It's not about numbers!!!!!

So other New Year's Eve parties are tooting that they will have hundreds, no, thousands of people. How can you possibly meet anyone that way? With so many people it will be hard to connect. The Dinnerworks philosophy is about quality not quantity. We might not have the biggest but we certainly have lots of fun at out events. In fact last year's New Year's Eve party at a private residence was so great we decided to do it again..

We are already 50% sold out so don't delay, it could be gone.

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Add us on facebook! Its just another way to stay up to date.

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NewYear's Eve, closer to TTC, new venue!!!!!

We have had an overwhelming response to our New Years Eve party, we are already at 50% of our capacity! Tickets are selling fast, you don't want to miss your opportunity to attend this amazing party.

We do have capacity for this event so hurry and get your ticket before its too late!

Where: In the Eglinton and Allen Area, very close to TTC, lots of parking near by

When: December 31st, 2008

Time: 8pm

Cost:$89+gst Purchase Online

What's included with the cost of your ticket

Appetizers all night
2 Drink Tickets
A DJ
All night dancing
Goodie Bags
A Black Jack Table
Dancing
A Champagne Toast at midnight
and much much more!

DATE

What does the word date really mean? To most it is a dreaded 4 letter word and it really doesn't have to be. So I have dissected the word and here it is:

D is for Do it. Yes, just go out there and do things that can get you out meeting people. It doesn't matter if you meet that special someone it is all about meeting others that are also single and want to connect. You never know who you will meet and where it could lead. If you don't do something, nothing will happen. The best way to think of this is like those very expensive and provocative Lottery ads. "if you don't buy a ticket, you can't win". It's really the same with dating, if you don't get out there then it won't happen, so, just do it.

A is for Attitude. Have you heard this before. I am sure you have but it is so true. Go with the attitude that I am just going to have some fun. Fun, not meet the one. Get out and do something that you like and get together with other singles. Don't do things that are for couples, that doesn't make sense. Join something like Dinnerworks, which is a group dating situation and start trying things and go in with a positive attitude, Trust me, it is infectious. I have seen more people with a positive attitude meet someone than someone that comes in with the attitude that nothing works, and it's a waste of money and there is no one descent out there. Change your attitude and you will change your life.

T is for Take Action. Don't just sit there and say, I will do, Take action. Pick up the phone, go to the internet and sign up, do something. Don't just think about it, take action. That's the difference between thinking about it, saying you are going to do and doing it. There is no time like the present. There is a wonderful story about a woman I met recently who said she has been thinking about signing up for Dinnerworks for a long time. I said to her, why wait, there is so much fun stuff happening, sign up and start getting out there. Guess what, she took my advice and at the 2 dinners she went there were both men and women that she connected with. She took action and she is feeling really great about the process.

E is for Enjoy. Or E could be for Excited. Be excited about all this. This is your opportunity to meet people that are open and willing to meet other people that are willing to have some fun. Whether you are going to a Mix and Mingle or a wine tasting event, or a dinner, get out there and enjoy the evening. If you meet one woman or you meet one man that you connect with then you have done something great for your self. There are so many stories about people that have met their best friends at a Dinnerworks event. There are so many stories but let me share just one. Over a year ago there were 2 gentlemen that went to a Dinnerworks dinner, In addition to meeting some fabulous ladies they met each other and have become the best of friends. They would have never have met if it wasn't for this group dating situation so regardless of the outcome, there is always something positive that can come out of this.

So DATE doesn't have to be a four letter word, it could be the best thing that happens to you. Do it, have a great attitude, take action and be excited and enjoy the process. See you at the next Dinnerworks event.

Susan Kates

Holiday Mix n Mingle Round 2

Come join the singles from dinnerworks for our 2nd Holiday Mix n Mingle, the 1st one had such a high demand that we added another!
This one is extra special, since it is the season for giving 1/2 of your ticket price will be donated to charity.
When: Wednesday December 17th

Where: The Keg at Yonge and Eglinton

Time: 7pm

Cost: 19.99+gst; Purchase Online

The last one we had over 100 people show up and was a really fun time. So come join us :)

Thanks!

The dinnerworks team

Food and Wine Expo

Last weekend was the food and wine expo down at the convention centre. Dinnerworks and Foodea shared a booth.
It was a lot of fun, and we really enjoyed meeting everyone who stopped by(both new and old clients).
It was a really great to be part of such an amazing show! Check out the pictures.

What our Hostess are there for

There seems to be some confusion lately about what our Hostess are there for at our events and dinners. We thought we would write a blog to clearly explain what their job description is for each event.

