Martin Picard is the chef and proprietor of Au Pied de Cochon, one of Canada's most original and wildly popular restaurants, and of the Cabane a Sucre, a seasonal restaurant located on 130 acres of maple bush in Saint-Benoit-de-Mirabel in the Laurentian Mountains. He has been a professional chef since the 1990s, has worked with renowned chefs across the globe and was a member of the culinary team that opened Montreal's internationally acclaimed restaurant Toque. He has earned distinction for his mastery of Southern French cuisine to which he adds his own unique, contemporary twist. The author of the bestselling Au Pied de Cochon: An Album, he lives in Montreal, Quebec.