Lars Willum is an accomplished culinary chef who has worked at some of the finest country inns and restaurants on Cape Breton Island.

He produces and stars in the popular cooking show Be My Guest, highlighting the food, cultures, and communities of Cape Breton Island and wrote weekly newspaper column for several years.

Lars has represented Canada as culinary chef at the Seafood Expo in Belgium, Munich, Holland and represented Cape Breton as culinary chef for a Trade Mission in Iceland, and has judged international culinary festivals in Iceland. He also appears regularly on CBC’s Maritime Noon.

He is the author of the cookbook – Sea Food Through My Eyes and Festive Flavours.