It’s taken us a few days to absorb the success of our recent Foodiemeet : The Bake off. We all overdosed heavily on sugars and needed some time to recuperate. In case you missed it, we wanted to share the winners of the night with you… Read more
Thanks to everyone who came out to Samovar Room on Sunday night. FoodieMeet: Bake Off was a great success and we couldn’t have done it without you. Thanks again to everyone who came out to support us and raise money for The Stop, especially all the bakers! Thanks also go out to the Slow Clap (@side_b and @nicopop) for providing the soundtrack and Ryan Couldrey (@RyTron) for taking the amazing photos above.
All together, we raised about $1800 (unofficial tally) for The Stop. For our first fund raiser, we’re quite proud of that number. $1800 could purchase 72 food hampers for families in need. Thanks everyone!
Pre-Bake Off blogs
Yasmin on the pre-FoodieMeet nerves and creating the “Sri-Maican” patties
Joel Solish (@Foodie411) “And then God created bacon”
David Ort (@ortdavid) with a baking teaser
Alexa Clark (@alexaclark) writes about her Spice Route shortbreads
Jenny Gao (@jennygao) “My almond tarts, à la chez panisse”
Post-Bake Off summaries
Kristin Peres (@CakeorDeath) on the creation of her St. Lawrence Market cake
Alexa Clark (@alexaclark) on her “Sugar Hangover”
Sarah B. Hood (@SarahBHood)’s summary of the event
Madalinaa (@madalinaa) recaps her petit fours and the event
BlogTO’s writeup about the Bake Off (with great photos by @laurendoesthis)
Power of The Hour’s blog about holiday fundraiser
Also, follow the #foodiemeet hashtag for tweets before, during and after the event.
If you blogged about FoodieMeet, please let us know and we’ll add the link to the list.
We know you’re excited for the Foodiemeet: Bake Off this weekend. To get you even more excited, we’ve decided the menu that will be served on Sunday. We’ve been drooling over it for the last week and we know you’ll love it too. We’ve got a great variety of treats from savoury to sweet. If you don’t have a ticket, you can still get one here. All proceeds go to The Stop. See you Sunday!
Catherine, @sugarbaking
www.sugar-baking.com
Pina Colada cupcakes and Ferraro Rocher cupcakes
Niya Bajaj, @destiniya
Jewelled minced pies
Kristin Perez, @cakeordeathca
www.cakeordeath.ca
White velvet cake w/caramel pecan cream cheese
Michelle Edgar, @sweetescapes
www.thesweetescapedistillery.com
Rum and egg nog mousse macarons.
Joel Solish, @foodie411
getthefoodie411.blogspot.com
True North Strong and Frees (maple frosted almond shortbread with pig candy)
Triple Threats (Frozen)
Paul Morrison, @ekkridon
Tandoori Shortbread Tarts with Passionfruit Curd
Bonita Mok, @boneats
http://boneats.blogspot.com/
Black sesame & white chocolate wasabi cupcakes
Chocolate & brandied chestnut cupcakes
Monica Reyes, @sporadicity
http://nervouschef.craftique.org/
Lavender French butter with salted butter caramel buttercream cookies
Yvonne Lam, @dearbaaah
Earl grey cake/ honey buttercream with meringue/chocolate garnishes.
