Gala Dinner & Fundraiser

The Canadian Association of Foodservice Professionals (CAFP), Toronto Branch, is pleased to announce their 36th Annual Top Management Night Gala Dinner & Fundraiser was a resounding success. The gala was held on February 8th at the beautiful Old Mill and Spa, in west end Toronto. The event attracted over 250 executives from all facets of the industry, who enjoyed an evening of networking, insightful discussion, and a fabulous 5 course dinner prepared by Executive Chef Tim Dunhill and his team.

During the dinner, the branch presented two house awards to deserving individuals. Joe Baker from George Brown College was named Educator of the Year and Garland Canada was named Champion of Education and Training, Corporate Sector.

Other awards presented during the evening included the Hans Bueschkens Memorial Award, presented by Foodservice and Hospitality magazine, to Pizza Nova. Mike Diebert, of the Ontario Restaurant News presented the Newsmaker of the Year award to Roland Walton, Tim Hortons and Restaurateur of the Year to James Chiu of Mandarin Restaurants.

The keynote speaker of the evening, futurist Richard Worzel enlightened the crowd with a thought provoking discussion and overview of where the future of the food service industry is heading.

The CAFP would like to acknowledge the sponsors of the event, who really made this event possible. The funds raised continue to embrace our commitment to our future generations entering Foodservice and Hospitality careers. ARAMARK Canada, continued as Partner sponsor; St. Joseph content as our New Gala Patron Sponsor; Kraft Foodservice continued as Gold Level sponsor; and Quadrant Marketing Agency as Silver sponsor, who generously provided the design of the invitations and programs with support from Pro Print. Colio Estate Winery entered as a new Bronze level sponsor and provided the wines for the evening’s fabulous dinner. Dana Hospitality, Exclusive Affair Rentals, Foodservice Consultants Society International, Lamb Weston, Mother Parkers Tea & Coffee, Thomson Group and Sara Lee Canada also contributed as Bronze sponsors.

Event supporters, who helped us shape our dinner, included ACE Bakery, Leonard Wholesale Fruit & Vegetable, Macgregors Meat and Seafood Ltd., Mother Parkers Tea & Coffee Inc., Ninutik (Maple Sugar) Ltd., Sara Lee Foodservice Ltd., Sheridan Specialties and Higgins Event Rentals.

We would like to thank all of our guests and sponsors this year, and extend a warm invitation to join us at the next Top Management Night 2011. Watch for details in the very near future.

 

Brian Emmerton National President, CAFP		Andrea Watson President, CAFP Toronto Branch
CAFP Top Management Night Committee (l-r) Dan Reeves, Keynote Speaker Richard Worzel, Tony Cooper, Andrea Watson, Stacey Collin, Angelo Colalillo
(l-r) Ann Robertson, Charles Chow, Anne-Marie MacKinnon, Gina Carvalho, Pam Caswell, Nigel Richards
Student Branch Members from University of Guelph, Centennial College, Ryerson University

 

CAFP INDUSTRY AWARDS
EDUCATOR	COMPANY
Joe Baker, George Brown College with Andrea Watson	Garland Canada represented by John Beck with Andrea Watson
MEDIA AWARDS
Restauranteur of the Year Presented by Ontario Restaurant News	Hans Beuschkens Award Presented by Food Service & Hospitality Magazine
James Chiu Mandarin Restaurant	Domenic Primucci, Pizza Nova with Rosanna Caira, Foodservice & Hospitality Magazine
Newsmaker of the Year Presented by Ontario Restaurant News
Roland Walton Tim Hortons Inc.