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Missing celebrity chef Jonathan Gushue surfaces after 10 days. Where did he go?

Where did you go, Jonathan Gushue?

We may never now where or why the Canadian celebrity chef took an extended walkabout unless he or his nearest and dearest dish about it.

Twitter exploded with relief Thursday on reports that Gushue, who disappeared New Year's Eve, had been located safe and sound by police.

The executive chef at top-rated Langdon Hall Hotel and Spa in Cambridge, north of Toronto, was located outside of Ontario, a spokesman for Waterloo Regional Police said, according to The Canadian Press.

"We had a job to do: find a missing person," said spokesman Olaf Heinzel. "We located him. We're satisfied he's OK and in that sense we're pretty well closing the case on this.

"Our concern was to locate him and report back to the family and that's what we've done. It was reported to us from another police agency that he is fine."

Gushue's vanishing act triggered a kind of culinary Amber Alert, including a Facebook page seeking information on his whereabouts.

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The 41-year-old Newfoundland-born chef had been scheduled to work at Langdon Hall's New Year's Eve dinner service after spending the previous night at a Toronto hotel and meeting a colleague for a late dinner, the Globe and Mail reported Monday.

His family reported him missing after he failed to show up for work. Gushue's cellphone was found at the hotel and his car was also found in Toronto. With no leads, authorities went public, hoping to get a tip on his whereabouts.

The Toronto Star quoted Heinzel saying that Gushue had used "public transportation" to get to his mystery destination and was reportedly spotted at the Union Station railway hub.

Police have noted Gushue has dropped out of sight before. Heinzel told the Globe that in the past he's been gone for a couple of days.

"This time, his family is concerned because of the length of time that has passed," he said Monday.

Gushue sometimes has used the name Jonathan Herder, swapping his middle name for his last, though it's not known if that was the case this time.

So what was this ramble about? Gushue, who has three young children, so far has given no clue. His own Twitter account, with only 43 tweets in all, remained silent Thursday.

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Gushue worked his way to culinary renown, starting as a breakfast cook at a northern Ontario chalet, then in restaurant kitchens across Canada and in London. Since joining Langdon Hall in 2005, Gushue has made it one of only two Canadian eateries to make Restaurant magazine's global top 100 in its prestigious poll, the Globe said.

Adrian Brijbassi, managing editor of Vacay.ca, wrote in Huffington Post's travel blog this week about how relaxed things are in Gushue's kitchen.

"I expected stiffness from the kitchen and got jokes and chuckles, even while perfect plate after perfect plate — some of them finished off by Gushue — were hustled out to diners," she wrote.

But Trina Nguyen, writing in The Braiser, noted news reports citing colleagues who speculated that job pressures may be behind his disappearance but who also said the length of time he was off the radar was out of character.

"Where have you been?" tweeted fan Michelle Renee. "I'm happy he's been found but my heart goes out to his family."