Wandering at the Gourmet Food & Wine Expo 2013

Chuao Chocolates at the Gourmet Food and Wine Expo

As noted in Sunday’s post, the Gourmet Food & Wine Expo 2013 started yesterday with a VIP evening, and opens to the public today.  With plenty of cooking demonstrations and tastings, there’s much to do at this year’s expo.  I was at the VIP event Thursday evening, trying the many foods and wines at the […]

Let’s Have a Heel of a Good Time with Jeanne Beker!

Dress for Success Toronto, the local chapter of an international organization which helps women achieve economic independence through not only career advice, but also providing them with work-appropriate attire (often from clothing drives) for the interview and for them to start once they successfully get a job, will be holding its third A Heel of a […]

Gourmet Food & Wine Expo: November 14 to 17 at the Metro Convention Centre

As in previous years, the show will open with a VIP evening on Thursday, November 14, and will have public admissions, starting on Friday, November 15 at 2 PM.  As usual, the expo will feature wines, spirits, beers and more from around the world, as well as delicious foods from various restaurants and other food-related […]

Operanation 10: A Decade of Music, Style and Temptation

The Canadian Opera Company’s event, Operanation, which raises funds for the Ensemble Studio, celebrated its 10th event on October 24, once again with an amazing party at the COC’s home, the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts.  Inspired by Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte (which will run at the COC from January 18 to February […]

Operanation Celebrates its Big 10 with Sam Roberts Band X KAELEN Tees

The Canadian Opera Company’s Operanation, probably one of the BEST annual galas in town is on October 24, just one week away (do you have your tickets yet?)!  DelectablyChic! has been covering the event since 2008 (when we were still Prospere Magazine), and from experience, it only gets better each time.  As the event is […]

Music and Mental Health Awareness at The Silver Dinner

This year, I had the opportunity to attend Healthy Minds Canada‘s annual fundraising and awareness event, The Silver Dinner, held at the Westin Harbour Castle last week.  Healthy Minds Canada is an organization which provides research funds to universities and hospitals for mental health-related projects, which will allow our society to become more educated and […]

Taste of Richtree: Too Crowded, Too Confusing

When I saw the marketing information about the new Richtree Market at the Eaton Centre, I was excited to visit.  I was even more interested when their Facebook page posted something about an event called Taste of Richtree, an event where people can become acquainted with their new concept (which is more like a higher […]

Highlights from the White Cashmere Collection 2013

This year, Cashmere Bathroom Tissue celebrated a milestone.  The tenth annual White Cashmere Collection was presented at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) on September 25, an event in support of the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation.  More than 20 Canadian designers, including Project Runway Canada alumni such as Lucian Matis, Carlie Wong and Sunny Fong […]

Elle Canada’s Fashioniesta: Cars, Food, Shopping and Beauty!

Last week, I had went to Elle Canada’s style/meet-and-greet designers event at the Fermenting Cellar at Toronto’s Distillery District.  The event, called FashionIESTA (the event was a partnership with the 2014 Ford Fiesta) featured a bit of shopping, as well as a panel where Elle Canada’s editor-in-chief featuring some of Canada’s most well-known designers – […]

Dinner in a Parking Lot at Diner en Blanc 2013

Unlike the awful weather last year, Diner en Blanc Toronto 2013 was sunny and warm. Attendees, all dressed in white, arrived in a parking lot near Queen and Church for the second annual event, some bringing their own food, while dined on delicious items provided by George Restaurant, with four meal choices, all named after […]