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Laura Calder is a trusted and established expert in food, entertaining, home-making, and art de vivre.

Perhaps best known for her James Beard Award-winning series, French Food at Home, which debuted on Food Network and continued to air worldwide, Laura more recently authoredThe Inviting Life: An inspirational guide to homemaking, hosting and opening the door to happiness. She has also written four cookbooks, judged two seasons of Recipe to Riches, hosted a number of television specials, and appeared as a guest judge on Iron Chef America and Top Chef Canada.

 Laura holds undergraduate degrees in liberal arts and linguistics, a Master’s in social and organizational psychology from the London School of Economics, and a post-graduate certificate in cross-cultural studies. In 2011, she was named a knight of the Order of Agricultural Merit (l’Ordre du Mérite Agricole) by the French government, one of the country’s highest civilian honours.

 After a decade in France, Laura now lives in Toronto, where she was named a 2019 ADWEEK Toronto brand star. She is married to author and journalist, Peter Scowen.

Learning Points:

• What is an Inviting Life?
• Why is it important to make a ‘Welcome Home’?
• Why are the little things so important?