Christian Gaudreault spent his childhood in Quebec, Canada, where he grew up in his family's restaurant. He has worked in Europe and in Vancouver with famed chef and restaurateur Umberto Menghi. Gaudreault became co-owner of The Tomato Fresh Food Café in 1995 and sole owner in 2001. Starllie Spilos's lifelong interest in food and in baking began by watching her mother create desserts. A graduate of the Dubrulle French Culinary School, Starllie received a Les Dames d?Escoffier scholarship to The Culinary Institute of America ? Napa Valley. She is also a baking instructor at a Vancouver high school.