Last February, we had the opportunity to participate in the Distillery Events industry open house featuring their event coordination team with their preferred vendors for an incredible evening. There were many stations to enjoy including raw oysters, wine, Mill St. beer, Glenfiddich, a coffee and dessert bar, Contemporary Furniture Rentals, Photostar photo booth, and much more. It was great to see familiar faces including Grenville Pinto’s entertaining violin acts, beats by DJ Danny Floh Back, A2D2 aerial performances and 5th…
I can attest to the fact that last year’s sold-out St. Party’s Day was hugely popular at St. Lawrence Market. This year continues the tradition of being the biggest St. Patrick’s Day party and it will be hard to dispute that with Budweiser on board and over 15,000 expected party goers in attendance over two full days of St. Party’s Day. It’s so big they’ve moved it to Ontario Place this year. There will be large heated tents, a bunch…
As Toronto’s first luxury hotel established in 1903, the King Edward Hotel has been around for 110 years and today the historic venue stands apart as a unique classically-styled choice for hosting a wedding or special event in Toronto. The King Edward Hotel held their first ever wedding open house in late February of this year with the theme of “Something Blue”, featuring Vera Wang bridal gowns, GotStyle menswear, Rhonda Diamonds, and airbrush makeup specialist Nicole Richards to present 2013…
Dear Readers, I’m very humbled and thrilled that BestofToronto.net is nominated for the 2013 Canadian Special Events “FAVOURITE EVENT INDUSTRY BLOG”! Please vote for us at this link. THANK YOU each and everyone! http://canadianspecialevents.com/cseme_toronto/readers-choice-finalists-vote-now/ Great support from our fans so far, let’s keep it going! Much thanks! -Nick
After a deal 2 decades in the making between Canada and China, a pair of giant pandas are coming to The Toronto Zoo this spring 2013 from Chengdu, China. They will be on loan to the Toronto Zoo for 5 years followed by another 5 years at the Calgary Zoo. Er Shun and Da Mao will be flown in special containers for a 19,000 km trip via FedEx. FedEx has also committed to shipping 600 to 900 kilograms of bamboo…
To kick things off for the Terroir Symposium on April 8, 2013, a bunch of local chefs got together to create Toronto’s “Biggest Hero” sandwich, which consisted of an 8 foot long sub bun baked by the O&B bakery crew, cold cuts from Seed to Sausage, preserves from Stasis Preserves, hot sauce by Supicucu and pickles and chips from McClure’s Pickles. The sandwich was indeed very large, even when cut into pieces but it was very delicious and definitely a…