Jenny Gao, @jennygao
http://stheory.posterous.com/
Almond Tarts
Yasmin Seneviratne, @yasminatlesauce
http://www.lesauce.typepad.com/
Sri lankan Jamaican patties
David Ort, @ortdavid
http://www.foodwithlegs.com/
Bacon blondies
Hannah Classen, @hclassen
Scuffles (a Ukrainian pastry)
Connie Positano
http://www.forgoodnessbakes.ca
Decadent chocolate cupcakes
Riona Kum
Coconut cupcakes with kaffir lime icing
Jen H. @piccantedolce
http://piccantedolce.blogspot.com
New York black & white cookies
Kentucky bourbon bacon brownies
Carrie Brunet, @wifewithknives
http://kitchenvixen.ca/
Pineapple Upside-Down Cake
Alexa Clark, @alexaclark
www.unsweetened.ca
Spice Route shortbreads
Sarah Hood, @sarahbhood
www.totastings.blogspot.com
Tarte au sucre
Monica Fitzpatrick, @sweetmonimons
Brownie tartlets w/butter cream icing
Madalina Paul, @madalinaa
www.duhlicious.com
Petit fours
Karen Ho, @karenkho
www.karenho.ca
Chinese almond-cookie cupcakes with a wonton wrapper snowflake garnish
Preena Chauhan
www.arvindas.com
Mango curry snow crescents
Colin
Mini chai coffee cakes
Lisa Pereira,
Sticky date cake with beer-caramel sauce with a side of pomegranate compote
Genevieve Trickey
Spirulina bars
We’re very pleased to announce three guest judges for FoodieMeet: Bake Off. Helping us choose a judge’s favourite are three incredibly talented women: a radio host, a chef and a cheesemaker. They are:
Nora Young
Nora is one of Canada’s most recognizable voices. She started at the CBC as the founding host and producer of Definitely Not The Opera. Now as host of CBC Radio’s Spark, she examines technology, culture, and armchair sociology. She creates miniseries and documentaries for shows such as Ideas , and is the technology columnist for CBC Radio afternoon shows.
Nora tweets at @nora3000.
(Photo by Gilberto Prioste)
Ivy Knight
When not working on the grill station at one of Toronto’s hottest restaurants or organizing culinary competitions between the city’s best chefs, Ivy Knight writes about the food scene for various publications, among them The Globe and Mail, Toronto Life, City Bites, The Toronto Star, Egullet, Good Food Rev. In her 4 years as a freelance writer she’s interviewed some of the world’s greatest chefs from Jacques Pepin to Vikram Vij, to Jamie Kennedy. Her latest project, a food radio show called “Swallow” has wrapped, episodes will be available soon on her website
Ivy tweets at @ivyknight
(Photo by Chris Blanchenot)
Ruth Klahsen
“Life is about relationships. My relationship with people is through cheese”
Monforte Dairy’s owner/lead cheesemaker, is a veteran chef whose cuisine is well-known to patrons of Stratford’s stellar restaurants Rundles and the Old Prune. A graduate of the inaugural class of ’83 at the Stratford Chefs School, Ruth is past chef at the Stratford Festival’s Green Room restaurant, simultaneously teaching at the Chefs School. Ruth was recently honoured at the Stratford Optimism Place 10th Annual Women of the Year Awards. She won the 2008 Women in Agriculture Award in recognition of her innovative role as a cheesemaker and entrepreneur.
Monforte Dairy tweets at @MonforteDairy
(Photo by Nigel Dickson)
FoodieMeet Holiday Bake Off!
Here in Toronto, we’re blessed with delicious food and wine options. Unfortunately, not everyone in Toronto can afford to eat like we do. On Sunday, December 13th, please join FoodieMeet to raise money and awareness for The Stop Community Food Centre.
The Stop started off as one of Canada’s first food banks but has since grown to offer an fantastic lineup of programs: drop-in meals, community gardens, pre and post-natal nutrition support, farmers markets, sustainable food education, civic engagement and many other valuable initiatives.
We have more than 25 bakers who will be presenting their baked goods for the first ever FoodieMeet Bake Off! They’ve been given only two rules: 1) you must bake these goods and 2) they must follow our theme: Escape from Toronto. Expect delicious cakes, cookies and even baked goods inspired by our diverse ethnic backgrounds.
With your ticket, you will be given four tasting tickets, each redeemable for one baked treat and a voting ballot to help us determine the best baked goods. Additional tickets will be available for purchase at $2/each. All the proceeds are going towards The Stop. Fuelled with sugary treats, we’ll dance the night away with music provided by The Slow Clap (@nicopop and @side_b). Make your requests by using the #FMDJ. Holiday-themed music is especially encouraged.
This isn’t a bake sale, it’s a party!
Get your tickets quickly here.
http://guestlistapp.com/events/7734
The official Facebook Page
http://www.facebook.com/#/event.php?eid=348196370533&ref=ts
We will also be collecting food donations at Samovar. Here’s a list of what they need: http://thestop.org/wish-list
We welcome foodie-related gifts for raffle prizes, please email us (contact @ ) for more details.
