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Toronto Star
18-06-2025
- Business
- Toronto Star
Emily Durham: One of Toronto's top 10 influencers of 2025
Top 10 Influencers The Influencers 2025 project shines a spotlight on local content creators who are shaping how Toronto thinks, eats, dresses, speaks out and shows up. Together, they have nearly 13 million followers, almost double the population of the GTA. Here we celebrate Emily Durham, a career coach whose tips and tricks make things like salary negotiation and networking a breeze. TikTok: @ (691K followers) Instagram: @ (474K followers) Feeling truly empowered at work can change your life, says Emily Durham. 'For most of us, our job isn't just a job — it's where we spend the majority of our time, where our identity is shaped, and where so much of our confidence either grows or shrinks,' says Durham. 'Helping someone land a new role, ask for a raise, or even just feel less alone navigating workplace politics? That's the best feeling in the world.' Emily Durham on TikTok: @ Durham worked as a recruiter for years, where she witnessed firsthand how access to career education and mentorship directly impacted interview results, promotion rates and salary — and how a lack of support disproportionately affected women and under-represented groups. She wanted to talk about it. In 2020, Durham launched 'The Straight Shooter Recruiter' podcast, then started making career guidance videos, which quickly went viral. 'When I think about my purpose online, it's really to empower people in their careers and democratize access to the kind of information that's so often gatekept,' she says. 'My goal is to help people feel confident, satisfied, and — above all — get paid.' Pull Quote When I think about my purpose online, it's really to empower people in their careers and democratize access to the kind of information that's so often gatekept,' Achieving success in the crowded social world also allowed Durham to make one of her cherished childhood dreams come true: her first book, a career guide for Gen Z women entitled 'Worked Up: No-BS Advice on Getting Ahead in Your Career (Without Losing Your Mind),' comes out next year. We asked Emily about her favourite spots and hidden gems in the city What's your favourite Toronto restaurant? Hands down, Favorite's Thai BBQ (141 Ossington Ave.). You have to do the chef's tasting menu or you're living wrong. It is my favourite spot in the entire city. What's your favourite café and what do you order? Daily Dose (125 John St.). I get an iced Americano, splash of almond milk. The trick: two pumps of their marshmallow syrup. What's your favourite store? Without a doubt, my favourite spot in the city is On Third Thought (6 Markham St.). They're a locally owned gelato bar, but not only is their gelato dairy-free, they also do wine and gelato pairings. Favourite hidden gem Accent and Co. (8 Spadina Ave.) in the Well – am I on the Well's payroll? – it's a shop that (curates products) from locally owned businesses. It's a perfect spot to pick up a little something for yourself or a loved one. Where do you find inspiration? Walking the streets of West Queen West – you're surrounded by people with incredible and unique fashion sense. Watch the video: We asked all the influencers, what's the comment that lives rent-free in your head? Our Top 10 influencers of 2025 share the most memorable comment from followers. Michelle Mengsu Chang, Angelyn Francis and Kelsey Wilson/ Toronto Star The List These are Toronto's Top 10 influencers of 2025. They shape how millions of us shop, eat and live. Who are you following? Together these social media stars have nearly 13 million fans on TikTok and Instagram. Peek
CairoScene
29-03-2025
- CairoScene
The Best Breakfast Spots in El Gouna
