Chef Pam Fanjoy

A little Christmas baking this week with a couple of our latest Jr Chefs.

***POP UP Christmas Jr. Chef Baking Class Ages 11-14 this Sunday, December 13th 1-3pm**** Did you know that when you buy a Gourmet to Go meal from Fan/Joy we are now donating $5 to our Impact Fund to make our Jr. Chef programs available to more youth??! With a busy week, some key supporters from our community and our first community donations arriving we are excited to host a special price for a pop up class this Sunday! Your Jr. Chef can join our guest Chef Maria Hornak and... Chef Pam to whisk up some favourite holiday treats for your friends and family! This will be a one time class and available only to 8 youth in our newly expanded socially distanced culinary studio in Hillsburgh. Registration is on a first come first serve basis with no refunds for no shows and all COVID public health protocols are in place here at Fan/Joy including masks. Don't have a child yourself to send but still want to support our youth? Please consider making a donation online to sponsor a youth in our programs or order your family sized Gourmet to Go meal and we'll donate $5 to our bursary fund. Register here today to join us! Price includes a treat box of cookies to take home. #feedingconnection #cookingupchange #fanjoyjrchef #holidaybaking #energizeerin #kidsbaking #queenofthepivot #hillsburgh #erin #christmasfun #cookies #guelph #yumyum https://chef-pam-fan-joy.myshopify.com//junior-chef-schedu

Lots is happening at Fan/Joy these days and an update video to come later today but here are the highlights on the food side of things for this week: THIS WEEKS GOURMET TO GO MEALS for take out, made FRESH & HOT for your pick up in Hillsburgh. PRE-ORDERS by 3PM accepted only and can be made by ordering under our GOURMET TO GO tab online at www.chefpamfanjoy.com or by phoning 519-308-0900 and leaving a message with your name and phone number (in which case an e-transfer mu...st be received for your meals by 5pm that day.) NO PAYMENT TRANSACTIONS WILL BE DONE IN STORE for these meals to allow for us to serve as many customers as possible with limited staff on hand this week. Once ordered and paid for, your meals will be available for pick up between 5 and 6pm with two people only in the shop at a time please. Masks must be worn. All prices will have additional HST on them. THIS WEEKS FEATURES : MEATY LASAGNA on Monday $14 individual & $38 for Family Size serves 4. Party size serves 9-12 $89 MUSHROOM RISOTTO on Wednesday (vegan) $16 per person *limited supply this week. Place your order early to avoid disappointment Classic HILLS-BURGERS or BEYOND BEEF VEGAN BURGHER & FRIES $20 + hst Thursday *fresh and hot today but orders must be received by 3pm or POUTINE with our house made gravy and curds $12 per person AUTHENTIC BUTTER CHICKEN DINNER - Friday DINNER - hot and ready to serve with basmati rice and naan. $20 per person 6pm pick up time please pre order by 3pm POUTINE with our house made gravy and curds $12 per person FRIES $7 or $20 Family Size serves 4-6 SWEET POTATO FRIES with Thai Sauce $8 or $25 FAMILY SIZE GIANT GOURMET ONION RINGS with Chipotle Aioli $12 or $25 for Family Size

Our Jr Chef Foods of the World Fundamentals Course begins today in Guelph at 10C downtown. Pad Thai is on the menu and we have a limited number available fresh this evening in Hillsburgh. To order call 519-308-0900 and leave a message before 4pm. Our team will get back to you to confirm your curbside pick up time.

Order ahead for the weekend! This week's Family Meal Deal is Teriyaki Stir Fry with your choice of chicken or tofu. $5 from every meal is donated to our new Jr.... Chef Impact Fund to sponsor youth to attend our innovative culinary and counselling programs. Order ONLINE by Thurs Nov 19th. Pick up Fri Nov 20th (Hillsburgh) or Sat Nov 21st (Guelph).

