Toronto: July 29, 2024 – Heads up, Toronto! That chic picnic where fashion, good food and most importantly good company meet is back! That’s right, Le Dîner en Blanc returns to Toronto on Thursday, September 19 at a new secret location.
Toronto’s social gathering of the summer!
Proclaiming itself the social gathering of the summer, at Le Dîner en Blanc a wave of white transforms a secret location in the downtown core. On the heels of the Paris Olympics, here you will find 1200 guests adorned in all white attending a French themed dinner where conversation and champagne are essential.
Event veterans Lori Heller from Heller Productions Inc. and Marc Talbot from Exclusive Management Services are taking over as co-hosts of this year’s Le Dîner en Blanc in Toronto. “We’re thrilled to be hosting this unforgettable summer event,” said Lori Heller. “Marc and I are excited to put our experience in luxe large-scale events to work as we create a spectacular evening with fabulous entertainment, food and wine, capturing the beauty and magic of Le Dîner en Blanc.”
How to register for Le Dîner en Blanc Toronto
Torontonians who would like to be part of Le Dîner en Blanc 2024 can do so by signing up at toronto.dinerenblanc.com. Once on the website, click on ‘Attend Le Dîner en Blanc’ or ‘Sign In’ to create an account and be ready for Phase 3 as soon it opens.
Registration takes place in 3 phases:
- Members from the previous year & friends of the organizers.
- Friends “sponsored” by Phase 1 members.
- General Public that signed up on the official website linked here.
To maintain the uniqueness of Le Dîner en Blanc, every guest has a part to play and observes certain requirements such as:
• Dress code: head-to-toe in white only. Elegance and originality are key, and prizes will be awarded for the best dressed
• Table setting: all white!
• French-influenced event only wine and/or Champagne are served. Curated by Toronto’s iconic wine club, Charlie’s Burgers, guests wishing to enjoy some wine or Champagne, must reserve their selection online through Le Dîner en Blanc’s e-store.
- As per Ontario alcohol regulations, guests cannot bring their own alcohol.
• To ensure that the location secret is kept undisclosed until an hour before the event, guests meet at the assigned departure location and are escorted by a Dîner en Blanc volunteer.
• So the event location is left as clean as when guests arrived, guests are required to leave with all their belongings, leftovers, and litter.
What must guests bring?
• A table, two white chairs, white tablecloth.
• A picnic basket comprising fine food and proper stemware and white dinnerware.
- A catered picnic basket option prepared by award-winning Chef Trevor Lui, Culinary Director of Highbell Hospitality known for custom curated dining experiences, can be picked up on site for those who do not wish to pack their own. Guests wishing to do so must reserve online through Le Dîner en Blanc’s e-store.
120 cities in 40 countries – About Le Dîner en Blanc
Le Dîner en Blanc is so much more than an event. It’s a unique cultural movement that empowers friends of friends to gather and celebrate their shared passions for life, food, fashion, and community, year after year, with a pinch of mystery and large serving of spontaneity. Elegantly dressed all in white, guests arrive at a secret location for a chic picnic en masse. They bring their own tables, chairs, picnic baskets—all the trimmings—to sit down with friends and make new connections in one of their city’s most beautiful public spaces. The location remains secret up until the very moment of arrival. Over the course of the evening, guests from all backgrounds eat, dance, and reconnect with the finer things in life, as they appreciate the night’s magical experience.
To this day, over 120 cities in 40 countries have joined the ever-growing and international network to celebrate gourmet cuisine, offer extraordinary entertainment, and bring together vibrant individuals and bon vivants around the world. While Le Dîner en Blanc International is headquartered in Montreal, Canada, every event in every city is hosted by passionate local organizers who fell in love with the original Parisian concept and wanted to bring it home and dress it up with local flair. For more info, photos, and videos of Le Dîner en Blanc events from around the world, visit dinerenblanc.com.
all photography supplied by Le Dîner en Blanc Toronto 2023, by Ryan Emberley
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