Celebrity Chef Lynn Crawford and Comedian Noah Cappe Embark on Groundbreaking Culinary Journey: Food Network Canada's Great Canadian Cookbook

Production on Four-Part Television Docu-Series Begins Today

Ultimate Online Experience for Food Fans to Launch This Year

TORONTO, Jan. 26, 2015 /CNW/ - Two of Shaw Media's most dynamic hosts are heading across the nation and into Canadians' homes and communities on a revolutionary mission to define, document and celebrate Canadian Cuisine. Shaw Media is proud to announce that celebrity chef Lynn Crawford (Chopped Canada) and funny man Noah Cappe (Carnival Eats) have been named the faces of the colossal multi-phase project, Food Network Canada's Great Canadian Cookbook. The multi-platform venture launches later this year with the ultimate online experience for food fans. The website launch will be followed by an explosive four-part docu-series, which starts production today in association with Alibi Entertainment.

"Nothing brings people together quite like food and today we begin our coast-to-coast journey to uncover the heart and soul of Canadian cuisine," said Christine Shipton, Senior Vice President, Content, Shaw Media. "We can't wait for our two brilliant storytellers – Lynn Crawford and Noah Cappe – to chronicle this nation-wide adventure and piece together the beautiful patchwork that is Canada's culinary diversity."

The highly entertaining four-part television series sees Crawford and Cappe travel the country stopping along the way to meet and eat with Canadian food lovers and makers. With a richness in diverse cultures, an abundance of deliciously home-grown ingredients and multi-generations of beloved family recipes to draw from, each episode of Food Network Canada's Great Canadian Cookbook takes a look at Canada's cultural food mosaic by capturing kitchen conversations and chronicling culinary quests with everyday Canadians.

"We are thrilled to be working on this uniquely Canadian project with Food Network Canada," said James Hyslop, Executive Producer, Alibi Entertainment. "We are looking forward to uncovering the stories and recipes that make Food Network Canada's Great Canadian Cookbook a drool-worthy venture."

Launching later this year is the monumental online companion. The site is poised to house the leading collection of Canadian-centric food content including recipes, celebrity videos, and how-to's. Intended to spark a meaningful conversation with Canadians, the virtual platform will be a robust database of curated and user-generated content offerings. More details to be released in the coming months.

Food Network Canada's Great Canadian Cookbook four-part television series is an original production produced by Alibi Entertainment for Shaw Media and Food Network Canada. The digital component is designed and produced by Toronto-based agency Digital Howard in collaboration with Alibi Entertainment, Shaw Media and Food Network Canada.

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About Shaw Communications
Shaw Communications Inc. is a diversified communications and media company. Shaw serves 3.2 million consumers and businesses through a reliable and extensive fibre network. Shaw provides consumers with broadband Internet, WiFi, Digital Phone and Video services. Shaw Business provides businesses with Internet, data, WiFi, telephony, Video and fleet tracking services, and ViaWest provides collocation, cloud and managed services. Shaw Media provides Canadians with engaging programming content through one of Canada's largest conventional television networks, Global Television, and 19 specialty networks, including HGTV Canada, Food Network Canada, HISTORY® and Showcase. Shaw is traded on the Toronto and New York stock exchanges and is included in the S&P/TSX 60 Index (Symbol: TSX – SJR.B, NYSE – SJR). For more information about Shaw, please visit www.shaw.ca.

About Alibi Entertainment Inc.
Alibi Entertainment Inc. is a content production company working across the broadcast and digital spectrum on documentary, lifestyle, drama and branded entertainment projects. Alibi is part of Section 8, which owns and operates some of the most acclaimed and successful production, animation and post production/editorial companies in North America with more than 120 employees and revenues of more than $50 million. Alibi is lead by award winning filmmaker James Hyslop and is staffed by content and production experts with diverse experiences and unique backgrounds who love telling stories.

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For media inquiries, please contact: Ginger Bertrand, Senior Publicist, Food Network Canada, Shaw Media, 416.934.4676, [email protected]