There are so many talented kids in today’s generation. You name it, kids excel at it. Whatever their ‘hobbies’, they train like professionals. They cook, sing, dance, program computers, take competitive gymnastics, play high level hockey, soccer, baseball, lacrosse, football and probably even compete in making ceramics! It’s great to see them step away…
Chef Jordan Wagman's Clean (Your) Soul Food Blog
Baby, I Like Your Style
Cook like a Rock Star When I was a young cook attending culinary school in Florida, I was always star struck by the city’s best chefs. They were rock stars! And I wanted to be just like them. Their plates were their canvas, and every dish had numerous elements that would typically encompass eight or…
Reality Bites
THE BOOK OF FACES “Today is the Tomorrow I worried about Yesterday” The other day, a friend posted the following on social media, ‘May your life be as good as it looks on Facebook’. How awesome would that be? Right? So I asked myself – what does my life on social media look like? Are…
Father and Son
The Greatest (and busiest) two weeks of my life I’m a dad. A very proud dad. I’m also a husband, chef, musician, sales leader and philanthropist. But these last two weeks have definitely exhausted my dad role. I’ve been insanely busy, crazy emotional and incredibly grateful – often all at once. 18 months ago, my…
Tamarack, I want to go back.
There’s no place like…CAMP! I had a million firsts at camp too Summer Camp. Known as the greatest place on earth, also happens to be the place that helped shape who I am. I attended Camp Tamarack in Northern Ontario for 17 whole years. During that time It was definitely my happy place. The seeds of a…
I’m not Julie Andrews, But These Are a Few of My Favourite Things…
Chef Jordan’s tips to Eating Clean “I cheat!” In a recent interview, I was asked about my journey to clean eating and how I’m able to maintain such clean eating habits. I cheat! Although I eat clean most of the time, I let myself cheat every once in a while. I’ll enjoy a beer, eat…
Produce and Prep
Food Delivery • • • I’m a creature of habit. Especially when it comes to grocery shopping. I drive to the same shops, walk the same isles, buy the same food, in the same order. I rarely stray from this itinerary. But I can’t possibly be the only person that does this –…
For the love of fond!
Is “restaurant quality food” difficult to re-create? Preparation is Everything! If you’re trying to re-create foods eaten at Alinea in Chicago – one of the best restaurants in the world – I wish you the best of luck! There are few people in the world that can replicate that kind of food. But I know that…
Me. Food. Psoriasis. Clean.
For over 30 years, I have suffered the affects of my severe Psoriasis For over 30 years I have suffered the affects of my severe Psoriasis. 32 years to be exact. In those 32 years I have never found anything that offered prolonged periods of being Psoriasis-free. Not until two years ago when I started…