TALENT MANAGEMENT
From Content Creator to Business Owner
Influencers and content creators are often disregarded, delegitimized, or even worse, taken advantage of. You work hard and take the time to not only build a following but create a genuinely engaging environment on your feed.
Your work has made your connection with your followers real. We value our influencers more than any other agency out there. We understand that your authenticity is everything, and we are here to foster it, not mould it to our liking.
It’s time for all that work to pay off. We can bring your platforms to the next level by managing your feed and giving you a full-time income for your work. We can make this more than a hobby or a pretty profile:
this is your career. This is your business. So we manage it like one.
TALENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES
Here’s How It Works…
As your influencer marketing agency, we act as your agent and representation, never undervaluing your work and constantly pushing your career and brand forward. Your influencer marketing campaign is our priority, and we focus on every detail to make it perfect. We will work with you on every aspect of your day, including:
Managing day-to-day social media tasks, like digital influencer marketing strategy development, community management, content scheduling and reporting.
Connect you with the right brands to develop strategic partnerships and manage your relationship to ensure social and financial growth on both sides.
Book, coordinate and execute virtual and live brand events and influencer campaigns so you don’t have to stress or spend time on behind-the-scenes work.
Build social media campaigns with global brands to execute a campaign strategy.
OUR TALENT ROSTER
Katherine Wants
What started as a way for Chef Randy to satisfy his wife, Katherine’s culinary desires and cravings has transformed into the social media sensation and lifestyle brand, Katherine Wants.
Taking TikTok and Instagram by storm with over 800K followers, this entertaining video blog features elevated but easy to execute recipes, their everyday favourites, life updates, new renovations and soon even travel adventures that’ll give you instant fomo.
Let’s just say, whatever Katherine wants, Randy makes happen! Talk about couple goals!
Chef MATTHEW JAMES DUFFY
Acclaimed chef and bread fanatic Matthew James Duffy exploded on the sourdough scene with major influence and over 300K social media followers. After fifteen years of international industry experience everywhere from specialty bakeries to Michelin star restaurants, Mathew is following his baking passion as a baking professor at Centennial College with online courses and consulting.
Sourdough has taken Matthew to Freiburg to work alongside a German master baker at Backerei Pfeifle, and to King Arthur Flour to work with bread master Jeffery Hamelman. He has also taken his baling talents to San Francisco’s San Francisco Baking Institute and Chicago’s French Pastry School. Special mention goes to a recent experience attending Coupe du Monde De La Boulangerie in Paris, France.
Chef Erica Karbelnik
Erica has travelled across the world, and each new place brings new flavors into her cooking. Over the years, she has gone back and forth from Toronto to Vancouver, working for some of the best chefs across Canada.
Erica is traditionally trained with a French Italian background and specializes in handmade pasta. She was recently awarded the title of Canada’s Top Chef, after competing alongside her husband and fellow chef, Josh Karbelnik, on Food network’s Top Chef Canada. On the show, Erica tapped into her Moroccan Israeli Background, and brought those flavors to the table, finding her stride and her cooking style. Erica also won her episode of Chopped Canada on Season 3 in 2016.
Chef Erica’s many projects keep her busy, but she hopes to open her own restaurant in the next year.
Jamar McNeil
Making mornings pop on Chum 104.5’s Marilyn Dennis and Jamar, Jamar’s been a radio host for some of the biggest radio stations in the United States and in the Caribbean. Beyond his popular radio shows, he is also a TV actor, an accomplished club/party DJ and music producer known as J Niice specializing in Pop, Dancehall, Reggae and Soca.
Jamar is an avid snowboarder, scuba diver and soccer player. His #1 passion is music, with a passion for nature and the environment coming in at a “close-second”. He loves sci-fi movies, comic books and long walks on the beach.
CHEF JOE FRIDAY
Chef Joe Friday was born in North Carolina, raised in Okinawa, Japan, and trained in French Cuisine. He graduated top of his class in Restaurant Management from The Culinary Institute of America in New York and then started his culinary career at the age of 20, as one of 10 worldwide individuals invited to train at Walt Disney World’s culinary program. In addition, Chef Joe staged around Europe, Asia, and the US, including staging with Thomas Keller at French Laundry, working as a Saucier Nobu in Honolulu, and working as the Executive Sous Chef at the Hilton Hawaiian Village.