Signature Dinners- At our Signature dinners the Hostess is there to greet you as you come in, make sure you get your complimentary house wine or domestic beer and make some general introductions to the other guests already there. At our Signature Dinners the Hostess does not stay, she is there until everyone has arrived and is seated.

Rotational Dinners- The Hostess is there to do the same as a Signature Dinner however for this Dinner she says longer. At our Rotational Dinners they consist of more people and a 3 course Pre-Fixe menu, and after each course the gentlemen get up and switch tables. The Hostess is there to make sure that the Rotations run smoothly, she is only there until the last Rotation.

Mix n Mingles- The Hostess is there to take your name off the list and greet you. Then after about an hr of the Mix Mingle(Allowing everyone time to arrive) she will get everyones attention and start an ice breaker game. At then Mix n Mingles the Hostess stays a majority of the time, but does not stay until the very end. She is there to help facilitate mingling, and to answer any questions you may have.

Our Hostesses work hard to make sure your experience is special, Although our hostesses are happy to help make introductions and get you aquainted, you've taken the initiative to invest in yourself and come out to our events, and to that effect, we hope you'll feel ready to break the ice.

If you have any questions/problems/comments about our events or hostesses please feel free to contact us at the office and we would be more than happy to address your concerns.
416.483.1312

Thanks!

The Dinnerworks Team

Holida Mix n Mingle on November 27th

Join the singles from dinnerworks and 25dates.com for the fantastic Holiday Mix n mingle! Enjoy good food, drinks and company.

When: Thursday November 27th

Time: 7:00pm

Location: The Keg Steakhouse and Bar( Yonge and Eglinton Location)

Address:2201 Yonge St.

Price:19.99+gst( includes appetizers)

To attend please RSVP to toronto@dinnerworks.ca or call us at 416.483.1312

Thanks!

The dinnerworks team

Meet the newest member of our team!

Hi everyone! Just wanted to get on the blog and say hi to everyone and introduce myself!

My name is Angie Cummings and I am the newest member of the Dinnerworks team. As Director of Customer Care, I will be helping getting you all signed up with the company, answering any questions you have, and just generally be here to take care of you!

I come to Dinnerworks with a background in the Hospitality Industry, having worked in luxury spas and hotels for the past few years. I absolutely love meeting new people, and look forward to the opportunity to meet you at upcoming events - like the Mix and Mingle on the 27th at the Keg!

If you have any questions, I'd, as always love to hear from you... And be sure to introduce yourself at our next event!

Wine tasting this Friday November 7th

Join Todd Stewart and several other singles from Dinnerworks and 25dates.com, at Minto King West and enjoy great wine, food and company!

Todd Stewart, our wine expert just got back from Italy and will be sharing the wines he tasted while abroad.

Address: 755 King St West

Cost:$49+gst; price is all inclusive

This is among our most popular event, so hurry before this event is sold out!

Please email Toronto@dinnerworks.ca or call 416-483-1312 if you are interested in attending.

Thanks!

The Dinnerworks Team

Spooktacular Halloween Event!!

Come join us this Thursday October 30th for our Spooktacular Halloween event! It's a night of dinner and murder mystery. Enjoy fabulous food and an entertaining show at Mysteriously Yours, on Yonge between Eglinton and Davisville.

Time: 7pm

Cost:$69.00+gst price does not include the cost of your meal, the meal is a $25 3 course pre-fixe menu; Purchase Online

Location: Mysteriously Yours

Email toronto@dinnerworks.ca or call 416.483.1312 and let us know you are interested in attending

*Dinnerworks does not guarantee equal numbers of men and women for this event*

Come join us for a fabulous evening!

This Wednesday October 22nd at 7pm come join us for a fabulous evening of drinks, appetizers, and good company.

Where: Veni Vidi Vici

Address:650 College St

Price: 19.99+gst or $20 at the door- but please rsvp to put your name on the guest list if paying at the door.

It will be an amazing and fun night, and Rogers TV will be there to capture it all so don't forget to smile :)

Come join us! you won't regret it I promise ;) and in the Spirit of the upcoming fabulous holiday that is Halloween everyone will leave with a fun goodie bag!

The Dinnerworks Team!

Rogers TV Dating 201

Hi Everyone!

So for those of you who participated in the past Rogers TV events listen up!

This Tuesday October 14th Dating 201 airs at 8:00pm on channel 10. The first segment they will be showing is the Food tasting we filmed at Marcket.

So set your tivos and pvrs and be sure to check it out.

Thanks!

