MARY BERG is the bestselling author of Kitchen Party: Effortless Recipes for Every Occasion, the host of Mary Makes It Easy and Mary's Kitchen Crush, the Season 3 winner of MasterChef Canada, as well as a cooking expert on Your Morning, The Social, and The Marilyn Denis Show in Canada. After degrees in history, English, and information studies, Mary detoured into a career in insurance for five years, before being convinced by her family to audition for MasterChef Canada and ultimately stealing the show! She has since launched her cooking career full time, and never looked back. Mary lives and cooks in Toronto. Her first word was “cheese.”