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Toronto Chocolate Ball Team |
Joey
Cee
Founder/Co-Producer |
905-593-1608
thechocolateball@rogers.com
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The Chocolate Ball is produced by JCO
Communications Inc. under the direction of Joey Cee, who is a recognized professional for
producing highly successful festivals and events in Toronto since 1965. He has been
associated with producing highly successful events and festivals for more than 45 years in
both the USA and Canada. These include the Beaches International Jazz Festival, The
Mix999 Labour Day Beachfest, The Canada Day Country Jam, Parti Gras at The Distillery,
Donald Trumps American Dream Challenge and Canada Day in Los Angeles.
Joey Cee is also the publisher of HOToronto Magazines – Toronto's premiere
city-entertainment on-line planning publications – now in its 16th year of publishing
and What's On Where Magazines. For a detailed biography please visit www.JoeyCee.com.
JCO Communications Inc. celebrates its 26th year as a prominent publishing and special
events company located in downtown Toronto with affiliate offices in Los Angeles, New
York, Nashville and London, England.
According to Joey Cee, "the Toronto Chocolate Festival is growing annually as the
sweet and savoury culinary event of the fall season. It offers participants a chance to
experience everything cocoa products have to offer. Most importantly, all events will be
helping to raise awareness and funds in support of our mandated prostate and breast cancer
initiatives, as well as supporting SickKids through the Ava Rose Fund. We are thankful to
all the creative culinary and pastry chefs, the marvelous and ingenious chocolatiers and
many other generous food and service providers, who have stepped up to the plate to make
the Toronto Chocolate Festival grow year after year." |
Lina
Dhingra
Design Consultant, Associate International Liaison |
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Lina Dhingra has a savvy, compact dynamo's
entrepreneurial spirit that has taken her throughout Dubai, India, China, Turkey, Morocco
and other exotic locales. Recognizing the enchantment and allure inherent in the different
cultures she continuously experiences, Lina brings her impeccable taste and distinctive
eye for the unique to her work, organizing successful happenings in Toronto and around the
world.
Starting with the considerable success of one of the first events that she ever organized,
an after-party for none other than The Rolling Stones, Lina has since gone on to produce a
string of publicity and promotional hits for a multitude of corporations and
organizations, ranging from start-up boutiques, to trade shows, new restaurants in
Toronto, and the largest Star Wars Exhibition in the UK.
Lina is a firm believer in giving back to the community, and donates a good portion of her
time and attention to the many charitable and cultural programs she's involved in. These
include "Operanation" for Toronto's Four Seasons Performing Arts Center, Rethink
Breast Cancer, United Way, Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) and of course The Chocolate Ball, to
name just a few. Her flair and inventiveness for always coming up with that somewhat
different twist ensures that the buzz lasts long after the event happens!
Lina's creative touch in various elements of the Chocolate Ball has always been a welcome
addition to each of our events. For more information, please visit www.karmapro.ca
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Atyab
Siddiqi
Lightspins PR, Social Media Director |
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Atyab Siddiqi, is the chief strategist for
Lightspins PR. with 7 years experience in the PR industry and prior to that 15 years in
the Fashion Marketing industry. Four years ago, while working on a book launch for his
client he helped develop online strategy to create an interactive campaign to engage the
business community online to blog and comment upon the book. The book was partially given
away for free one chapter per week to potential consumers and influencers and commentary
invited.This was at the very beginning of web 2.0 communications, two way engagements and
the basis of social media networking. Atyab has stayed on the cutting edge of web 2.0 PR
and has been working with his clients on building social media networking strategies. He
now looks forward to sharing his expertise with Social Media Bootcamp's attendees. |
La-Toya
Fagon
Twist Catering, Food Placement Director |
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With a passion for quality, healthy foods
and a long-standing family tradition of Caribbean Cuisine, it was the perfect marriage for
La-toya Fagon to pursue a career as a Chef. Interested in all aspects of the culinary
arts, La-toya has been driven to learn varying styles and techniques of cooking with
everyday ingredients and creating a masterpiece of global flavours from around the world.
In 2002, La-toya enrolled at George Brown College, specializing in
Culinary Management and Chef Training. Upon graduation, she apprenticed at various
boutique hotels and restaurants across the GTA. After gaining years of experience,
La-toya's creativity started to flourish and she crafted her own take on 'Island
Paradise', fusing her soul cooking style, with traditional Caribbean ingredients with
Western flavours. This created some new flavours, with some familiarity of home-style,
soulful goodness. Within months of experimentation, determination and hard work, La-toya
tapped into her entrepreneurial spirit and Twist Catering came to fruition.
quot;I love everything about food - the smells, the
flavours, the tastes, the texture and colours and mainly combining the raw essence of
ingredients and putting it together, creating an explosion of tastes on one's palate. As
my motto states its Culinary Simplicity with a Twist.”
La-toya's current client portfolio includes –
Loblaw's Canada, Benson & Hedges, MetroLabel, KarmaPRO Entertainment and Caribana festival to name a few. She's excited to be on board with The Chocolate Ball as their Food
Placement Director and eager with anticipation in creating some chocolate-infused
items and working with other talented chefs on board with this decadently delicious event.
For more info. on Twist Catering, www.twistcatering.com |
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