Member of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: November 3, 2011
• Invested on: May 25, 2012

Anita Stewart is an enthusiastic and dedicated promoter of Canadian cuisine. Called a culinary activist, she has spent the last 30 years exploring Canada, sometimes even by dog sled and on Canadian Coast Guard icebreakers, discovering and chronicling the stories of the essential foods of our nation and the talented people who serve them. A journalist for a wide selection of Canadian and American magazines, newspapers and blogs, she is also the author of a dozen books focused on our regional culinary reality. She is a CBC food columnist, a passionate volunteer and the founder of Cuisine Canada and Food Day Canada.