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Our Team

The Team:

CHRIS KNIGHT
Executive Producer

Chris is the President of Knight Enterprises, and the Executive Producer of some of the most innovative and intriguing lifestyle programming, seen on television.

His most recent projects include Road Grill, a giant BBQ Road Show starring CFL Legend Matt Dunigan. The series is currently airing on Food Network Canada. Another one of his series is the HGTV hit Junk Brothers. This exciting furniture transformation series now airs in Canada, the United States, and in several markets internationally.

As Executive Producer, Chris is responsible for the creation of over 300 hours of mouth watering television including the series Table d’Hote. He was nominated for a James Beard and a Gemini award for his series ‘Cook Like a Chef’ & ‘The Great Canadian Food Show’. Chris has also brought back the fun in backyard BBQing with the extremely popular ‘Licence To Grill’ which recently completed its 5th season.

Also a prolific writer, his passion for and knowledge of haute cuisine has led him to write a plethora of food and travel articles that have been featured in some of the most prestigious magazines in the country. He has now penned 6 cookbooks based on his series; the International Gourmand Award winning cookbook ‘Cook Like a Chef’, ‘A Great Canadian Food Show Companion’, the definitive wine and food pairing guide ‘This Food That Wine, two Grilled to Perfection books and this summers highly anticipated “Road Grill”.

Chris continues to develop new concepts for broadcast on a variety of networks and platforms around the world. His latest projects include a ground breaking reality series for Food Network Canada.

 

KATHY MCINTYRE
Senior Producer

Since joining the company in 2001, Senior Producer Kathy McIntyre has produced, managed and co-written more than 300 half hours of television with Knight Enterprises including the Gemini Award nominated hit series “Cook like A Chef’ and “Licence to Grill”.

In the summer of 2005, Kathy moved into the world of Furniture & Design as co-creator, Producer and writer of ‘Junk Brothers’, HGTV Canada’s run away hit.

In 2005/2006 Kathy also acted as Producer for ‘This Food That Wine’ a funky “how-to” Wine & Food Pairing show with a focus on home entertaining for Food Network Canada.

Presently, Kathy is managing the production of "Road Grill" while developing several other projects. According to Kathy, she is driven by the constant creative challenges that lifestyle television provide her with. Her other motivation? working with passionate & imaginative people.

After ten challenging years of working in the television industry Kathy shows no signs of slowing down. She continues to develop new and innovative show concepts to add to the Knight Enterprises repertoire of upscale programming.

 

SHELDON SPEERS
Head, Business Affairs

Sheldon Speers joined Knight Enterprises as the Head of Business Affairs in May of 2004. Since coming on board, he has overseen the company’s day to day operations, including broadcast licence and distribution agreements, human resources and public relations.

Sheldon’s extensive experience managing business affairs in the Technology sector, affords him a unique forward thinking approach to the business of television production. Sheldon is consistently researching growth areas for the company including mobile content, merchandising, and branding that enables Knight Enterprises to compete with leading production companies around the globe.

His fearless approach towards putting big projects into place & motivation to push his colleagues to the next level have made him pivotal member of the Senior Staff at Knight Enterprises.

What is it that appeals to Sheldon about the business side of the television industry? New technologies that will allow for growth & development. Sheldon continues to explore unique & interesting ways of branching out for the Knight Enterprises team & the high end programming they are known for.