NEWS IS OUT IN GUELPH !! What an amazingly joyful weekend hosting our next Hillsburgh Fan/Joy Junior Chef 6 week Culinary Teen Pod on Friday evening and then launching our first programs in Guelph as a proud supporter of the Nourish kitchen at 10C Shared Space. Please consider how you can support our pivot to respond to the current mental health needs of youth in our communities with our innovative Life Skills Culinary programs that are now occurring by #feedingconnection ...and #cookingupchange with our socially distanced cooking areas that teens can gather safely in together. THIS is the magic that happens and you can help by volunteering as a Jr. Chef Mentor or making a donation that suits your circumstances and heart at pamfanjoy.com. Please share widely to help us spread the word for December registrations in Hillsburgh and Guelph. https://www.guelphtoday.com//junior-chef-program-helps-gue

Our very first Downtown Guelph Junior Chef session start this Saturday, November 14th! Make sure to register your child before it's too late. Courses will run from November to December, with more to come in the new year! We're thrilled to be working out of the 10C Nourish Kitchen in Downtown Guelph #CookingUpChange in our surrounding communities and #FeedingConnection that lasts a lifetime. For more information and to register today, visit https://chef-pam-fan-joy.myshopify....com//junior-chef-schedu We look forward to seeing you and your family in Guelph, and cannot thank everyone enough for their support!

We're back with weekly meal deals! This week we are serving Chicken Souvlaki with basmati rice, grilled pita bread and Greek salad. Family size serves 4. $5 from every meal will be donated to our new Jr. Chef Impact Fund to sponsor youth to attend our innovative culinary and counseling programs.... Meals must be pre-ordered ONLINE by Thursday, November 12th at 6pm. Order online at http://ow.ly/iMBu50CgUBF Contactless curbside pickup is available at: Hillsburgh on Friday, November 13th at Fan/Joy Marketplace and Culinary Studio from 6-7pm. Guelph on Saturday, November 14th at 10C Shared Space from 5:30-6pm.

I am SO happy to be spending another powerful day today teaching others how to effectively intervene with those suffering to prevent suicide. This will become a monthly training program at Fan/Joy in both Hillsburgh and now also in Guelph starting in 2021. Registration will be open in the upcoming weeks so contact us to ensure your team and organization has a spot.

If you haven't heard, we're celebrating World Pasta Day on Sunday October 25th. We'll be offering our popular and delicious, hearty lasagna dinner that will make #FeedingConnection with friends and family much easier this weekend. The dinner is our family-size meaty lasagna, and mighty caesar salad, and can feed 4-5 people for $42.00 + HST. It is available only through pre-order on our website, at this link: https://chefpamfanjoy.com/product/pasta-feature-dinner/... Place your order here by TOMORROW, Saturday, Sept 24 at 3pm. Dinners will be ready for pickup on Sunday between 5-6pm at our location here in Hillsburgh. Don't miss out on this offer! Orders will only be accepted via the Gourmet to Go website page. If you have ANY issues or questions, please call us at 519-308-0900. Come out and support the Junior Chef Impact Fund by placing an order. Thank you for all of your support everyone!

As most of you know, the pandemic has been a very difficult time for small businesses in the area. While the circumstances of COVID-19 were very challenging for me, I was also provided with many incredible opportunities to which I am so grateful for. During my time with Rhyze Ventures, I met and became friends with Carey McClements, owner of Lucy Pearlle. At the most trying time of this pandemic when I felt discouraged and reassessing the future direction of Fan/Joy, Carey ap...proached me with compassion and kindness, and helped transform our restaurant into a new expanded fine foods marketplace here in Hillsburgh. Carey is a visionary, gritty, strong female entrepreneur, as well as a compassionate and devoted friend. I am very glad to know her, and so grateful that our experiences at Rhyze Ventures allowed us to cross paths. Yesterday it was announced that Carey won the People's Choice Award, and I would like to extend my warmest congratulations. You are SO deserving of this award and I look forward to supporting all of the incredible things you will achieve in the future. #femaleentrepreneurs #rhyzeventures #innovationguelph #feedingconnection #covid19support #collaboration #Congratulations #femalebusinessowner

Big Announcement! Last night I pitched my Junior Chef Life Skills program and the work being done here at Fan/Joy for the Rhyze Ventures program finale and we won! This program helped a lot of female entrepreneurs rise to be their best selves, and I feel very privileged and grateful to have been a part of it. This win is going to help our marketing initiatives, and also expand and enhance our Junior Chef Life Skills program here in Hillsburgh, and into Guelph. I am so thrille...d and looking forward to everything that we're working on. Thank you to everyone who has supported me throughout this process, and during these unprescedented times. If you're looking to support the Junior Chef Life Skills Program, $5 from the sale of every family-sized entree will be donated to our Junior Chef Impact fund. You can place an order online at https://chefpamfanjoy.com/product-category/gourmet-to-go/ for pickup at our marketplace this weekend. Help us continue to cook up change that will last a life time.

