Chickadee Cheesecake Lollipop

Easter has arrived at Daniel et Daniel! Stop by this week to pick up some Easter goodies or give us a call to place your order! Below are some of our Easter classics as well as a few new ideas (Easter Chickadee Cheesecake Lollipops, anyone?). Of course, we will also have Hot Cross Buns available all week.

Easter Macaron

Dark Chocolate Cake Truffles

Chickadee Cheesecake Lollipops

Chocolate Cake Easter Eggs

Please note that our retail shop and catering offices will be closed on Friday, April 6th and Monday, April 9th.

Valentine’s Day is fast approaching! This year, instead of toiling in your kitchen to put together the perfect soufflé, let us take care of the cooking for you… We won’t tell if you don’t.

2012 Valentine’s Day Menu

Spinach Salad with Maple Roasted Beets, Orange and Goat Cheese
with a maple vinaigrette

Braised Short Ribs 
au jus
Haricot Vert and Baby Mushrooms
Mousseline of Yukon Gold Mashed Potato
Sliced Fresh Breads & Butter

Jivara Chocolate Marquise
with cherry compote and a heart garnish

Contact us for more information or to place your order for two!

Photo credit: Brett Jordan

Roy Thomson Hall, Saturday, August 27, 2011 

“It looked like Hallowe’en in there!” chuckled a guest in full stage whisper as she exited the funeral service for Jack Layton into the North Lobby of Roy Thomson Hall.  The service had just ended and I looked at her to see her expression as the tone was light and, well, giddy.  She was already busy popping a mini Beef Wellington into her mouth as were the others around her, nodding in happy agreement. 

Our VP Russell Day writes about his BoxedToronto experience.

Thinking inside the box

I was invited to dinner this Wednesday by my boss, Daniel Megly, co-founder of Daniel et Daniel Event Creation & Catering.  He had been invited to dinner at “Boxed Toronto” and had an extra seat.  Not one to look a gift horse in the mouth, of course I said yes—people don’t typically invite the owners of Daniel et Daniel to dinner at McDonald’s.  I knew immediately that this would be a treat.

In the summer of 2010 we were approached by POP Kollaborative to cater an office opening party for Corus Entertainment. Initial planning was very hush-hush as the event was to be new and fabulous. Our menu had to reflect a “MINDJAM” theme; something spontaneous, unexpected and most of all spectacular. It soon became clear that this was a unique opportunity. As our VP Russell Day described our initial meetings with POP,

“We realized that we had been given a once-in-a-career opportunity: to be able to use every freaky idea we’d ever had!”

Duck Confit Cupcake crowned with a Roasted Beet Mash icing 
and sprinkled with candied aniseeds (Inspired by Bob Blumer)

Last week, Daniel et Daniel had the pleasure of providing catering for Mount Sinai Hospital’s inaugural Chef’s Challenge for a Cure, hosted by famed Chef Gordon Ramsay. The event, which took place at The Carlu, saw five of Canada’s top celebrity chefs leading teams of non-chefs in an on-stage cook-off to raise funds for breast and ovarian cancer research. Meanwhile, D&D provided the event’s guests with a gourmet five-course meal designed by Chef Ramsay himself. The evening was a great success, raising more than $1.1 million for an important cause, and our experience bringing Chef Ramsay’s creations to life? Bloody brilliant!

Check out these links for further coverage of the event:

- “The scene at the Carlu in advance of the inaugural Chef’s Challenge”
- “Gordon Ramsay, celebrity chefs battle it out for cancer research”
- “IN PICTURES: Celebrity Chef Gordon Ramsay helps raise $1.1M for charity”
- “Team Crawford wins Gordon Ramsay’s Chef’s Challenge”