Ricardo Larrivée


Ricardo Larrivée , also known simply as Ricardo, is a television host and a food writer who lives in Quebec, Canada. He hosts the television show Ricardo on Radio-Canada and previously hosted Ricardo and Friends which was broadcast on Food Network Canada.

Early life and education

In the 1980s, Larrivée enrolled in the Institut de tourisme et d'hôtellerie du Québec, a hospitality institute in Quebec, where he studied hotel management. He studied communications in Ottawa.

Career

Larrivée moved to Regina, Saskatchewan, and accepted a job as a technician at Radio-Canada. He created both simple and elaborate dishes in his spare time and gained a reputation as a good cook. He was hired to present a food show on Radio-Canada. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation was experiencing lay-offs, however, and Larrivée was one of those let go.
Larrivée moved back to Montreal and had the opportunity to share his recipes while working as a food reporter for television, radio and newspapers. At Radio-Canada, he contributed to several television shows, including Menu à la carte, Pêché mignon, Secrets de famille, Indicatif présent, Christiane Charrette and Beau temps pour s'étendre, in addition to appearing on Saisons de Clodine on the TVA television network. He also wrote a column in the lifestyle section the daily newspaper La Presse.
In 2002, Larrivée created a new TV show, Ricardo, with an accompanying magazine. In its third season, the show was the highest rated TV morning show on Radio-Canada. The magazine is published five times a year in a print run of about 80,000 copies for each issue.
Larrivée published a book, Ma cuisine week-end, in autumn 2004, which went into a second printing for a total of 65,000 copies.
Larrivée and his wife, Brigitte Coutu, operate a company headquartered in Saint-Lambert where recipes are tested and the magazines are created.
In 2014, Larrivée was named a Member of the Order of Canada.
Larrivée operates a restaurant in Montreal.
His cooking show employs about 125 people and is shown in about 160 countries.

Television shows

Books