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Hudson’s Bay Home VISION STATEMENT

Hudson’s Bay Home is the ultimate style destination helping Canadians live their Best Style of Life,

in every room, for every occasion.

Quality, function and style drive the most exciting brands with products that inspire the aspiring Interior Decorator, Entertainer, Home Chef and Foodie, from Barista to Baker, Grill Maker to Ultimate Host.

As the authoritative voice of Canadian style, our flagships and top doors are staffed with Product and Design Experts, supported by our celebrated Canadian Culinary and Style Council, and augmented with an Ecomm experience that reinforces our promise to offer simple solutions with the best product and the best service, for the Best Style of Life.

WE WILL BUILD & LEVERAGE OUR AUTHORITY POSITION WITH OUR CULINARY COUNCIL OF CANADIAN CHEFS:

ANNA OLSON is Canada’s baking sweetheart, and with her positive and common sense approach in the kitchen, she has become one of the country’s most recognizable television chefs. Hosting Food Network’s “Bake with Anna Olson”, “Fresh with Anna Olson”, and “Sugar”, she has earned a loyal following in over 190 countries and can now be watched on the Oh Yum YouTube Channel as well as on her latest series, “Inspired with Anna Olson”. Both the Ontario Hostelry Institute and the Canadian Food & Wine Institute have recognized her for ongoing contributions to the development of Canadian food culture.

CHUCK HUGHES is the chef and co-owner of celebrated restaurants Garde Manger and Le Bremner located in Old Montréal. He’s hosted a handful of shows, including Chuck’s

Day Off on Canada’s Food Network and Chuck’s Eat the Street, in which he explored American street-food culture. Hughes was also the youngest Canadian chef to win Iron Chef America.

STEFANO FAITA’s million-watt smile is recognizable to most Quebecers with cable TV and a kitchen—and even those with neither. With three bestselling Italian cookbooks under his belt, four busy restaurants in Montreal, and a starring role as host of the countryside roving table-to-farm show Arrive en Campagne, Faita is a household name in the province. His foray into retail has made him a familiar face in grocery aisles as well, where he’s been able to translate name power to shelf appeal with Stefano-branded frozen pizzas, sausages, and tomato sauce.

MICHAEL SMITH, one of Canada’s best-known chefs, is a passionate advocate for simple, sustainable home cooking and an inspiration for families creating their own healthy food lifestyle. He’s the host of Chef Michael’s Kitchen, Chef at Home and Chef Abroad seen on Food Network Canada and in more than 100 other countries. He’s a judge on Chopped Canada and has traveled the world for his innovative web series, Lentil Hunter.

(Meyer partner)

MASSIMO CAPRA is the chef/owner of celebrated Toronto restaurant Mistura and Mississauga hotspot Capra’s Kitchen. Author of "One Pot Italian" and "Three Chefs the kitchen men" which in 2011 received the gold award from Canadian Culinary Book Award, Chef Capra is the food editor for "Canadian Home Trends" magazine.

As well, Chef Massimo is no stranger to television and is a regular guest expert on the long running City TV Cityline. He has been a chef host on the series Restaurant Makeover on the Food Network and a judge on the hit show Chopped Canada.

(Breville partner)

Acclaimed designer BRIAN GLUCKSTEIN is renowned for creating luxurious interiors in cities such as Aspen, Palm Beach, Miami and New York. As a regular guest expert on nationally broadcast television show Cityline for over 20 years, Brian has offered design solutions and advice on home style. Voted Favourite Interior Designer by the readers of House and Home, in 1999 Brian launched GlucksteinHome, a complete line of home furnishings including furniture, tabletop, bedding, bath and décor bringing his elegant aesthetic to a wider public.

ARREN WILLIAMS is a renowned designer and interior stylist whose influential career in the design world can be tracked across magazines, newspapers and television for the last two decades. Style is in Arren's DNA, and he definitely started honing his eye for style when young. “At the age of 12 I wasn’t playing with GI Joe, I was collecting Art Deco clocks,” he explains.

CHRISTIANE LEMIEUX is a Canadian design entrepreneur, author and television star. Lemieux was selected as one of Fortune’s 2012 'Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs.’ She is founder of DwellStudio, The Inside, and has recently launched her lifestyle brand LEMIEUX et CIE. Christiane is a frequent contributor to Architectural Digest, Apartment Therapy, Editor At Large and other design outlets and has authored the critically acclaimed design books “Undecorate” and “The Finer Things”.

Canadian born NINA MAGON is an international, multi-award winning interior designer and TV personality renowned for her signature refined modern aesthetic that perfectly balances bold high design with a glamorous appeal. Her lavish residential, commercial and hospitality interiors have won her international acclaim as she has been recognized as one of the top designers in the world by Hospitality Design Magazine, Interior Design Magazine, NBC & BRAVO TV to name few.

SCOTT MCGILLIVRAY is a Canadian entrepreneur, retail investor, television host, author and educator. As North America's go-to expert when it comes to all things real estate, he engages daily with his 1M+ followers, sharing his passion about all things property and loving nothing more than sharing the insider secrets of his success.

He is a HGTV and DIY Network star in both Canada and the US with the television series Income Property, Moving the McGillivrays and his newest series, Buyers Bootcamp with Scott McGillivray.