Dark Side of Reality TV, Van Hurd, Ivy Knight, Ariel Malone, retrieved 2025-04-06
- ^ "The Heat: A Kitchen (R)evolution", Wikipedia, 2025-04-04, retrieved 2025-04-06
- ^ "Metro Morning with David Common".
- ^ "How does Top Chef: Destination Canada represent our food?". ApplePodcasts. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
- ^ "Kitchen controversy: Drama at the 2023 James Beard Awards".
- ^ "Ivy Knight Of Allez Celine On Restaurants, Memes, And Kitchen Culture". Cherry Bombe. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
- ^ "F*CKBOY ECONOMY". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
- ^ "Documentary about legendary 1960s Toronto diner getting world premiere at Hot Docs". www.blogto.com. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
- ^ Ahearn, Victoria. "Hot Docs adds slew of Canadian world premieres". Retrieved 2025-04-09.
- ^ "Groundbreaking New Docuseries Exposes the Unseen Side of Restaurants | TasteToronto". Groundbreaking New Docuseries Exposes the Unseen Side of Restaurants|TasteToronto. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
- ^ reporter, Michele Henry Staff (2015-08-14). "Restaurants Canada CEO ignored allegation of physical abuse, says former cook". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2025-04-09.
- ^ "Meme culture and how silly things on the internet have become a lifeline during the pandemic". Toronto Star. 2025-04-12. Archived from the original on 12 April 2025. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
- ^ "Canadian winemaker Norman Hardie accused of sexual misconduct". The Globe and Mail. 2018-06-19. Retrieved 2025-04-06.