Our cookbook of the week is Chuck’s Home Cooking by Montreal-based chef, TV host and restaurateur Chuck Hughes.

Jump to the recipes: savoury breakfast bread pudding, cauliflower salad with lemon and black pepper dressing, and lamb ragu with conchiglioni.

Chuck Hughes insists he’s no different from any other home cook. Though, he admits, “I do probably chop carrots faster.” Hughes has been co-owner and executive chef of Montreal restaurant Garde Manger since 2006. He was the youngest Canadian to win Iron Chef America in 2011, defeating Bobby Flay with his lobster poutine. No stranger to streaming, he’s hosted many TV shows, including Chuck and The First Peoples’ Kitchen.