The dinnerworks team

Last Nights Rotational Dinner at Amore

Last nights Rotational Dinner at Amore Trattoria was a success! We have been receiving postive feedback all morning about how much fun everyone had.
Thank you to Amore and their great staff to helping us make this a successful Rotational Dinner.
Remember if you were at this dinner and there was someone special you want to get in contact with don't hesitate to email us, as part of our service we will pass along your contact information to someone you may have met at any dinner/event we put on.

Best,

The Dinnerworks Team

Oh So Cosmo!

Did anyone happen to catch last nights episode of Oh So Cosmo, on Cosmo TV? Dinnerworks was featured with a very lovely segment.
Stay tuned to see the clip, as we will try our best to post it on the blog :)

What is foodea.com?

Coming up on the 22nd of October we are hosting a mix n mingle that is sponsored by Foodea.com and filmed by Rogers TV, many of you may be wondering just what the heck is a foodea, so here is their mission statement.

"Foodea.com is a website that unites all around their innate passion for food. Foodea enables everyone to inspire and share food ideas with each other, all around the world. Currently, we are in an early stage of development. "

Foodea is a great site that allows users to upload and share their recipes, search for resataurants, share videos of users cooking their favorite dish, Share their cocktail recipes and much more. It really is a great site and extremely addicting once you have signed in.

I truly believe everyone at can/will love this site as much as we do.

Best,

The dinnerworks team

Check out this article in Forbes Magazine

It's Not you, It's Me

Anna Vander Broek.

At our first meeting, my dating coach says he is going to teach me how to "date like a man."

I'm not sure I want the advice. I'm in my twenties, I think I'm pretty cool and I'm not tough on the eyes, either.

It all began during one of my routine lunchtime Web surfing sessions. I came across this book, Why Hasn't He Called? by Matt Titus. Hilarious, I thought to myself. Then I dropped some mustard on my keyboard and forgot about the whole thing. That is, until I went on a date with a guy and never heard back from him--and then the same with another guy and another.

Freshly single, I didn't know what was going on--and my girlfriends were just as clueless. So that night I waited until all my co-workers went home and, looking over my shoulder every few seconds, investigated the book I had dismissed weeks earlier.

Turns out the "not calling" issue is a national phenomenon. Even a national crisis! Women all over the country can't get a guy to follow through. But Matt Titus claims to have a cure for the American male's case of phoneaphobia, a disorder carried only in the Y chromosome.

I wind up on Titus' Web site. He turns out to be a dating professional, relationship coach, author and star of the Lifetime reality show Matched in Manhattan. I'm skeptical about the whole "dating coach" thing, but Matt's resume is pretty impressive, so I decide to give him a chance. (And my girlfriends dared me to do it--who says no to a dare?)

I meet Matt--a blonde, tan, great-looking guy with intimidating self confidence--for our first session in the lobby of the Hudson Hotel in Manhattan. I explain to him that although I'm great at meeting guys, I often seem to become their best friend and am eventually summoned by names like "dude," or "man."

Matt launches right away into a lesson that acting like a man and dating like a man are two very different things. Dating like a man, Matt says, will teach me to meet the type of guy I'm interested in and also make sure he calls.

Lesson one: Sex.

"Don't sleep with a man for 90 days," Matt orders.

Silence.

I laugh. "Oh, you mean nine," I say, smiling politely.

Matt's face grows stern. "90," he says.

This sounds a bit masochistic. But Matt insists men are hunters by nature, and the "game" is what keeps them coming back for more. Unlike women, he says, men's physical and emotional intimacy grows at different rates. You need to let them get emotionally attached then physically attached, if you want them to stick around. Dating like a man, he says, is understanding what a person wants and not giving it to him.

Perfect. Matt is teaching me to be a tease.

Lesson two: Compliment Men.

I'm definitely not the "OMG I love your hair, your suit and your watch" kind of girl. That behavior makes me feel desperate. But Matt says there is nothing wrong with being nice.

I take the claim as a challenge and poll my male friends afterward--they all agree with Matt. Even the most financially successful and good looking of the bunch love compliments and don't think they reek of desperation.

I relay my male friends' responses to Matt in our next session.

"Men are horrible at reading cues from women," he explains. "You have to throw your Manolo Blahnik at him to let him know you're staring."

Yes, my dating coach knows what Manolo Blahniks are. And he thinks he can teach a girl who recently complimented a guy on his "sweet Adidas Sambas" how to date like a man?

Lesson three: The Hit-and-Run Approach.

Matt explains that when guys see a girl they're interested in, they don't hang around too long--they leave an air of mystery. Women need to do this, too. It seems I use the "hit" approach, but I never run.

