OnTheRoad_Nov17_WebEdition

SIDE NOTE: RINGWOOD DRIVE
John Ferdinald
86 Ringwood Drive, Unit 52
www.facebook.com/lelavenderbyjohn
John Ferdinald is a local celebrity chef and caterer. Originally from Sri Lanka, John trained
under Jean-Pierre Piallier. When Jean-Pierre opened a fine-dining French cuisine restaurant in
Toronto, he invited John to come with him - where he became the Executive Chef.
In 2010, Chef John opened Vanilla en Glaze, a wholesale pastry production business. Later
he opened Le Lavender Catering & Food Services, which allowed him to add savory dishes to
his repertoire. Chef John has come to work closely with Mark McEwan, and under McEwan’s
supervision provides full catering services for the Toronto Congress Centre. He also makes
products for the McEwan brand, available for sale at the high-end McEwan store in Don Mills.
Chef John has catered for the Prime Minister, for the Pan Am Games, and for Indian weddings
of 1000 people. He and McEwan are in production of a broadcast show about catering for Food
Network Canada that will air on YouTube. Chef John will soon be releasing two recipe books:
“Rustic Srilankan” and “Modern & Fusion, It’s My Style”. At present, he has built a new kitchen
facility in Markham and is planning to open a restaurant in Toronto’s Financial District.
Chef John provides work placement training opportunities for students at Stouffville
and Markham high schools. He sources many items directly from farms like Reesor’s and
Applewood. As for the Ringwood Drive location, this will remain his head office and the home
of Le Lavender - “This is my luckiest place, I will never give it up.”
Alan Halabi
86 Ringwood Drive, Suite 208
www.acceinfo.com
Alan Halabi and team at AcceInfo are creative geniuses. They are involved in many
enterprises, beginning with developing Customer Service Management (CRM) software
for financial institutions. Essentially, they have optimized the Salesforce CRM for the global
banking industry; Salesforce has listed AcceInfo as #2 in the world on their app exchange in
the banking category.
AcceCentric 3D Virtual Branch by AcceInfo was designed to simulate a real bank branch,
supermarket or retail store. By creating a ‘Real World’ environment, the customer will feel
as if they are in an actual bank branch or store. Customers will be able to conveniently visit
a branch or store online from the comfort of their home. The ability to “pick up” a product
virtually and view it from different angles prior to purchase, without being there physically,
has unlimited applications.
This is barely a start - AcceInfo is also involved in Lead Generation Robots, the buying and
selling of mobile apps internationally (GamiMarket.com), and YallaTV, a streaming TV service
that connects audiences, fans and each other with news and entertainment in their native
language. GamiMarket has huge potential for emerging software developers.