Mary Berg

MARY BERG is the host of The Good Stuff with Mary Berg on CTV and a judge on MasterChef Canada as well the as bestselling author of In Mary's Kitchen: Stress-Free Recipes for Every Home Cook, Well Seasoned: A Year's Worth of Delicious Recipes and Kitchen Party: Effortless Recipes for Every Occasion. She is also the host of the 5x Canadian Screen Award-winning Mary Makes It Easy and the 4x Canadian Screen Award-winning Mary’s Kitchen Crush, as well as the Season 3 winner of MasterChef Canada. After degrees in history, English, and information studies, Mary detoured into a career in insurance for five years, before being convinced by her family to audition for MasterChef Canada and ultimately stealing the show! She has since launched her cooking career full time, and never looked back. Mary lives and cooks in Toronto.

Her first word was “cheese.”

Mary’s newest cookbook Mary's Comfort Classics will be out September 22nd, 2026.