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About us

About us

Table For Us was founded on a simple truth: in our communities, food is how we mark milestones, mend hardships, and pass culture from one generation to the next. We exist to make sure no one has to face an empty table alone.

Table For Us was founded on a simple truth: in our communities, food is how we mark milestones, mend hardships, and pass culture from one generation to the next. We exist to make sure no one has to face an empty table alone.

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Food is the most honest language a community speaks. It carries who we are, how we got here, and what we want to pass on. When food becomes a struggle, what’s at stake isn’t just hunger. It’s identity, belonging, and the right to a full table.

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Our purpose

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Building a Canada where no table sits empty.

Building a Canada where no table sits empty.

Table For Us works at the intersection of food access, cultural preservation, and community building. We partner with the people already doing the work, fund the food drives that feed families today, and convene the gatherings that fund the work year-round. Through our flagship event Foodville Festival and our year-round programming, we turn shared meals into lasting change.

Table For Us works at the intersection of food access, cultural preservation, and community building. We partner with the people already doing the work, fund the food drives that feed families today, and convene the gatherings that fund the work year-round. Through our flagship event Foodville Festival and our year-round programming, we turn shared meals into lasting change.

Direct food access for families facing food insecurity

Support for the small vendors and makers who feed our communities

Cultural preservation and community programming that funds the work

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“Foodville is rooted in authenticity and culture, and our mission to not lose recipes is incomplete without an equal commitment to the people those recipes feed. Table For Us is how that commitment becomes real, year-round.”

Tristan Douglas, Founder

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The people building this.

The people building this.

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Tristan Douglas

Founder — Tristan is the founder of Table For Us. His work on food insecurity started in 2016, rooted in lived experience. Growing up, his family knew both sides of the table. There were moments of real blessing and moments when hunger was the reality for him and the community around him. He ran a chapter of #HashtagLunchBag, an LA-born initiative that puts a homemade lunch and a personal note into the hands of people in need. Thousands fed. Over $250,000 raised in cash and relief items, including emergency donations to Hurricane Dorian survivors in the Bahamas. Table For Us is the formal continuation of that decade of work, with Foodville Festival as its giving engine.

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Tristan Douglas

Founder — Tristan is the founder of Table For Us. His work on food insecurity started in 2016, rooted in lived experience. Growing up, his family knew both sides of the table. There were moments of real blessing and moments when hunger was the reality for him and the community around him. He ran a chapter of #HashtagLunchBag, an LA-born initiative that puts a homemade lunch and a personal note into the hands of people in need. Thousands fed. Over $250,000 raised in cash and relief items, including emergency donations to Hurricane Dorian survivors in the Bahamas. Table For Us is the formal continuation of that decade of work, with Foodville Festival as its giving engine.

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Tristan Douglas

Founder — Tristan is the founder of Table For Us. His work on food insecurity started in 2016, rooted in lived experience. Growing up, his family knew both sides of the table. There were moments of real blessing and moments when hunger was the reality for him and the community around him. He ran a chapter of #HashtagLunchBag, an LA-born initiative that puts a homemade lunch and a personal note into the hands of people in need. Thousands fed. Over $250,000 raised in cash and relief items, including emergency donations to Hurricane Dorian survivors in the Bahamas. Table For Us is the formal continuation of that decade of work, with Foodville Festival as its giving engine.

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Ajuki Gonzalez

Executive Director — Ajuki leads the day-to-day work of Table For Us. As Executive Director, she steers program execution, partner relationships, and the operational engine that keeps the foundation moving year-round.

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Ajuki Gonzalez

Executive Director — Ajuki leads the day-to-day work of Table For Us. As Executive Director, she steers program execution, partner relationships, and the operational engine that keeps the foundation moving year-round.

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Ajuki Gonzalez

Executive Director — Ajuki leads the day-to-day work of Table For Us. As Executive Director, she steers program execution, partner relationships, and the operational engine that keeps the foundation moving year-round.

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Chef Bri

Spokesperson — Chef Brie is Table For Us’s spokesperson. A Bahamian chef who has brought her culinary work across Europe, North America, and the Caribbean, she has cooked for clients ranging from recording artists and athletes to corporate partners including Netflix, Nike Toronto, TD Bank, Pinterest, BMO, the NBA, the CFL, and the Canadian Government. She brings deep kitchen credibility and cultural reach to our work, connecting the foundation’s mission with the chefs, vendors, and food makers building alongside us.

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Chef Bri

Spokesperson — Chef Brie is Table For Us’s spokesperson. A Bahamian chef who has brought her culinary work across Europe, North America, and the Caribbean, she has cooked for clients ranging from recording artists and athletes to corporate partners including Netflix, Nike Toronto, TD Bank, Pinterest, BMO, the NBA, the CFL, and the Canadian Government. She brings deep kitchen credibility and cultural reach to our work, connecting the foundation’s mission with the chefs, vendors, and food makers building alongside us.

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Why Table For Us exists

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From a festival to a foundation.

Foodville Festival started in 2023, inspired by a gap in Toronto’s food festival market and Tristan Douglas’s experiences with cultural events worldwide. Over three years, the festival grew into one of the city’s defining cultural celebrations of Afro-Latin, Caribbean, and African food heritage. More than 14,000 attendees passed through its gates.

By 2025, a pattern was clear. Every festival ended with vendors over-prepped and good food going to waste, while across the same city, families couldn’t afford the meals they needed. That disconnect was the moment Table For Us became necessary. Foodville is rooted in authenticity and culture, and our mission to not lose recipes is incomplete without an equal commitment to the people whose communities those recipes feed.

Table For Us launched in 2026 alongside Foodville’s move to Lamport Stadium and its first ticketed year. We exist as the festival’s giving partner and the engine for year-round food security work across the GTA. 10% of festival proceeds fund our programs. Our Zero-Waste Food Program ensures that excess food at the end of every festival night reaches shelters and community partners instead of landfills. Foodville is where the community gathers. Table For Us is how the work continues.

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