Darren MacLean | Calgary’s star of Netflix’s The Final Table | Alberta, Canada
Calgary chef Darren MacLean, owner of the celebrated izakaya-style restaurant Shokunin, is the sole Canadian contender on Netflix’s new competitive cooking series, The Final Table. Born and raised in Alberta, the outspoken chef uses the international cooking competition as a platform to highlight his home province’s vibrant culinary scene. Here, MacLean reflects on his unique philosophy of combining traditional Japanese izakaya cuisine and local Albertan ingredients that helped propel him to culinary stardom in Netflix’s new original series.
