Get ready for 2016 with the latest ideas in catering, decor, and more in and around Toronto.
Humble Beginnings is a small restaurant in Toronto’s West End that caters events for as many as 150 people. The chefs focus on healthy, seasonal ingredients and offer vegan and gluten-free options. Cool-weather menu items include grilled flank steak with chimichurri sauce, butternut squash soup shooters, and pumpkin pie with a Skor crumb topping.
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Lola’s Cloud makes organic cotton candy using cane sugar and natural extracts. The flavors skew fruity, but seasonal offerings like peppermint with crushed candy cane and Earl Grey tea are also available. Owner Janelle Savel can provide prepackaged gift bags for parties or spin cotton candy on site for as many as 400 people (four-weeks' notice is required for event bookings in the greater Toronto area).
Photo: Courtesy of Lola's Cloud
Blush and Bloom specializes in natural, garden-style arrangements with a mix of in-season flowers and foliage. In addition to creating centerpieces and bouquets, owner Rebecca De Oliveira rents out archways and candleholders. She can also make floral backdrops and installations for event entryways and dessert tables.
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Bartendo is a mobile bar company that can customize its stainless steel bars with logos, graphics, and LED lighting for events. In addition, bar staff often create thematic drink menus and signature cocktails; a recent example is the Grand Prosecco (Grand Marnier, prosecco, bitters, and raspberries). Tropical juice-based mocktails are also offered as a booze-free option for conferences and daytime meetings. Bartendo services the greater Toronto area; pricing is available upon request.
Photo: Courtesy of Bartendo
