Daphna rabinovitch biography for kids

Familiar to fans of Canadian Living Television, where she inspired viewers with her "you-can-do-it" approach to cooking, Canadian Living Associate Food Editor Daphna Rabinovitch is sharing her international experience and her passion as co-host of Canadian Living Cooks.

Daphna grew up in Montreal, arriving in Toronto in the late '70s to pursue her BA in Political Science and Economics at the University of Toronto.

But food had always been a passion and, after graduation, Daphna combined her love of food with her business background to operate a catering company. A year later, she traveled to San Francisco to train at Tante Marie's Cooking School, at the same time apprenticing with chef Bradley Ogden and pastry chef Steve Froman at the Campton Place Hotel.

Her path firmly charted, Daphna worked for eight months in Tuscany as personal chef to Lorenza de Medici and her family. At the same time, she worked with Lorenza as an assistant teacher at th