Growing up in Whitby, Ontario, Donna-Marie Pye was introduced to great food at an early age. Memories of summers spent putting up beans, corn, peaches and tomatoes with her mother and sisters, picking and selling strawberries at a roadside country stand, catching fish off the east coast of Canada and cooking over campfires on family camping trips created Pye’s appreciation for unfussy, flavorful food. Pye’s straightforward style and easy-going manner are illustrated by her heartfelt belief that cooking is easy and anyone can do it. All anybody needs are a few tips and tricks, a handful of well-tested recipes and some time-saving cooking tools, all of which is offered at her and collaborator Maria Burjoski's cooking school and kitchen supply store, Relish Cooking Studio, with sincerity and humility. Pye is a Professional Home Economist (P.H.Ec) and holds a Bachelor in Applied Science in Food and Nutrition from Ryerson University, a diploma in Public Relations from York University and has taken cooking courses around the world. She is the best-selling author of four cookbooks including The Best Family Slow Cooker Recipes, 300 Slow Cooker Favorites and 300 Slow Cooker Winners. Her cookbook "The Essential Vortex Air Fryer Cookbook" was released in November 2020, and her newest slow cooker cookbook "Today's Everyday Slow Cooker" was released in March 2021. She is also a busy wife and mother to two grown and almost-gone children, daughter Darcy & son Jack.