This year’s Grand Cru Culinary Wine Festival drew over 400 guests to 14 private homes in the Greater Toronto Area for an Exclusive Wine & Dine Experience dinner on Nov. 1, 2014. Each dinner had a host, a scientist and a top chef, who cooked up delectable dishes. There were also celebrity sightings among the guests, including TV personality Kevin O’Leary and actor Amelia Heinle. Official purchasing partner BMO World Elite MasterCard provided two tickets to the 57th Grammy Awards — an auction item that included other priceless experiences. The event raised over $1.8 million for research at the University Health Network.
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Photos: 1. Lou Rocca, president of Halton Forming Ltd., and Marisa Rocca, owner of Sotto Sotto Ristorante, host the 10th anniversary Grand Cru Culinary Wine Festival 2. Grand Cru’s co-founder and co-chair Todd Halpern and Peony Design’s president Ellen Halpern at the Grand Cru Appreciation Party on Oct. 30, 2014