Meet The Maker
Welcome to this space where we celebrate our Members. Come to know their stories and see why they are difference makers.
Maju
Founder
Quite simply, Maju loves chocolate. And in living near the best cacao fields in Peru, meant that she could...
Sarah
Founder
In the Spring of 2020, Sarah returned home to Canada from Spain where she was wrapping up an MBA.
Joycelyn
Founder & CEO
Healthy Alternatives Founder and CEO Joycelyn Adams, is just nuts about chocolate! Her Toronto-based
Lou
Founder
Like so many of us, Lou Hooper has many facets - wife, Mom to two fur-babes, daughter, friend to a...
Cheryl
Founder
Since founding Canadian Women in Food (CWiF) in 2014, Cheryl Appleton has been leading the way...
Irene
Founder
With an idea ahead of it’s time, Irene started Meal In A Jar from her home kitchen. Like many families...
Heather
Founder
For Heather Shouldice of BUFF, life has a funny way of getting you to exactly where you’re supposed to...
Catherine Chen
Founder
A trailblazer and innovator, Catherine Chen (CC) once held the first non-lawyering leadership position...
Cheryl Haskett
Founder
Many people might know how the farm is open-to-the public where you can learn about agriculture...
Dawn Chapman
Founder
It was in 2011, when Dawn leveraged her past experience managing cafés in the U.K. to open Lazy Daisy’s..
Michele Revivo
Founder
Michele Revivo, Founder of Better Snack. Better You.™ spent the last year developing an innovative snack...
Sabina Batelman
Co-Founder
Sabina Batelman is the co-founder of Lunchers, a Toronto-based company that makes single-portioned...
Daksha
Co-Founder
Life is a road best traveled together. When Daksha and her husband Bhaskar arrived in Canada more than..
Amanda
Founder
As a busy Mom of two, Amanda Luthra started up Chilli Paste meal bases so families could enjoy her South..
Dom
Founder
An engineer making baked goods? Domenique Mastronardi has always been passionate about health...
Myra
Co-Founder
If you ever needed an example of a women-owned business with superb longevity, look to Sable...
Sanja
Co-Founder
Sanja is the exceptionally talented Co-Founder of OMAI Creative, a full-service branding and creative...
Sandra Flores
Founder
The original “Sauce Lady Boss” Sandra Flores, was first introduced to the world of Mexican hot...
Veneise
Founder
As a busy Mom of two, Veneise started up her sauce business so families could enjoy her Jamaican...
Suzanne Schmidt
Founder
Born in England and raised in Guyana, Suzanne’s food journey began when she wanted to make her own...
Sabrina Boulkheir
Founder
Originally from Paris, France – Sabrina has embarked on an exciting new entrepreneurial journey to share..
Sonia Thapar
Founder
With a background in business and marketing, Chef Sonia first founded her Personal Chef & Catering...
Bridget Love
CEO & Founder
Bridget Love is the CEO & Founder of Care/Of, a B2B consultancy that helps build stronger work teams through...
Jennifer
Founder
Jennifer fell in love with supply chain and logistics more than 20 years ago and set out to challenge herself
Emmy
Co-Founder
Emmy Suparmin started her journey of helping others with holistic foods because of her husband Zied’s
Julie
Founder
While at Guelph University, Julie Zambonelli started cooking in a vegetarian restaurant and discovered
Paola
Executive Chef
Chef Paola Solorzano is the creative mind behind Santo Pecado Mexican Catering, Santo Pecado Foods...
Kara
Founder
Kara Isert launched Sparkplug Coffee in 2014 out of a personal quest to share her love of really, really...
Elisabeth
Founder
Elisabeth could’ve started any business, she’s travelled the world, and worked in the world of...
Andrea Watson
Founder
Andrea Watson, The Chief Taste Tester of FreshWagon and Nature Knows – really does know a thing....
Ksenya von Shlezinger
Portrait Photographer
Ksenya has been cooking from an early age on her organic family farm. Inspired by the vegetables, herbs..
Paloma Lara
Founder
Talk about a career pivot…after working for more than a decade in the fashion industries of Italy and Brazil
Azrah Manji-Savin
CEO & Co-Founder
Azrah Manji-Savin is the CEO & Co-Founder of the kitchen marketplace app Syzl, which enables gig economy...
Ana
Co-Founder
In 2013, Ana and her husband Drew started a family-run business in Oshawa, Ontario born out of a love...