His company offers a multiplatform culinary experience to Canadians. Among its main achievements:
- a magazine read by over 650,000 people every issue
- ricardocuisine.com, the reference among Canadian cooking websites, with 7,000 recipes and 4.4 million monthly visitors
- Over 1.2 million fans on social media
- a television show on ICI Radio-Canada Télé for the past 21 years and a number of other productions presented here and abroad
- 13 books in French and 6 books in English, all bestsellers
- three boutiques and three restaurants in Saint-Lambert, Quebec City and Laval
- an online boutique offering the entire range of RICARDO products
- a RICARDO ready-to-eat counter at the Galeries de la Capitale in Quebec City
- a collection of cooking accessories available in 600 outlets across Canada
- a range of over 100 RICARDO food products available exclusively at IGA, including some now sold in Sobeys stores in Ontario
Trained at the Institut de tourisme et d’hôtellerie du Québec (ITHQ), Ricardo continued his studies with a degree in broadcasting from Ottawa’s Algonquin College before embarking on his well-known career as a communicator.
Over the last several years, Ricardo was appointed to the Order of Canada and the Ordre national du Québec, thanks to his efforts to make the culinary arts accessible to all and for his involvement in various social causes. In 2017, he received an honorary degree from the Institut de tourisme et d’hôtellerie du Québec for his career achievements. He was also awarded an honorary doctorate in nutrition by Université Laval along with his wife Brigitte for their contributions to culinary issues and nutrition in Quebec.
A man of compassion, Ricardo has been the spokesperson for over 15 years for La Tablée des Chefs, an organization whose mission is to feed people in need and to develop culinary education for youth. His commitment and devotion to young people has been rewarded with a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.
Lastly, along with architect Pierre Thibault and triathlete Pierre Lavoie, Ricardo is one of the founding members of Lab-École, a non-profit organization that aims to bring together multidisciplinary expertise to design the environment of tomorrow’s schools.