Coffee, croissants and a big pan of shakshouska by the beach. You've survived the beach raves, dodged the golf carts, maybe even found yourself in a villa you don't quite recognise. Now it's breakfast time—which in Gouna doesn't just mean eggs and coffee, but a ritual. These are the places that make the morning-after worth staying awake for. Boho Café Location: Abu Tig Marina This isn't your average 'one croissant and coffee' kind of breakfast. Boho Café's BOHO Special is a full-on event—think cheese and cold cuts, fresh fruit, tomato mozzarella with homemade pesto, granola and honey, and housemade strawberry jam. Yes, all at once. Yes, you'll finish it. Malu's Deli Location: New Marina Piazza Sometimes, you just need a sandwich that means business. Malu's Deli delivers—no frills, no fuss, just hefty, flavour-packed deli classics with a little Gouna flair. The Bagel Tree Location: New Marina Piazza Bagels. Proper ones. The kind you can't get just anywhere in Egypt. This place is a shrine to chewy, golden perfection, stacked with fillings that range from the classic to the unhinged (in a good way). Villa Caracas Location: Fanadir Marina Eggs with soujouk? Grilled halloumi? Sunny-side-up with cherry tomatoes and a breeze coming off the marina? Start the car. Marzipan Location: Fanadir Marina Warm feteer, flakey baladi bread, and the kind of nostalgic Egyptian breakfasts that hit differently when eaten next to the sea. Come hungry, leave semi-comatose. Fornalia Location: Fanadir Marina A croissant here isn't just a croissant—it's a gateway pastry to a full spread of international breakfast classics. Also: they usually have kahk on display. Act accordingly. Don Bisho Location: Abu Tig Marina Their 'Eggs from Hell' sound dramatic, but it's really just a top-tier shakshouka with attitude—spicy, saucy, and the kind of dish that demands toast and silence. Seventh Star Location: Downtown The OG El Gouna breakfast spot. This place serves morning sun like it's on the menu. Their signature toast—goat cheese, walnuts, honey, and their house-baked bread—is quietly iconic. The Smokery Beach Location: New Marina Piazza For when you want your breakfast bougie, beachside, and served fashionably late. Think avo toast, smoked salmon, and espresso with a view—available daily from 10 AM to 2 PM. Moods Location: Abu Tig Marina This spot's whole thing is range. Want shakshouka? Sorted. Want truffle eggs or caprese toast? Also sorted. Come for the food, stay because everyone else already is. Daily Dose Location: Abu Tig Marina Daily Dose takes its coffee seriously—and its protein, too. Their halloumi omelette is a quiet masterpiece, especially if you're trying to convince yourself you're being healthy. La Playa Location: Downtown A breakfast platter straight out of a '90s movie montage—sunny-side-up eggs, grilled tomatoes, bacon, and sausage. Not reinventing the wheel, just perfecting it. Nicole's Greenhouse Location: The Three Corners Rihana Resort El Gouna's cleanest, greenest plate. Nicole's Greenhouse is all plant-based, all eco-friendly, and somehow still delicious. Tofu, greens, tahini, and plenty of smug satisfaction. Mazagouna Location: Abu Tig Marina Falafel, foul, cheese dips, labneh—Mazagouna is what happens when you take classic Levantine flavours and drop them into a Red Sea breeze. Go with a group, order everything. The Restaurant – The Chedi El Gouna Location: The Chedi El Gouna The buffet to end all buffets. The Chedi doesn't mess around—there's something for every kind of breakfast person, from the juice-cleansing minimalist to the five-plate maximalist. Eish Baladi Location: New Marina Piazza If you're with your family and someone says 'I just want a normal breakfast,' this is where you go. Eish Baladi nails the Egyptian staples, but does it with enough flair to win over even the pickiest uncles. Pachamama Location: Downtown Pachamama does clean eating without the preachiness. Their chia pudding is the stuff of morning-after legends—coconut milk, mango purée, and just the right level of sweetness. Pair it with their shakshouka or poached eggs on rye, and you're set. Bonus points for the raw desserts and smoothies that don't taste like penance. Zomba Location: Downtown Zomba's got that global café energy—mixing East, West, and everything in between. Expect fusion breakfasts, bold flavours, and an ambience that's just the right amount of chaotic. Come for the food, stay for the playlist. Better Buns Location: Downtown Better Buns is built for bread lovers. Their breakfast sandwiches are stacked, their buns are soft and golden, and there's usually a line of people pretending not to be impressed. Don't sleep on the fresh bakes. Purple B Location: Downtown Purple B is loud—in the best way. Bright interiors, bright flavours, and smoothie bowls that look like they were made for your feed (they were). If you like your breakfast with a little drama, this is it.
