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Vital Voices Global Women’s Entrepreneurship Fellow 2021
SheEO Canadian Venture 2021
RHYZE Ventures Social Enterprise Winner 2020
BMO For Women Grant Winner 2020 and more…
Building on a highly successful career as a clinical social worker, Chef Pam Fanjoy continues to help people & communities by integrating her culinary passion with her 25+ years of experience working with children, adolescents, and families.
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Fanjoy restaurant pivoting into event space and charity HQ
Chef Pam Fanjoy is looking to deepen the connection between community, food and wellness at renovated Hillsburgh space Keegan Kozolanka · Guelph Today · Nov 17, 2022 HILLSBURGH – A well-known Hillsburgh-area chef is looking to cook up more change...
This Hillsburgh, Ont., chef is cooking up change with a new world food market: Andrew Coppolino
With local food as a touchstone, people can sample different dishes, experience different cultures each week Andrew Coppolino · CBC News · Aug 13, 2022 For Pam Fanjoy, the distance between social work and a professional restaurant kitchen is...
WOSEN – Pam Fanjoy – Fan/Joy Success Story
Community and connection are an integral part of Chef Pam Fanjoy’s approach to overcoming barriers in her career as a Social Worker, turned classically-trained French-style TV star Chef, turned Culinary Therapist. Chef Pam has moved through pivots in her life that...
Podcasts & Webinars…
A Recipe for Change: Pam Fanjoy of Fanjoy Culinary & Wellness Centre
What happens when a long-time social worker decides to integrate her passion for cooking with her dedication to helping others? You create the Fanjoy Culinary and Wellness Centre, a social enterprise that uses culinary classes to improve the wellbeing of youth,...
VANCity Bank — Women Entrepreneurs on Building & Growing a Resilient Business
Through creativity, grit, and resourcefulness, many women-led organizations survived and realized growth during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this webinar, three resilient women entrepreneurs shared: The importance of ensuring everyone has an opportunity to sit at the...
Food FOCUS Podcast Part 2
This is the second conversation that Mike had with Chef Pam Fanjoy. The focus on Pam's culinary therapy program that provides both cooking skills and mental health and life skills support. She uses a kitchen as a context for an activity to help people relax and be...
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Government of Canada supports The Friendly Chef Adventures Inc. through the Tourism Relief Fund
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The Friendly Chef Adventures Inc (operating as Fanjoy) receives $100,000 from Central Counties Tourism through FedDev Ontario to create a fully accessible culinary studio destination
HILLSBURGH, Ontario | January 12, 2023 – The tourism sector is vital to the economy and jobs in the Headwaters region. The Friendly Chef Adventures, operating as Fanjoy, was a well-known tourist destination in Hillsburgh prior to COVID with a country marketplace, culinary classes, seasonal Farm-to-Table dinners, and live music throughout the year.
Local Chef Pam Fanjoy a Recipient of BMO Grant for Women Owned Businesses
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Chef Pam Fanjoy receives BMO Grant for her Junior Chef Programs which provide therapeutic support to youth and families during the pandemic
HILLSBURGH, Ontario | November 19, 2020 – The BMO Financial Group announced today that Pam Fanjoy is one of ten recipients of the BMO Grant Program for Women-Owned Businesses for her innovative Junior Chef Programs, which aim to enhance the physical, mental and spiritual health of youth and families.
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