Kid Food Nation winners at our 2021 virtual gala with YTV hosts Spencer & Tyra and Chef Marysol Foucault

TORONTO, ON [October 30, 2021] – Created through the partnership of President’s Choice Children’s Charity, Corus Entertainment, and BGC Canada (formerly Boys & Girls Clubs of Canada), the fifth annual Kid Food Nation national recipe contest asked young chefs aged 7 – 13 to submit original, healthy recipes that highlighted their culture or their Canadian pride.

Along with a prize pack that included a tablet, culinary tools, and a custom Kid Food Nation chef jacket and apron, our winners enjoyed a virtual cooking class hosted by Chef Marysol Foucault and YTV hosts Spencer Litzinger and Tyra Sweet. And as an added bonus this year, each winner will receive a $5,000 grant from President’s Choice Children’s Charity for an in-class food growing system, plus tools and supplies for the winners and their classmates to cultivate their own kitchen gardens at home.

All the delicious winning recipes, including Smoked Meat Bannock Pizza, Greek Bean Burgers with Dill Yogurt Sauce, Stuffed Jalapeños, and Double Potato Pie, as well as a recipe and foreword from Chef Foucault, are featured in the Kid Food Nation Cookbook, Volume 5, available for purchase from the publisher Les Éditions Cardinal.

The national recipe contest is designed to bring awareness to the Kid Food Nation program that runs at BGC Clubs across the country. Generously supported by President’s Choice Children’s Charity, the eight-week Kid Food Nation curriculum has four main goals:

• Teach children ages 7-12 essential culinary skills
• Encourage healthy choices about the food they eat
• Empower parents and families to plan, prepare, and cook healthy meals and snacks
• Foster healthy habits for life

To date, the program has run at 94 BGC Club locations across the country, and it’s working—over 2,500 kids have taken part in the program and 3 out of 4 participants say they tried a new recipe at home.

President’s Choice Children’s Charity is BGC Canada’s most significant nutrition partner. Along with Kid Food Nation, they support Basic Needs Brighter Future, Project Backpack, and Summertime Eat Well—together, the four programs ensure that all 200,000 BGC members eat well and thrive all year round.

Kid Food Nation also consists of a free, public website created by Corus Entertainment, which includes games, videos, tips about healthy eating, fun cooking facts, recipes, and more—see all the action at kidfoodnation.com.

For media inquiries, please contact:
Jared Morrow
Media Relations Manager, BGC Canada
905-477-7272 x2202
jmorrow@bgccan.com

You’ve seen the cookbooks. You’ve seen the YTV ads. Our Kid Food Nation recipe competition is back!

The contest asks kids ages 7 – 13 across the country to share original, healthy recipes that highlight their culture or their Canadian pride.

With the help of their parent/guardian, kid chefs can submit their recipe at: 

www.kidfoodnation.com

Submissions for the 2019 competition will be accepted until March 31, 2019.

Winners and their families will attend our Kid Food Nation gala this fall in Toronto, where they’ll rub shoulders with famous Canadians and have their recipes featured on the gala menu. Last year, Minister of Health Ginette Petitpas Taylor and Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam both attended the event, along with YTV host Carlos Bustamante.

The 2019 winners will also be published in our third Kid Food Nation cookbook, which features professional photos of each winner and beautiful photos of their recipes!

Watch out for Kid Food Nation media spots on Corus Entertainment’s many channels, including YTV, Disney, and Teletoon, and on BGCC’s social media channels @BGCCAN.

Generously funded by the Government of Canada, Kid Food Nation is created through the partnership of PC Children’s Charity, Corus Entertainment, and BGC Canada.

Photos courtesy of byfield-pitman photography

A huge congratulations to our 2018 Kid Food Nation winners!

The Kid Food Nation national recipe contest asks kids across the country to share their love of good food by submitting original, healthy recipes that highlighted their culture or their Canadian pride.

From hundreds of entries, we chose 26 winners. And this October, the winners and their families will be attending the Kid Food Nation gala at the Château Laurier in Ottawa!

Generously funded by the Government of Canada, Kid Food Nation is created through the partnership of PC Children’s Charity, Corus Entertainment, and Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada.

QUEBEC

Juliette (Québec, QC)
Healthy Muffin with Lemon Zest
Mirko (Mont-Laurier, QC)
Tacorrito
Bowie (Frelighsburg, QC)
Bowie’s Rainbow Pasta

NEW BRUNSWICK

Lily (Fredericton, NB)
Cream of Cauliflower and Asparagus Soup
Samuel (Moncton, NB)
Birthday Party Puff Puffs
* Boys & Girls Club of Moncton
William (Moncton, NB)
Taco Chicken Salad

NOVA SCOTIA

Dihlan (Halifax, NS)
Flaky Potato and Vegetable Puffs
Natalie (Sydney, NS)
Rainbow Smoothie
* Boys and Girls Clubs of Cape Breton – Whitney Pier Youth Club

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

Erica (Kensington, PE)
Erica’s Eggciting Omelet
Raya (Arlington, PE)
Macaroni Madness

NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR

Noah (Eastport, NL)
Snow-Berry Delights
Rebecca (Botwood, NL)
Garlic Moose Melt
* Botwood Boys and Girls Club