Yahoo
29-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
'Daily Dose started in my mum's kitchen - we're now aiming for £50m revenue'
George Hughes-Davies started making juices as soon as he left university in his mum's kitchen using a blender purchased on eBay. Having founded Daily Dose in 2016 as his first job, the business is forecasting £20m revenue this year. I knew that I wanted to start a business and not go down the conventional route after university. But I didn't have a plan in mind, let alone envisaging it to be juice manufacturing. At school I was always trying to make money: selling on eBay (EBAY), personalised hoodies to friends at school and doing a paper round. Read More: 'I would love everyone not be afraid to fail' - Numan CEO At the University of Nottingham, where I studied politics, I made juices and sold them in halls. I then bought a domestic juicer and started to produce in my parent's kitchen. If I could convince local cafes and restaurants to buy, then it could become a constant income stream while I worked out what I wanted to do. Along the way, I learned about food supply chains. At New Covent Garden Market there was a huge disposal site with pallets of wonky fruit which couldn't be sold. I started to buy there and then went direct to farms. I saw an opportunity for a better quality product using British ingredients, while also realising no other domestic juice brands were manufacturing in the UK and not doing anything for food waste here. After my mum kicked me out of the kitchen, I moved to a van on the driveway making the juices before renting a local office. For the first year I was the only employee of the business; making, delivering and selling the juice. I was able to bring on graduates who would work in every facet of the business, such as Emma who started in customer service, then head of finance and is now IT project manager. Our first success was being able to stock juices at cafes in Holborn and Herne Hill, which ordered eight bottles a week. I set up the business to try and set up another one but the cost of the tube fare was more than I was selling the juices for! The game-changer came with high-pressure processing (HPP), a cold pressure method of extending shelf life and with the same quality colour, flavour and smell when it comes out to when it goes in. The smallest machine was about £1m and we needed to work out how to go from a small hand-filling juicer to a machine the size of a London bus. At the time, we had a small concession in a gym and one day a member asked how we were making it. He ended up investing £1m into the business a month later. Read More: 'I paid myself £4 an hour to get my deodorant brand off the ground' It was complete luck, right time and place, and the funding enabled us to move to a disused food factory in St Neots, Cambridgeshire, install the HPP machine and sell commercially with a longer shelf life. We were then able to move to a 20,000 sq ft factory and accelerate from £1m to £5m revenue before getting on to venture capital investment and moving to our current site, four times bigger than the previous facility. Generally when scaling up there are costs which come out of the blue. When we moved from St Neots to Corby, Northamptonshire we ordered another HPP machine. When it was on the ship from the US, we realised the floor wasn't strong enough on our factory needed for the 150-tonne machine. It cost us around £150,000 to reinforce the floor. Up until six months ago we also didn't have anyone very senior in the business. When we took on investment we were now able to afford to hire more experience, with a chief financial officer and chief commercial officer who can sell into supermarkets. We turned over £12m last year and are forecasting £20m in 2025. Our aim is to double the business year-on-year and achieve £50m in three years' time. It's helped that we've had great people on board for our ambitious journey and often putting the business at risk at the speed we have grown. Friends have been willing to muck in, such as when we got Gail's as a new client and moved production overnight in 2018 from five days a week, eight hours a day to 24/7. With all the machinery we have, we try to replicate what people have at home. The majority of smoothie factories will be in smoothie plants and you won't see a single piece of fruit or vegetables there as it's just for processing. We found a large tank and blender in which you could put whole fruit and freshly squeezed juice and create it in the largest commercial blender which produces around 10,000 litres an hour. I was in Lithuania and Latvia recently looking at bottle blowing machines so we can create our own in house, melt them down and they go straight to the filling line. Read More: 'I couldn't find a babysitter so I set up a £10m childcare business' We are continually looking at ways to innovate in our machinery, ways to improve from a sustainability and quality point of view, and these ideas and changes all come from listening to those within the factory. We now have 80 full-time staff, split between our Wandsworth office and Corby factory. But I'm not one to look back and reflect as you are never standing still, always looking at the next target, the next factory and finding more machinery. However, we do have my original juice press in our meeting room in Corby and, eight years on, we recently won emerging business of the year as well as UK food manufacturer of the year awards. We were really chuffed with that and didn't expect it at all with some tough competition. Read more: 'My sofa took six months to arrive — so I built a £20m business' 'Dragons' Den failure sparked my alcohol-free brand's rise' 'Want to grow an iconic brand? 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Identity
04-03-2025
- Health
- Identity
4 Places to Try Delicious Smoothies
It's smoothies season and we're all ready for it! Whether you're on a health kick or just craving a refreshing treat, there's something undeniably satisfying about sipping on a delicious smoothie. Luckily, there are many spots where you can indulge in these delightful drinks. Here are four places you absolutely must try: Daily Dose: Located in Zamalek, Daily Dose is your go-to destination for a tropical escape in a glass. Bursting with the flavors of ripe peaches and juicy mangoes, this smoothie is like a vacation in every sip. Trust us, one taste of Daily Dose's fruity creations, and you'll be transported to a paradise of flavor! Acairo: Are you a fan of Acai bowls and all things fruity? Then Acairo in Maadi is the place for you. While you're there devouring your favorite Acai bowl, why not pair it with one of their luscious fruity smoothies? From tangy berries to sweet bananas, Acairo offers many flavors that perfectly complement their wholesome bowls. Lychee: Who says smoothies can't be both healthy and delicious? Enter Lychee, where berry yogurt smoothies are supreme. Packed with the goodness of fresh berries and creamy yogurt, these smoothies are a guilt-free indulgence that doesn't compromise on taste. Bubble: If you're someone who enjoys the icy cold boba mixed with a bunch of flavors, then Bubble in Zamalek is your go-to. Step into this cozy spot and treat yourself to their delightful boba smoothies, with a variety of flavors to choose from and those signature tapioca pearls adding a delightful chewy texture.
