Chef Experiences have been listed in the top gifts list for the 2010 Holiday Season by TSEvents - an online resouce guide for event venues, resouces, gifts & more for Toronto.  "Who wouldn’t love the service of a personal chef to look after everything —customizing a menu, shopping, cooking, serving and cleaning up? It’s a super reward of both time and pampering. The Chef Alliance offers a range of experiential

Kitchen confidential: call in the pros; Personal chefs aren't just for the Westons anymore — more and more busy Torontonians are ready to pony up by ALEXANDRA SHIMO for a SPECIAL TO THE GLOBE AND MAIL For most of us, a typical week is one of painfully early mornings and overflowing inboxes. This year, Aisha Umar found a way to make those back-to-work stresses much easier to swallow. Her secret: the multitude of magnificent meals

Supper club: Time-deprived professionals are turning to personal chefs to help them eat right By Ian Harvey for The National Post Julie Prentice hasn't had much time lately to spend in the kitchen. Looking after an active six-year-old son and a toddler adopted just a few weeks ago from China has left her too busy to think about menus and meals. And that's why Robyn Goorevitch is such a godsend. The personal chef arrives at her

Published on W Network's website, www.wnetwork.com Written by Julia Rim How many times have you slaved over a culinary creation to find it was missing that certain something? Skip the salt and instead add some savoury spices to transform the dull to the delectable! Lisa Slater, Bakery Team Leader for Toronto’s Whole Foods Market, says people overlook spices because they’re afraid they won't like the taste or will ruin a

By Barbara Ramsay Orr from AIRBOURNE In-flight Magazine Winter 2003/04 You’d never know that guests are scheduled to arrive in an hour for a dinner party. The hostess, Rachael, is putting the finishing touches on her make-up while host James is still in the shower. Where’s the last-minute rush, the scramble to set the table, the worrisome doubts that the hors d’oeuvres won’t be ready on time? This

Excerpts: The National Post 2002 By: Unknown Who says things aren't tough in Toronto? Personal chefs are so busy in the metropolis that it's hard to find one who can take new clients.  After a long day at the office, the last thing on most people's minds is whipping up a gourmet meal from scratch. Hiring a personal chef might sound more like an extravagant daydream than a viable solution, but a growing army of home cooks and their

Author Unknown Don't we all love to be pampered? The ultimate dream, for me, has always been a spa week-end --staying at a beautiful inn somewhere with nothing to do but relax in a hot tub, eat wonderful gourmet meals and wile away the hours with a massage, a manicure, a pedicure, a mud wrap and a facial. That was the ultimate until, that is, a press release crossed my desk extolling the virtues of hiring a personal chef. It specifically

Accounting Life Magazine February 16 2006 By Pauline Braithwaite ‘Who’s making dinner tonight?’  Who hasn’t heard or said this before?  I heard it myself last night!  It is a question that’s reverberating in households across the country.  Dual income households, increased commuting time and demanding work and home schedules, has led to an acute need to find ways to eat healthy meals and spend

Article from The Sudbury Star By Lara Bradley Published October 8 2003 What's for Dinner? For the Henri family, this question and the panicky feeling that comes with it starts mid-morning and then extends into early evening.  Julie Henri and her husband will usually exchange two to three calls over their workday concerning dinner. Who's going to pick it up? What will it be?  "I get home at around 6 p.m. I have no time to

From Canadian Business Online, April 28, 2003.  Written by Alicia Androich Kitchen confidential Recipe for a home-cooked meal: hire a personal chef When Gord Baker and Meredith Agnew start their hectic day, the last thing on their minds is what's for dinner. "I don't have time in the morning to think about anything other than getting up and going," says Agnew, a stockbroker at Research Capital in Toronto. When they