Nancy Guppy, RD, MHSc
Registered Dietitian and Chef Instructor

Nancy has traveled much of the world and still wants to live and work in northeastern Ontario. Chapman's Landing Cooking Studio is one of her new entrepreneurial ventures where she is working to create a sustainable culinary tourism business which draws on her extensive nutrition and culinary background while promoting other Ontario chefs, registered dietitians and historic Nipissing village.

She has been a registered dietitian for the past 17 years. She was raised in the restaurant business in Northern Ontario and admits she comes from a "food family." This is where she started her lifelong passion for cooking and serving healthy food. Nancy has been teaching nutrition and cooking for the past 19 years and is an expert in many areas including diabetes, heart health and vegetarianism. She teaches people to work with whole grains, legumes, fresh herbs and locally produced foods in order to improve their health and enjoy a return to "slower foods." Nancy enjoys empowering people to assess and improve their own diets and lifestyles whether it be for good health or to help manage chronic diseases or nutrition problems like food allergies.

She has a wide variety of work experiences including managing catering operations and institutional nutrition and food services in acute and long-term care centres. Nancy has developed college nutrition curriculum and has worked as a part-time nutrition professor in the Food and Nutrition Management program, School of Hospitality at Canadore College since 2002. She continues to consult with the food industry to develop new products and take them to market. Currently Nancy provides a wide range of consultative services such recipe, product and menu development, cooking and food demonstration, computerized nutrient analysis, nutritional labeling, market research for the government and food industry and more. For more information visit the Consultative Services page.

Education

Nancy graduated with a Bachelor of Applied Science from the University of Guelph and completed a Master of Health Sciences at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. She is an internationally certified food safety and HACCP ServeSafe ® instructor. In Canada she certifies food service managers and supervisors in the Advanced FST ® program (Advanced Food Safety Training).

Memberships

Nancy Guppy is a member of the College of Dietitians of Ontario, Dietitians of Canada, the American Dietetic Association, the Canadian Association of Food Professionals, the International Culinary Tourism Association and the Allied Correctional Food Service Affiliates.

What is the difference between a dietitian and a nutritionist?

A dietitian is a health professional who has a Bachelor's degree, specializing in foods and nutrition, as well as a period of practical training in a hospital or community setting. Many dietitians further their knowledge by pursuing a Master's or Doctoral degree. Registered dietitians are your trusted experts for food, nutrition and diet advice. The title “registered dietitian,” “professional dietitian” and “dietitian” are all protected by law so that only qualified practitioners who have met education qualifications can use that title. The title nutritionist can be used by people with different levels of training. Some qualified dietitians use the word “nutritionist” or “nutrition consultant” in their job title, so check their credentials to be sure you are talking to an expert. All registered dietitians must have the credentials RD after their name in Ontario. Dietitians are members of a provincially regulated profession that has Public Protection as their mandate. Dietitians are held accountable for their conduct and the care they provide.