Following these experiences, Chef Joe moved to Toronto, Canada almost 10 years ago to be part of the opening team for Peter Oliver and Michael Bonacini’s new venture, Luma at TIFF Bell Lightbox. After this venture, Chef Joe was part of the team that opened Bar Mozza (closed) and became part owner and Executive Chef of ViaVai (closed). Chef Joe went on to bring his love for Hawaiian Cuisine to Toronto and opened as part owner and chef, of the popular quick-service poke restaurant Calii Love. He is also the founder of The Chef Collective, which is a chef-driven organization committed to supporting local and worldwide chefs by providing them with a platform to showcase their talents through Chef Battles.
In 2023, Joe opened his first quick-service burger restaurant, Friday Burger Company, which is a homage to his favourite meal, the humble burger. There are two locations, one located in downtown Toronto at the brand new 81 Bay Street Tower, and a second location at 2162 Danforth Avenue. Check out their feature in Toronto Life!
CHEF Keith Pears
Born and raised in Vancouver, Keith Pears was born into a family of chefs and was destined to become immersed in the culinary field. Chef Keith has competed in a number of food competitions, such as Best of the West, City TV’s Master Chef, B.C. Chef of the Year, Garland Canada International Shellfish Chef Challenge, 2016 Bocuse d’Or National Selection, Chopped Canada and most recently winning Gold at Canada’s Great Kitchen party in Toronto.
He’s naturally driven and eager to learn and experience life to its fullest, so it’s no surprise that Keith made the bold move to Toronto, earning the title of Executive Chef at W Toronto for two years, and now he has accomplished the title of leading Executive Chef of his own restaurant Glass Kitchen. As he often likes to quote, “you never stop learning, because life never stops teaching.”
Lena Almeida
Lena Almeida is a content creator, social
media strategist and photography enthusiast.
Before starting a family, Lena worked in a
professional capacity as a Corporate Trainer
and Communications Specialist. Alas, as much
as she loved her career, she also yearned to
explore her creative side. Lena started her
blog, Listen to Lena, in 2008 as a way of
communicating the best parenting finds to
friends and family, but as she continued to
post, it was not long before she realized her
passion for photography and content creation.
CHEF DWIGHT SMITH
Dwight is a Toronto-based Red Seal Chef with over 15 years of professional kitchen experience. He started his culinary career in 2008 by enrolling at George Brown College, one of Canada’s premier culinary institutes.
Since he hasn’t looked back gaining experience working alongside some of Canada’s top chefs including Michelin Star, Chef Patrick Kriss of ALO Food Group, Chefs Anthony Walsh and Michael Bonacini of O&B Hospitality and Michael Noble of the iconic Notable Restaurant in Calgary Alberta. His goal now is to bridge the gap between restaurants and home cooking making great food more accessible across his social media platforms.
CHEERS TO HAPPY HOUR
Brenton Mowforth is Canada’s leading cocktail and beverage expert. He originally started out to inspire people to drink better, not more, and since has created a community across his platforms – Cheers to Happy Hour and Wander Thirsty.
A community that dives deep into the liquor industry and shines the spotlight on the cocktail culture, industry members and cutting-edge establishments serving up next level beverages.
Wander Thirsty.
His passions for cocktails and the industry have been recognized by Forbes, Toronto Star and Liqour.com.
Wander Thirsty.
Brenton is currently focusing on creating inspirational cocktails that everyone can make in the comfort of their own home, elevating his drink styling and connecting with industry leaders for the latest and greatest.
CHEF ADRIAN FORTE
Adrian Forte is an international private chef from Toronto, a published cookbook author, culinary consultant, and TV personality. His passion for all things food brings out the best in every dish he creates. His years of experience in the culinary industry have paved a clear road of excellence in creating delicious meals, menu development, and restaurant management.
He has worked with and consulted for some of the most notable restaurant establishments in Toronto, as well as internationally. From conceptualizing some of the most buzz-worthy burger joints – Gangster Burger, becoming the Chef De Cuisine and (Former) Co-Founder at The Dirty Bird Chicken & Waffles, developing the menu at Aunty Lucy’s Burgers, created YAWD, a Modern Afro-Caribbean pop-up, which has then turned into his very first cookbook published internationally by Appetite Random House. He is currently based in Turks & Caicos cooking for A-list celebrities and high net worth individuals, as well as consulting for the island’s newest restaurant concepts and keeping himself busy with projects that keep him inspired.