Photo by Flickr user clever cupcakes
We’re organizing a holiday bake off and need your help!
This December, we’re organizing FoodieMeet: Bake Off, a holiday party with yummy baked goods to help raise money for one of Toronto’s most dedicated community food organizations.
We’re working details on the date and location but the concept is to bring together bakers, and have a bake off with a to-be-announced theme. We’ll ask bakers to commit to baking a set number of items (or more if you wish) and award prizes to the people’s favourite professional and amateur bakers.
If this sounds like something you’d like participate it, please let us know by leaving a comment or sending an email to contact@foodiemeet.ca. In your message, please state whether you’re a professional or amateur baker.
For those of you who don’t bake, be prepared for a delicious evening!
Tickets for the October 24th FoodieMeet: Prince Edward County Edition are now *****Sold out*****. Thank you everyone for supporting Foodiemeet!.
We’ll be visiting Norm Hardie, Rosehall Run, By Chadsey Cairns and Black Prince wineries. The ticket includes tastings and tours at these wineries, transportation, breakfast and lunch.
Full itinerary details here.
If you need more reasons to visit Prince Edward County, check out “5 Reasons to visit Prince Edward County” on our blog.
We hope to see you abord the FoodieMeet bus!
On Saturday, October 24th, We’re going to wine country! Join us as when we head east for a day of wine and food in Prince Edward County. We’ll visit some of The County’s best wineries, meet the winemakers and of course, sample their delicious products.
Here’s how the day will unfold:
8:45 meetup at Sherborne subway station where we’ll travel in style to Prince Edward County. On the way, we’ll prepare our palates for a day of wine-tasting with breakfast from Pantry.
Once in PEC, we’ll sample Norm Hardie‘s wines, then head to Rosehall Run. We’ll have lunch and after refueling, it’s back on the bus to By Chadsey Cairns and Black Prince. Before we head back to Toronto with our bellies full of wine and food, we’ll make one last secret stop to ensure we’ll have a sweet ride home. By 6:30, we’ll roll back into downtown Toronto.
All this (transportation, breakfast, lunch, tastings at four wineries and one surprise stop) for $95!
To ensure it’s an intimate and fun experience for everyone, there will be a limited number of tickets (18). Tickets go on sale tomorrow, please return to this blog tomorrow (Thursday, Oct. 1) at 3 pm ET to buy them. Online payment only, sorry.
Add FoodieMeet #4 to your Facebook Events and don’t forget to join our Facebook Group if you haven’t already.
If you have any questions, please leave a comment. Thanks!
If there’s anything we love as much as food, it’s wine. In Toronto, we’re lucky to be sandwiched by two exceptional wine regions: Niagara region and the up-and-coming Prince Edward County. While many foodies and wine-lovers have visited Niagara, fewer of us have made the trip to PEC. FoodieMeet wants to change this with our fourth event, FoodieMeet: Prince Edward County edition on Saturday, October 24th.
Here are five reasons you should join us:
Tickets for this event are very limited. They’ll go on sale later this week, but to make sure you don’t miss out, please sign up for our newsletter and join our Facebook Group.
You may have heard about the miracle fruit by now. This little berry alters the way some foods taste. Things that are normally spicy or sour are suddenly sweeter. Following the lead of foodies south of the border, we decided we’d hold our own miracle fruit tasting party.
Join us on a flavour trip!
FoodieMeet #3: Miracle Fruit Edition
The National Film Board Mediatheque (150 John St. at Richmond)
Sunday, September 20th at 2 pm to 4:30 pm.
All attendees will get one miracle fruit and will be able to sample different foods. We’ll have a variety of fruit, cheese, drinks and more. It will be a vegetarian and vegan-friendly event!
Find out more about miracle fruit:
The Star’s staff tries it for the first time (video)
New York Times’ article about miracle fruit
There is a limited number of tickets available so please purchase tickets early to avoid disappointment. Tickets are $20 and you can purchase them online at Guestlist (no fees).
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