Monique Lamoureux (Avanti Groupe), Patricia Blais (Avanti Groupe) and Ian Quenneville (TOAST Studio) announce the creation of the television production company AVANTI-TOAST.

Sharing common values and having already collaborated on a few productions, both teams have worked together over the past year to develop a promising project that unites their respective strengths, experiences and expertises. As a result, it is under this new name that all the television works of this new team are and will be conceived, developed and broadcast.

Productions created by AVANTI-TOAST

This group of skilled creators is already working on several productions, and the arrival of AVANTI-TOAST has been welcomed by the industry and broadcast partners. Moreover, several new television programs bearing this signature have been released to the public or are currently in the works, such as De garde 24/7 VIII (Télé-Québec), Christine Morency : sans filtre (Crave et Z), Les Justiciers (Noovo), Quand les murs tombent (Casa), Chefs de bois II (Vrai and TVA), Cette année-là V (Télé-Québec), Police en service III (Télé-Québec), 3 fois par jour et vous II (Zeste and TVA), Et maintenant? (Vrai), and Bulles de star (Unis TV).

Quotes

“We are thrilled to announce the founding of this new company. We wanted to assemble a solid, experienced team that was, most importantly, made of people who share common values, such as respect, consideration, and teamwork. This new adventure is one of collaboration and camaraderie, for the benefit of our employees, our partners and our projects.” – Monique Lamoureux, Copresident, AVANTI-TOAST.

“In recent years, Toast has experienced strong growth in an industry that has tended towards consolidation. Our union with the experienced team of Monique Lamoureux and Patricia Blais allows us to pursue this growth, while achieving what has always been the basis of our entrepreneurial approach: focusing on growth, rather than expansion. The productions we have signed are already very promising, and it is an honour to be able to contribute, together, to the successes of local artists and artisans in the television industry.” – Ian Quenneville, Copresident, AVANTI-TOAST.

About AVANTI-TOAST
AVANTI-TOAST results from the union of the television sectors of Avanti Group and Toast Studio, two established companies in the Canadian audiovisual industry. They pool their respective expertises to produce all types of content such as fiction, documentaries, magazines, game shows, reality shows and youth.

About Avanti Groupe
Avanti Groupe, owned and operated by Monique Lamoureux and Patricia Blais, maintains an extensive catalog of programs that have left their mark on Quebec television. The company is renowned for the quality, variety and originality of its titles, which include La Petite Vie, Un gars, une fille and De garde 24/7. Since 2022, Avanti Groupe has focused on distribution while its television department continues to develop and produce content under the Avanti-Toast umbrella.

About TOAST Studio
Founded over 20 years ago, Toast Studio is a creative agency with a team of brand and content marketing specialists and a network of hundreds of industry experts in media, marketing, and production. Each year, the firm assists dozens of major brands and advertisers in the strategy, production, and exploitation of content on all digital and traditional platforms.