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Veronica Wu weighs her next kitchen move
After winning MasterChef Canada, the Rotman graduate is considering professional kitchen experience while continuing her data engineering career at Unilever.
Veronica Wu with her trophy after winning MasterChef Canada's eighth season.Photo: Courtesy of Bell Media
The context
Where the work begins
Veronica Wu won the eighth season of MasterChef Canada in December 2025, emerging from a field of 15 home cooks. An early challenge shook her confidence, but her signature braised pork belly with potato puree and pickled radish helped her advance. Fellow U of T graduate Liz Worndl also reached the final three.
The takeaway
What follows
Wu earned Rotman's Master of Management Analytics in 2019 and joined Unilever as a data scientist. She now manages a data engineering team there. Cooking remained a way to socialize through university and later became a creative outlet. Following her win, she is considering culinary training and restaurant placements, with a possible Chinese or Chinese fusion restaurant in mind.
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Veronica Wu weighs her next kitchen move
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