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Ingrid
teaching her daughters the art of
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Fun
Shots with Celebrities
. . . over some 20 years
In
high-end retailing there is a saying: "attract celebrities and
every-day-customers will come in droves." It's the easiest way
to success. And that we do, with celebrities in entertainment, sports,
business world, and politics. Our staff cannot do enough for them, and
other customers just love seeing them. . .and we get to socialize with
some as you can see below.
Handing out truffles
at Playboy Bunny auditions |
Ingrid
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Playboy Bunny auditions
Over 2,000 watched at Lucid Club, Toronto.
. . Bruce Willis and Lennox Lewis
came to watch |
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Jay Godfrey (Ingrid’s godson)
launches his own “New York fashion
designs” at Toronto Fashion Week 2004 |
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"Ed the Sock" interviewed PlayboyBunnies . . and enjoyed
some Swiss-Master Chocolatier "Playboy" truffles
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| This is what makes the Toronto Film Festival exciting. Here Sigourney Weaver, Sandra Bullock and Toby Jones had a "red carpet" entrance and talked to audience on stage ..and then sat through their "Infamous" film and received standing ovation at end. |
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Hollywood-Joe (Joe Frankel, formerly of Toronto) takes us back to 30s to romanticize the power of chocolate ..as he shoots a tiny episode at Swiss-Master Chocolatier to propose to Hollywood people, like Steven Spielberg. |
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October 2004 Opera star Maureen Forester says final goodbye to public
. . even sings a little, bringing tears to many. . Ingrid with musical
director David Warrack, and Eleanor Koldofsky a great supporter
of the arts |
With movie director Norman Jewison
..chatted about "meeting backstage
at Oscar-Night, many years ago" |
Ingrid with Tom Green |
Go Leafs Go!
Ingrid with Tie Domi |
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Ingrid schmoozing at Toronto
Film Festival, Robert Altman
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Ingrid, more schmoozing at Toronto Film Festival, with Selma Hayek
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Norman Jewison, at Toronto International Film Festival |
A very important celebrity in the
Swiss Chocolate World:
the legendary Swiss cow |
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Tonya Lee Williams (Young and the Restless) with Ingrid, Toronto Film
Festival BBQ |
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Jayne
Eastwood, Ingrid, Chef Roger Dufau of Drew House (Elora),
TV host Joanne Meral |
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Kurt Browning, 4-time world champion
and 3-time Olympian (figure skating), with wife, and with Ingrid,
taste testing chocolates.
(In 1988 landed the first quadruple toe loop)
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Legendary Denny Doherty of the rock group "The Mamas & The Papas," (one heck of a nice guy) with Tom Steven
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Jaclyn with Maury Chaykin (Nero Wolfe) |
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Victor
Webster (Days of Our Lives) with chef Mark McEwan of North 44
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Nancy
Sakovitch (PSI Factor), Ingrid, Chef Bruce Kowalchuck of Harbour Sixty
Steakhouse |
Eric Etebari , star of series "WitchBlade"
(with his own "action figure" toy) |
Tony Rosato, SCTV and Saturday Night
Live |
Linden Ashby (Mortal Combat) with Ingrid
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Mimi Kuzyk , star of "Blue Murder,"
etc. |
Victor Webster with Jaclyn
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With Rob Schneider, "The Animal"
at Sotto Sotto
(chef: Felice Vacca) |
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With opera legend
Maureen Forrester |
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With Canada's Don Harron
(funny "Charlie
Farquharson") |
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Reception for Christopher Reeves, Superman, in Toronto.
Paralyzed and unable to breath on his own,
he did not
retrieve but went all out to fight
"to help people walk again" |
Bruce Gray (Traders) |
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