How A Little Chopping And Dicing Can Help You Reconnect With Your Family, Friends Or Partner

TORONTO - May 28, 2018 - PRLog -- Can you think of the last time you, your family, your partner or your friends spent some time together in the kitchen preparing an old family recipe or new fusion meal; talking, interacting, and (re)connecting for a few hours, the way our families once did?

World-renowned Executive Chef Dario Tomaselli and his partner, Anita Heidema, have discovered that their passion for cooking together brought them, and their combined families, closer together. Realizing the power that time preparing a meal can bring to a family, friends or couple, they created Passion is Cooking, a multi-platform lifestyle brand, where they share food and relationship tips, recipes and their infectious connection to help encourage more people to make time for their relationships while investing in healthier meal options, at home.

To commemorate the launch of their new collaboration and meet with fellow foodies they will be hosting the summer's first foodie event, the Summer Solstice Foodie Fest, at Toronto's newest and most exciting Kitchen collective, Kitchen 24 (located at100 Marmora St. Suite 200, Toronto, ON (https://maps.google.com/?q=100+Marmora+St.+Suite+200,%C2%...)) on Thursday June 21^st 2018 from 4pm-8pm. There, they will host a cooking class, introduce new culinary flavours and products and offer exclusive tasting tables to enthusiastic food lovers.

Summer Solstice Foodie Fest is an evening of international culinary adventure, authentic connection and fun for serious foodies, where participants will be able to mix and mingle with other-like minded gourmands, indulge in a tasting tour of some of the most exquisite food and drink from sponsors and partners like Olivieri, ORO Café, Profile Wine Group, Leavoy Rowe Beef Co., Niagara Food Specialities, Excelsior Food and Bartholomew Bakery. Attendees will also:

Discover the newest culinary products coming to the market

·         Watch and learn as Chef Dario and his partner-in-kitchen Anita teach you easy recipes and techniques during a fun and interactive cooking demonstration so you too can cook healthy and delicious meals with your partner, your family and your friends (Cooking Class 5-6pm)

·         Product samples and tastings of the finest Italian and International foods, drinks, wine and spirits

·         Get a First Look at our Fall 2019 Tuscan Culinary tour

·         Try out the newest culinary tools and kitchen gadgets

You can find more details about the event here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/summer-solstice-foodie-fest-tickets-45235161586?aff=es2

Chef Dario, whose name you probably recognize as the former Executive Chefhead chef at the award-winning Toronto restaurant Oro and current international culinary instructor and coordinator of International Italian Post Diploma Programat George Brown College, and Anita, an avid proponent for health awareness, now mentor to others on both the health and relationship benefits of healthy home cooking. They recently launched "Passion Is Cooking Lifestyle TV", a lifestyle focused YouTube channel and website focused on helping everyday, busy people to reconnect with their family and friends and bring back the traditional method of cooking together in the kitchen.

To speak with Chef Dario and/or Anita Heidema about how and why they started Passion is Cooking, the importance of cooking together, or to schedule an interactive segment or media interview, and/or obtain media passes for Summer Solstice Foodie Fest, please contact:

Rania Walker, PR & Media Relations,

Rania@FrontDoorPR.com

416.258.8953

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ABOUT PASSION IS COOKING:

Passion is Cooking is about bringing couples, family and friends together through food to foster meaningful connection, and reconnection. World-renowned Executive Chef Dario Tomaselli and his partner, Mindset Rich Life coach Anita Heidema share their passion for good food, healthy home cooking, and the age-old practice of preparing and sharing meals together, through easy online videos, interactive cooking classes and international culinary tours. Together, they integrate their culinary and mindset techniques to foster healthier eating habits, better relationships and more positive lifestyle choices. Their mantra of 'cook together to stay together' is born of a simple mission: to encourage people to go back into the kitchen to reignite the experience of sharing a meal, and your time, with one another. To see chef Dario and Anita in action and get recipes and food tips, visit: Passion Is Cooking Lifestyle TV (https://www.youtube.com/c/passioniscooking.com)