Holy Cannoli serves cannoli, fresh filled with sweet ricotta-based cream made from owner Vanessa Chiara's father's recipe.
Her father, Nicola Chiaravalloti trained as a baker in Rome and had his own pastry shop there before moving to Toronto and opening Bona Via Bakery in Scarborough in 1985.
Cannoli was just one of the offerings at the family bakery and cafe that did just about everything in the way of Italian food and desserts.
Chiara took a 12-year hiatus from the food business to pursue work in the film and television industry but started Holy Cannoli in 2014.
For the first seven years, she focused on food shows, markets (find her cannoli stand at St. Jacob's) and wholesale for retailers across the GTA and Ontario, before opening her long-dreamed-about shop in Etobicoke.
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