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Jack

She has hosted television shows on both sides of the border; the long running , "How to Boil Water" with Celebrity Chef Tyler Florence on Food Network USA , "Ready as She Grows" on DIY Network, and live pre-game shows for The Cleveland Browns and Cleveland Cavaliers on the CBS/UPN affiliates WOIO/WUAB.

Jack hosted "The Truth About the Sexes" on W Network and the daily lifestyle series "Three Takes" on Slice/Canwest in Canada . Her favourite segments on the show of course, involved cooking with great chefs like "The Main's" Anthony Sedlack, "Restaurant makeover's" David Adgey, "Iron chef's" Kevin Brauch , "Cityline" Chef Massimo Cappra and Aussie Celebrity Jason Roberts.

You can read Jack's humorous columns about life as a "Low tech Mom" in Post City Magazines: www.postcity.com and at www.Yummymummyclub.ca . She is also a freelance comedy writer for major corporate campaigns including "Momedy" for Suave, "Girls night In" for The Canadian Cancer Society, "Breyers Ice cream" for Unilever and LCBO.

Jack is a Second City Alumnus, and wrote and performed in three long running shows with the famed improv comedy troupe. Other Second city alumni include Mike Myers, Tina Fey , Martin Short , Alan Arkin and Steve Carell.

Jack speaks at many live events, Women's Lifefest, The Fabulous Food Show and Giggles and Grub (for MS Canada). Look for her in several feature films and television series and of course, on what's cooking, airing on CityTV.

You can also see Jack on CityTV co-hosting what's cooking with Warren Assaly and Richard Cazeau.

Warren

Warren Assaly has come a long way since his debuts as a busboy in his hometown of Hawkesbury, Ontario. His culinary journey began at the age of 14 in a resto-bar in the area. He went from washing dishes to becoming a short-order cook before moving to Ottawa to attend college. He worked at the Keg Steakhouse for 6 years where he continued to move up from appetizer cook, to sauté cook, to broiler assistant and preparations cook to lead 1st grill cook. In 2006, he was chosen to train cooks for corporate and franchise Keg Steakhouses in both Ottawa and Montreal.

Always wanting to gain more knowledge and experience in the field, Warren has degrees in Business Administration and Hotel & Restaurant Management (both from the Algonquin College). He also recently graduated from the Cordon Bleu Culinary Institute, earning himself specialty diplomas in Basic, Intermediate and Superior cuisine.

With his family background, it’s easy to guess where Warren developed his passion for food! His grandmother Margery Assaly was a nutritionist for one of the Prime Ministers of Canada, his uncle owned the busiest hotel restaurant in Hawkesbury and his two grandfathers also owned and worked in restaurants. Warren says his mother is an amazing cook who has always outlined the importance of eating together as a family to share a meal.

Warren speaks both English and French and loves boating, snowmobiling and motocross racing, which he used to do more of when he was younger. He also enjoys outdoor sports such as tennis, golf, basketball, soccer, hockey and his all-time favorite: beach volleyball. When he has some free time, Warren loves spending time in the kitchen researching and developing food ideas and recipes.

Warren can now be seen on CityTV co-hosting what’s cooking with Jack Hourigan and Richard Cazeau.

Patricia

Patricia Chuey has assisted thousands of people of all ages through her consulting company, patriciachuey.com. She has helped them with weight loss, diabetes management, eating for sports performance and fitting healthy eating into a busy life. She has delivered over 2500 seminars and been interviewed and quoted in countless TV, newspaper and magazine articles. She has authored 5 books and contributed to several others.

From the time she entered the University of Saskatchewan to study nutrition, and later pursue a masters' degree in Physical Education, she knew her life's work would be to help healthy people stay healthy and ultimately to create peace of mind around what should be a relatively simple, yet gets incredibly confusing subject – food.

To further understand why people buy and eat what they do, she spent a few years managing the nutrition affairs for a large supermarket chain. She says the grocery environment was the perfect vantage point from which to watch the whole low carb trend unfold and ultimately crash.

As a volunteer mentor, she assists many students and dietitians in their career pursuits.

She is passionate about healthy living and believes that it can and should be very simple. She is a mom and in her free time enjoys creative ventures in the kitchen, running and taking in the natural beauty of Canada.

Patricia can now be seen on CityTV working as a nutritional correspondent for what's cooking.

Richard

Richard Cazeau is a broadcaster and producer with over 10 years of experience in mass communications.

He is an avid foodie and traveler, self-proclaimed TV-nerd and adrenaline-junkie, and has a curiosity for culture. Speaking both French and English, with some Spanish, Richard is no stranger to the world of television. For 5 years, he worked as an anchor, reporter and producer for a popular international entertainment news program on MuchMoreMusic. From conducting live celebrity interviews on the "red carpet" to hosting radio shows, Richard has also produced a wide range of TV features. During his run on The Loop, he interviewed such diverse notables as: billionaire Richard Branson, environmental scientist David Suzuki, comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, filmmaker Spike Lee, actor Jamie Foxx, actress Shirley MacLaine, musicians The Dixie Chicks, musicians Coldplay, and music legend Dolly Parton, just to name a few.

He has also appeared on programs such as: moderator on Oxygen Channel's "Talk Sex With Sue", guest host on Rogers' "Daytime Toronto", guest on The CBC's "CBC News Sunday", The Score's "Cabbie On The Street", Book Television's "The Word This Week", CityTV's: "CityLine", "News at 6" and "Star! Daily".

In 2007, he hosted Season One of the award-winning "The Adrenaline Project", an adventure show for teenagers currently seen on YTV (Canada), FOX 4Kids (USA), GO (South Africa) and Boomerang (Latin America). Within the same year, he also hosted another extreme series called "Ultimate Dream Day" for RushHD (which involved car racing, parachuting and roller derby), now airing in the United States and Canada. His new Talk/Countdown series for TVTropolis called "Switch" premiered on September 1st, 2009 (with guests Erik Estrada, Nicolas Brendon, Wilson Cruz, Michael Yo, Michael Fishman, Ray Wise, Kathy Garver, and more).

Finally, this past winter Richard was in Whistler and Vancouver working with VANOC's Sport Production Crew, testing events for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games and will be returning for the Games in February as a Field Correspondent in Whistler.

Richard Cazeau can now be seen on CityTV's what's cooking, where he co-hosts with Jack Hourigan and Warren Assaly.