Matt says this is when I need to kick in my game. "You need to plant the seed for future correspondence," he says. "If you don't show all your cards at once, you'll keep them guessing."

I go home and brood over this conversation. What if I didn't hang around a guy once I gave him my number? What if I didn't sleep with him for 90 days? And what if he still liked me after all that? I would be engaging in the sort of game-playing-teasing behavior I've always criticized in other women. But I might also have a boyfriend, or at least a boy who is more than a friend.

I come back for our final session and throw my hands up in the air. "OK!" I say, exasperated. "Fine. Maybe I need to develop a bit of game." Matt smiles at me … and I'm pretty sure he winks.

Lesson four: Confidence.

Matt says I'm probably so concerned with not appearing desperate that I'm not clear about what I really want. He says I need to let down my guard. I need to know what I want, and I need to go out and get it. If a guy doesn't want me back, then I should just forget about him.

And that, I finally realize, is the point. If I have the confidence to waltz up to a man, drop him a compliment, give him my number and walk away, he's more likely to call. I've just shown him that I couldn't care less if he calls or not--it's his loss.

The next time I go out I try to put Matt's advice to the test.

And lo and behold, it works. Guys love it when you approach them, when you compliment them and when you give them your number. But just as I am contemplating what to do with my newfound power, the calls start coming in--and I don't want to go out with any of them. I was so focused on getting a guy to call me, I never thought about whether or not I wanted them to.

I'll probably accept a few dates, but I'm not worried about having to test that 90-day rule.

Source: http://www.forbes.com/2008/09/04/dating-coach-single-lifestyle-cx-singles08_avb_0904datingcoach.html

Rotational Dinner at Amore Prixe Fixe Menu for October 8th

INSALATA:

- Spring green mix with, mango, brie cheese and walnuts in a raspberry dressing.

-Spring green mix, pinenuts, chevre , roasted red peppers served with balsamic dressing

-Fresh spring mix with provolone cheese, proscuitto and sliced tomato in a balsamic dressing.

and

ENTRÉE:

Pan-roasted Veal scaloppini with oyster mushroom and red peppers in a Madeira wine sauce, served with roasted potato

and vegetables

Baked breast of chicken with red peppers and snow peas, in a honey mustard cream sauce, served with roasted potato and vegetables

Stuffed Salmon with spinach and ricotta cheese, topped with lemon dill sauce. served with rice and vegetables.

Pan-fried eggplant topped with tomato sauce , mozzarella and parmesan . Served with spaghetti in tomato sauce

Risotto with Shrimp, jumbo scallop, mussels and plum tomato.

DESSERT:

BABY TRUFFLE CAKE: Flourless chocolate cake layered with creamy chocolate mousse, finished with a dusting of edible gold leaf

TIRAMISU:

AMORE

Trattoria

2425 YONGE STREET TORONTO, ONTARIO PHONE (416)322-6184

Pre-Fixe Menu for the October 23rd Supper Club @ Caju

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CAJÚ PRIX FIXE MENU

Appetizer:

Salada de Palmito | Heart of Palm, with field mix, tomatoes and lemon cilantro dressing.

or

Sopa | Seasonal Soup.

Entrée - Choice Of:

Moqueca | Traditional Bahia stew, with fish, tomato and coconut milk broth, sweet peppers, onions and ginger, served with Basmati rice. Frango ao Cajú | Cashew crusted roasted chicken breast, served with a potato galette. Picanha | Grilled sirloin steak with cassava chips and pepper salsa vinaigrette. Vegetarian Option Available
Dessert Passion Fruit Mousse. or Dark chocolate square on a crunchy almond crust. $30.00 per person (taxes and gratuity extra) Sounds Delicious I'm getting hungry just looking at it :) It's going to be a great event, the venue is really an amazing place.

SOLD OUT FOR THE LADIES?????

As most of you may have noticed our dinners quickly sell out for the ladies. I know that many of you are concerned about this because you feel that they are always sold out, so you think to yourself how will I ever get to attend an event? Well we have a solution for you, We have a waiting list for ALL of our events. on Occasion we get last minute cancellations, leaving spots open for the women.
Another common question is why is it always sold out for the ladies, and never sold out for the men? This is easy to answer, because the men sign up at the last minute. The ladies are always sold out because they book well in advance, the men well they check their calendars see that they are open for dinner on that night and decide to sign up.

So next time you see **SOLD OUT FOR THE LADIES** on an event you would like to attend don't fret just call or email us and we will put you on the wait list. Because you never know someone may cancel and you may end up getting their spot :)

and please if you ever have any questions don't hesitate to call or email us. We are more than happy to help.