My love Affair with food

I started cooking when I was 9 years old.

My first gig was a special breakfast in bed for my parents. I did not start out with a burning desire to cook but I needed to find a way to keep my parents in bed longer so that I could have uninterrupted access to early morning TV, which had been previously denied to me. The breakfast was a huge success and continued for many months.

Food has always been such an important part of my life and continues to be as food is such a huge part of any event. Let's just say that my cooking skills have come a long way since I was nine years old...

One of my favourite restaurants is www.craveonmain.ca and I am absolutely mad about Wayne Martin, the chef/owner.

Stay tuned for more info on the culinary masterpiece he created for one of my exquisite private dinner parties held in one of Canada’s most luxurious private homes.

More about Wayne next time.

Welcome to the first Amaryllis Events blog.

I have been putting off blogging for so long and have had so many conversations with myself about starting it, that I just decided to go for it. Actually, I have been "going for it" all my life so establishing a boutique event planning organization was a natural fit for me. One of the questions I am often asked is how I chose 'Amaryllis Events' for my company name so here goes.

When I started my company, everything was falling into place except the name; nothing seemed to be the right fit until I started looking through my gardening books (I am an avid and an award winning gardener). I was captivated by the grandness of the amaryllis flower and thought, what a great name for a company! My research confirmed this. The flower is actually a flowering bulb originally from the Andes Mountain and is named after a shepherdess in Greek mythology. The word means sparking and refers to the attractive flower which resembles a star.

Amaryllis Events is all about sparkle and shine.

Photo of an amaryllis bulb