This Sunday we will be doing a pop up Take Out dinner to celebrate World Pasta Day with orders that are pre sold and ordered ahead of time. Place your order by Saturday at noon to pick up hot & ready to enjoy Sunday, Oct 25th at 6pm curbside pick up at Fan/Joy. $5 from every family meal sold will go to support our Jr. Chef programs and as a bonus I am adding in 2 free individual Udderly Rediculous award winning ice creams if you order by tomorrow at 5pm. We hope that we can count on your ongoing support as we shift the focus here at Fan/Joy to support youth mental health while also finding new innovative ways to still bring you your favourite Fan/Joy culinary creations with our more predictable pop up special dinners this fall. Please share widely so we can continue #feedingconnection and #cookingupchange in our community! Thanks!

Winning Chopped Canada in 2016 was a pretty proud day for me but so is this accomplishment as my first book, Shooting Stars is now reaching into the USA to influence therapists and reach children across the continent helping them cope with the impact of COVID 19. To purchase your copy go to my website at chefpamfanjoy.com.If you are interested in booking a Reading Circle (min 10 children please) as a leader of a youth organization or if you are wanting to book a clinical tr...aining for your team of counsellors, teachers or mental health workers about how to use storytelling as a therapeutic tool in sessions please contact me at [email protected] or 519-308-0900. #mentalhealthmatters #fanjoyjrchef #resiliency #therapistsofinstagram #socialwork #shootingstars #writingheals #fanjoyrestaurant #chefpamfanjoy #covid19support #covid19leadership

With mental health concerns surging, particularly among 15-24 year olds during the pandemic, we are continuing to build our team of mental health professionals here at Fan/Joy to meet the growing need to offer innovative programs that help youth and families build resiliency and improve their physical, mental and spiritual health. Our team will be taking this 2 day training ourselves on November 7th & 8th as we welcome Tina Gandhi to our team here this fall. I'm delighted ...to work with her again as a valued colleague that I've known for over 20 years in my social work career. We are happy to be able to invite a limited number of mental health professionals, or students, to join us in person, with all COVID protocols in place. Please contact me at 519-308-0900 if you would like to register or register through Eventbrite.

Nothing to do today? How about you get out of the house to support a great cause and attend one of my favourite annual fundraisers EMPTY BOWLS, to end hunger hosted by our rather famous local clay artist (and recent illustrator of my book Shooting Stars) Ann Randeraad. This year will be a little different and with recent new COVID restrictions they will be hosting it as a drive through event but you can PURCHASE TICKETS LAST MINUTE ONSITE. You will receive one of Ann's ha...nd thrown masterpiece bowls and your choice of soup from one of 5 local restaurants that are supporting the cause with their donations. I taught the Junior Chefs here yesterday how to make my signature Curried Butternut Squash & Apple Soup with apples donated by one of our staff's apple trees. 25 L later we are please to once again support this cause to #endhunger and fight #foodsecurity issues. #fanjoyjrchef #mentalhealthmatters #collaboration #socialwork #pottery #gta #alton #chefsdayoff

Do you know that Wintersingers is a supporter of Fan/Joy and they have some extra pumpkins up for donations. Let's be generous with those who are generous to others and when you need your Christmas tree this year, Wintersingers is where you need to go!!!

First Shooting Stars children’s books about finding healing and togetherness during COVID were shipped out to my beloved PEI and the east coast this week where I will be holding Reading Circles soon!! Order your copy at chefpamfanjoy.com to support youth mental health today. Please share

Have you read my new children's book yet? I am now booking Reading Circles in person and virtually across Canada for teachers, medical and clinical teams working with children who will find this a valuable tool to start these conversations more easily. https://www.wellingtonadvertiser.com/pam-fanjoy-book-aims/

Stuffed Harvest Squash is back to celebrate fall flavors and the best our organic farmers have each week for this chef to bring to the table.

50th birthday shot taken by a customer as I took a break to listen to live music by a talented Mark Yan.