60 female chefs highlight huge food festival in Toronto
Toronto's filled with food events - and we know because we round them up each and every week. But few celebrate female-identified chefs quite like this one happening next week at Roy Thomson Hall.
The 21st annual Eat to the Beat fundraiser for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation brings together 60 female chefs from in and around Toronto and lets partygoers feast on a slew of sweet and savoury dishes.
Tickets to this all-you-can-eat-and-drink affair aren't cheap (they're $189), but the proceeds go to a worthy cause. Do you need a better excuse to let your foodie flag fly?
Here's a list of all the participating chefs. Hungry yet?
- Shannon Bolak (Ace Bakery)
- Vanessa Yeung (Aphrodite Cooks)
- Renee Bellefeuille (AGO)
- Leyla Kizilirmak (Art Square Gallery and Café)
- Arvinda Chauhan and Preena Chauhan (Arvinda's)
- Trista Sheen (Bar Begonia)
- Tara Lee (Bar Hop)
- Jennifer Perusini (BerBer Social)
- Karen Rachlin (Bite Catering)
- Bonnie Gordon (Bonnie Gordon College of Confectionary Arts)
- Vanessa Le Page (The Cake Lady - Edible Art)
- Jennifer Mooers (Citizen Catering)
- Anna Janes (Cocomira Confections)
- Felicia Derose (Colette Grand Café)
- Cathy Beneway (Creative Catering by Cathy)
- Véronique Perez (Crêpes à GoGo)
- Alexandra Feswick (The Drake Hotel)
- Dufflet Rosenberg (Dufflet Pastries)
- Kimberly Humby (East & Main Bistro)
- Lauren Mozer (Elle Cuisine)
- Emma Beqaj (Emma's Eatery Catering)
- Trish Gill (The Emmet Ray)
- Jeanne da Silva and Amy Symington (George Brown College Chef School)
- Andrea Poirier (Inn on the Twenty)
- Tamara Green (The Living Kitchen)
- Lynn Mendelson (Lynn Mendelson Catering)
- Kyla Kennaley (Madeleines)
- Christie Tiiu and Christie Tysa (Marigolds and Onions)
- Donna Dooher and Michael Leary (Mildred's Temple Kitchen)
- Eden Hertzog (New Moon Kitchen)
- Elaine Wong (The Omni King Edward Hotel)
- Nuit Regular (Pai, Sabai Sabai, Sukhothai)
- Joan Monfaredi (Park Hyatt Hotel)
- Carmen Jeffrey (President's Choice Cooking School)
- Emily Richards (Professional Home Economist)
- Meghan Van Horne (Public Schoolhouse)
- Vanessa Baudanza and Isabelle Loiacono (The Rolling Pin)
- Jacqueline Lo (Ruelo Patisserie)
- Caroline Reid (Scaramouche)
- Sandra Abballe (Succulent Chocolates and Sweets)
- Angela Panigas (The Sultan's Tent)
- Rossy Earle (SupiCucu)
- Gauravi Shah (Tilde)
- Alida Solomon (Tutti Matti)
- Karen Viva-Haynes (Viva Tastings)
- Wanda Beaver (Wanda's Pie in the Sky)
- Lili Sullivan (Waupoos Winery)
- Catherine O'Donnell (Willow Cakes and Pastries)
- Mali Fernandez (Xola)
- Christine Ostiguy (Yorkshire Pudding Catering)
- Barbara Rotberg (Lollicakes)
- Winlai Wong (The Badminton and Racquet Club of Toronto)
- Elizabeth Rivasplata (Aramark)
Photo from Morris Lum.
