Guests
Dvira Ovadia
Dvira Ovadia began working in the industry for a handful of world renown design firms in New York and Toronto. In 2006, Dvira participated in a design-based reality show called ‘From the Ground Up’, Season 2 with Debbie Travis.
After beating out 9,000 applicants and 14 finalists, Dvira became Debbie Travis’ Chief designer. She was awarded the prize to design and develop 10 Show Homes for Tribute Communities. Following that success, Dvira established her own design firm while getting further involved in design programming on HGTV. She became the designer on the Unsellables for two season, and moved into being the designer and art director for 4 seasons of Income Property with Scott Mcgillivray on HGTV. You can contact Dvira at www.dvira.com.
Ted Reader
Ted Reader is an award-winning chef and food entertainer, who’s parlayed his passion for food into a culinary tour de force that includes more than a dozen cookbooks, shelves of food products, live culinary performances, TV and radio cooking shows and appearances as well as culinary demonstrations, a catering company and teaching.
Know for his pyrotechnic charm and fearless culinary spirit, it’s no surprise that GQ magazine labeled him the “Crazy Canuck Barbecue Kingpin.” The dude just loves to cook!
Ted’s quest for creating “real food for real people” has seen this high-profile culinary barbecue guru demonstrate his flair for grilling in all venues from swanky ballrooms to the Pacific Ocean to a downtown Toronto parking lot. Today, he owns more than 100 barbecues, grills and smokers in all shapes and sizes and never goes anywhere without one in the back of his truck.
Ted was awarded two prestigious awards for his cookbook, Napoleon’s Everyday Gourmet Grilling – Best Barbecue Book by the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards and it also won the Cordon d’ Or – Gold Ribbon BBQ Cookbook Culinary Academy Award in the 2008 Awards Program. Then in 2009, Ted took home Best Barbecue Book at the Gourmand Cookbook Awards for Napoleon’s Everyday Gourmet Plank Grilling. On May 6th, 2010 Ted cooked the largest hamburger weighing in at 590lbs, a huge accomplishment for his career. And just this year, Ted won Best BBQ Book at the Gourmand Cookbook Awards for Napoleon’s Everyday Gourmet Burgers.
For additional information on Ted’s World Famous BBQ, visit: www.tedreader.com
Jim Connelly and Peter de Sousa
Jim Connelly and Peter de Sousa are well known on TV as the Dynamic decorative Paint experts. They have showcased their talents on HGTV Debbie Travis Facelift, Designer Guys, Cityline and many other TV shows.
Jim is from Scotland and trained as a decorative artist in Glasgow Scotland, Peter is from Porto in Portugal and also trained as a decorative artist. These two have an interesting slant on life, Jim is funny and not afraid to say what’s on his mind.
Peter is the quiet man and is always having the last laugh!!! Both are also artists and have sold their art pieces from their Toronto based Studio.
Sharing their “Tricks of The Trade” secrets they make it all look so easy. As Jim say’s “Life is too short to worry about the little thingies” and Peter’s mantra “Don’t be afraid it’s only paint”. Stay tuned and follow the latest tends and decorative paint finish’s.
Yvonne
Inspired by owning her first home, Yvonne wanted to learn to do the fix’er up jobs around the house.
Excited to get started but lacking the knowledge she came across the women in Skilled Trades course offered at the Centre for skills and development training in Burlington, Ontario. She took the course and loved it. She left every day feeling empowered by everything she was learning.
Wanting to share this feeling, Total Confidence was born. Yvonne’s goal is to empower women like she feels everyday. Her company enables women to further their self confidence through the use of power tools, and accomplishments.
Yvonne jumps at the opportunity to speak to women and young girls about her life; trade and entrepreneurial experiences, her hopes are to instil confidence and show women that they have unlimited potential to accomplish whatever it may be in life.
To contact Yvonne, email Yvonne@ihavetotalconfidence.ca
