Ted’s quest for creating “real food for real people” has seen this high-profile culinary barbecue guru demonstrate his flair for grilling in all venues from swanky ball rooms to the Pacific Ocean to a downtown Toronto parking lot. Today, he owns more than 75 barbecues, grills and smokers in all shapes and sizes and never goes anywhere without one in the back of his truck.

Says Ted: “You can cook anything on the grill.  All you need is some imagination and a ‘have no fear’ attitude.  I love grilling and barbecuing because it brings out the natural flavors of food. It’s all about the grilling, the glazing, the dipping and the licking.”

Ted is probably best known for his former TV show, King of the Q, which aired for three seasons on CTV. But his TV career didn’t stop there. Ted has appeared for five seasons on Fishing the Flats, which aired on OLN, TSN and FOX.  He also appeared for two seasons on PBS’s Grilling Maestros and for nine years appeared as the grill chef on the series Cottage Country. Ted makes regular guest appearances on CTV’s Canada AM, Good Morning Canada and he has appeared several times on Live! With Regis and Kelly in addition to many other television appearances. He is often heard spicing up radio on Toronto’s AM 640 Talk Radio and on Q107 with host John Derringer and the Q107 Tour of the Neighborhood.

Chef Ted Reader on Blend Radio
Chef Ted Reader was a featured guest on Eat, Drink & Be Merry foodies radio on May 11, 2009. To meet the rest of the guests and listen to the entire show, please click here. To listen to Ted's interview, please double click on the Play Button below.

Ted is the author and co-author of 14 best-selling and award-winning cookbooks, including this year’s The Art of Plank Grilling: Licked by Fire, Kissed by Smoke and The Sticks and Stones Cookbook: The Art of Grilling on Plank, Vine and Stone.  In 2005, his Hot and Sticky BBQ won gold in a national BBQ cookbook contest.

For five years, Ted was the Executive Chef at President’s Choice, where he developed over 250 products such as PC Real Jerk Wings and PC Thick and Cheesy Burgers. Ted has his own product development consulting company and has developed products for Heinz, E.D. Smith and Tony Roma’s Restaurants.  Ted has also developed the recipes in the Dave Nichol Cookbook and the PC Barbecue Cookbook. Ted has also been spokesperson for Maille Mustard, McCain, Napoleon Appliance Corporation and Playtex/Wet Ones.