After university, Berg became an insurance broker. She left her job to compete in
MasterChef Canada in 2016. Berg was the winner of
season 3 of MasterChef Canada and the first ever female winner of the show. In 2017, Berg starred in an eight-episode cooking show on Gusto called ''Mary's Big Kitchen Party.
She served as a culinary consultant for the Star Trek: Discovery'' episode, "
Vaulting Ambition." Berg is the first MasterChef Canada winner to host her own cooking show, ''
Mary's Kitchen Crush. The show premiered on CTV in April 2019. Mary's Kitchen Crush
won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Lifestyle Series, and Berg won for Best Lifestyle Host, at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards in 2020. Mary’s Kitchen Crush'' won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Lifestyle Series again in 2021 at the
9th Canadian Screen Awards, where Berg also won Best Lifestyle Host. Berg's first cookbook,
Kitchen Party, was published in September 2019. That same year, she released her second cookbook,
Well Seasoned.
Well Seasoned won the gold medal at the 2022 Taste Canada Awards for best general cookbook. On 6 April 2022, Berg won the
Canadian Screen Award for Host, Lifestyle at the
10th Canadian Screen Awards.
Mary Makes It Easy also won the award for Lifestyle Program or Series, on which Berg is a co-executive producer. On 12 April 2023, Berg hosted the
11th Canadian Screen Awards ceremony for Lifestyle and Reality Television categories.
Mary Makes It Easy won in three categories, including 'Best Lifestyle Program or Series', 'Best Direction, Lifestyle or Information', and 'Best Photography, Lifestyle or Reality/Competition'. In February 2022,
Mary Makes It Easy premiered on
Food Network in the USA. She served as co-host for the CTV show,
Cross Country Cake Off, which premiered in December 2022. In June 2023, Berg was announced as the host of
The Good Stuff with Mary Berg, a new daily talk and lifestyle series replacing
The Marilyn Denis Show on CTV's daytime schedule. The show's name came from a quote Berg included in her first cookbook from
Ratatouille: "‘If you are what you eat, then I only want to eat the good stuff."
The Good Stuff premiered on 5 September and airs weekdays at 10am Eastern Time. In July 2023, Berg announced that she will be hosting a podcast called Mary's Reservation for Two. Her third cookbook,
In Mary’s Kitchen: Stress-Free Recipes for Every Home Cook was published in October 2023. ''In Mary's Kitchen'' won a 2024 Taste Canada Awards in the General Cookbooks category. A series of poorly photo-shopped ads were taken out on
X in January 2024 falsely claiming Berg had been arrested.
The Good Stuff addressed the ads on X on 5 January, writing "We are aware of the ongoing issue of fake advertisements targeting Mary Berg. We encourage our followers to remain vigilant against these deceptive ads and report suspicious content to the platform they're using." The ads were determined to be a cryptocurrency scam. On May 30, 2025 Berg won in two categories at the
13th Canadian Screen Awards.
Mary Makes It Easy won for Best Lifestyle Program or Series, on which Berg produces, and for Best Host, Lifestyle.
The Good Stuff with Mary Berg was also awarded Best Talk or Entertainment News Series. Berg was also nominated as Best Host, Talk Show or Entertainment News for
The Good Stuff with Mary Berg. On June 5, 2025 it was announced at the Bell Media Upfronts that Berg will be appearing as judge on the upcoming Season 8 of
Masterchef Canada, along with Toronto chef and restauranteur Craig Wong and chef and former Top Chef judge
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