“Warmth.” “Passion.” “Infectious flair.” Those are some of the words CTV executive Pat DiVittorio applies to Mary Berg, the 29-year-old MasterChef Canada winner who’s starring in her very own cooking show beginning Sunday at 7 p.m.Mary Berg, the first female winner of MasterChef Canada, brings her bright-eyed bushy-tailed nature to CTV with her new show Mary’s Kitchen Crush. Pickering-raised Berg was 4 when her father died in a car accident that also seriously injured her mother and brother. The lasagnas and pot pies that friends and neighbours brought over as the family recovered made an impression on her. Article Continued Below“I saw how impactful those laundry baskets filled with casserole dishes were to our family,” Berg says over the phone. “Mary brings a special warmth and passion to the screen,” says DiVittorio, CTV’s vice-president of programming, explaining Berg’s appeal as a TV star.

Source: thestar April 24, 2019 17:15 UTC