Education
The restaurant life did not satisfy his culinary inventiveness and personality, so he turned to communications, which he studied in Ottawa.
The restaurant life did not satisfy his culinary inventiveness and personality, so he turned to communications, which he studied in Ottawa.
He hosts "Ricardo on Radio-Canada and previously hosted Ricardo and Friends which aired on Food Network Canada. In the 1980s, Ricardo enrolled in the Institut de tourisme et d"hotellerie du Quebec (ITHQ), Quebec"s top hospitality institute. This is where his passion for all things culinary began.
Larrivée then moved to Regina, Saskatchewan when a Radio-Canada job in radio opened up.
While creating dishes both simple and elaborate in his spare time, he gained a reputation as a good cook and landed his first food show on Radio-Canada. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation was experiencing lay-offs, however, and Larrivée was one of the laid off employees.
lieutenant was from there that he moved back to Montreal and continued to share his enthusiasm and his recipes while working as a food reporter for television, radio, and newspapers. A long-time favourite on Radio-Canada, he left his unique mark on such television shows as Menu a la carte, Pêché mignon, Secrets de famille, Indicatif présent, Christiane Charrette, and Beau temps pour s"étendre, in addition to appearing on Saisons de Clodine on the Tennessee Valley Authority television network.
He also writes a column in the lifestyle section the daily newspaper Louisiana Presse.
During the past twelve years, Larrivée has become a household name in Quebec. In 2002, Larrivée created a new television show, with an accompanying magazine. The show and magazine are simply titled Ricardo.
Once again Larrivée found success with the third season of Ricardo.
lieutenant enjoyed the highest ratings of all television morning shows on Radio-Canada. while his magazine is published five times a year in a print run of over 80,000 copies for each issue. Ma cuisine week-end, in the autumn of 2004, which went into a second printing for a total of 65,000 copies.