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Surrey, B.C. concrete contractor David Jorge tasted sweet victory this month. After battling 15 chefs from across the country for seven weeks, he took home $100,000 and the top spot on the reality cooking show MasterChef Canada.
Many of the ingredients to his success came from experiences working on construction projects.
Jorge's father started a concrete contracting company in the 1970s after immigrating to Canada from Portugal.
Seeing his father's success, Jorge decided to take a similar path.
At 17, he began working full time at Avante Concrete and about eight years ago he started running its operations.
Currently, he and his brother, Kevin, have been in the process of purchasing the company from their retired father.
The full-service concrete company specializes in higher end finishes like driveways, sidewalks,...