Biography

Born and raised in Vancouver, Lian Cosby pursued studies as a classically trained pianist from a young age, but it wasn’t until she moved to Montreal to further study music that the culinary life beckoned and she decided to trade in the ivory keys for the cuisine.

Lian grew up with her mothers , Her mothers cooking and  and her aunties love of eating She quickly fell in love with traditional French fare — and how the simplest of ingredients could be combined to create a truly memorable dish — and decided to enroll in the Saint Pius Culinary Institute. After graduating, she went on to work her first stage at Ristorante Otto in the Hotel W in Montreal and continued to hone her skills at such acclaimed restaurants as Au Pied de Cochon, Toqué! and Renoir at the Sofitel Montreal and as a personal chef in la belle province for the next eight years.

In 2013, she ventured to France and worked under such acclaimed Michelin-starred chefs as Édouard Loubet in Provence and Emmanuelle Renaut in Haute-Savoie before returning to Canada and joining one of the leading culinary kitchens in canada,  Boulevard at the Sutton Place working under the Mentorship of Chef Alex Chen. 

Lian is currently Jr. Sous Chef working under Chef Robert Bartley for the Aquilini Group at Rogers Arena.