Background
Spencer grew up in Kingston, Jamaica and graduated from York University with an honors degree in political science in 1987.
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Spencer grew up in Kingston, Jamaica and graduated from York University with an honors degree in political science in 1987.
She is the chief executive officer of BandEq Agency, a marketing and communications agency. Spencer owns a group of gourmet food companies - QGourmet and The Indulgent Foodie. When she left University in 1987 she started her first company and she is currently the chief executive officer of Brand EQ Group Incorporated.
Spencer created The Food Network Delicious Food Show, featuring celebrity chefs Padma Lakshmi, Colin Cowie Lynn Crawford, Mark McEwan, and David Rocco.
Spencer publishes articles on food trends and restaurant reviews. She has been featured in The New York Times, Women"s Post, The Toronto Star, The Toronto Sun and other trade journals, as well as television appearances that include Breakfast Television, City-Lincolnshire, and Public Broadcasting Service’s Find! She was director of The Delicious Food show at Merchandise Mart Properties (MMPI), launching and creating Canada’s first upscale food lifestyle show in Toronto.
This was sponsored by the Food Network Canada. She is featured on the Successful Black Women Entrepreneurs & Executives list, along with Oprah Winfrey, Michele J. Hooper and Michelle Gadsden-Williams.
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