Chef Eric Mah is a Culinary Instructor at SAIT with over three years of teaching experience and a passion for inspiring creativity in the classroom. A graduate of SAIT’s Professional Cooking Program, he began his journey as a student and has truly come full circle.
Before joining SAIT, Chef Mah spent more than 18 years as an executive chef and owned two award-winning Calgary restaurants. One was named Calgary’s Best New Restaurant in 2019 and earned national recognition from Food Network Canada and the Globe and Mail as one of Canada’s Top 10 New Restaurants and Top 3 in the Prairies.
His culinary career spans Western Canada and international destinations, including the Caribbean, where he led kitchens at the region’s largest all-inclusive resort and won multiple first-place awards at the Turks and Caicos International Conch Fest. Chef Mah has also earned accolades such as Best Burger in Calgary and Alberta (2014, 2015) and the Samsung Culinary Competition title.
Beyond SAIT, he collaborates with chefs across the city, consults on hospitality projects, and serves on Chestermere’s Economic Development Advisory Committee as the representative for the restaurant and hospitality industry
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SAIT is located on the traditional territories of the Niitsitapi (Blackfoot) and the people of Treaty 7 which includes the Siksika, the Piikani, the Kainai, the Tsuut’ina and the Îyârhe Nakoda of Bearspaw, Chiniki and Goodstoney.
We are situated in an area the Blackfoot tribes traditionally called Moh’kinsstis, where the Bow River meets the Elbow River. We now call it the city of Calgary, which is also home to the Métis Nation of Alberta.