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Join celebrity chef and baker Anna Olson as she whips up a tasty kidney-friendly recipe you will want to make at home. Anna will be joined by dietitian June Martin, and together they will share tips on ingredient substitutions, fresh flavour ideas, and healthy ways to continue to enjoy the foods you love.

Whether you have kidney disease or cook for someone who does, you will leave feeling inspired and ready to bring more kidney-friendly goodness into your kitchen.

You can find the recipes from the demonstration on the Kidney Community Kitchen site:

  1. Carrot Barley Pilaf
  2. Sweet & Spicy Korean Baked Cauliflower
  3. Tahini Broccolini with Peppers & King Oyster Mushrooms

Presenters

Anna Olson

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Celebrity baker and accomplished savoury chef, Anna is one of the Canada's most recognizable TV personalities. For over two decades, she’s hosted Food Network Canada shows like “Bake with Anna Olson” and “Great Chocolate Showdown.” On her Oh Yum YouTube channel, which has 1.5 million subscribers, she shares her recipes, livestreams, and new series with a global audience.

Author of 12 bestselling cookbooks, and a Taste Canada Gold Medal winner, Anna combines creativity, entrepreneurship, and mentorship. A former investment banker turned chef, she trained at Johnson & Wales and worked across the U.S. before settling in Niagara, where she ran two bakeries. Now a grandmother, she continues to inspire the next generation of home cooks and bakers.

June Martin

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June Martin has been a nephrology dietitian for over 25 years at Grand River Hospital in Kitchener. Currently she works in Home Hemodialysis, MCKC and in-center dialysis. She is the past president of the Canadian Association of Nephrology Dietitians and was one of the original authors of the Spice It Up series of cookbooks. June has been a long-time volunteer at the Kidney Foundation and currently co-chairs the National Public Policy Committee.

The Kidney Foundation would like to thank our sponsors for making this event possible.


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