Indigenous Caterers in British Columbia

By Indigenous Tourism British Columbia June 7, 2023

Looking to back Indigenous enterprise at your next board meeting or upcoming staff holiday party? From buffet-style dining to bagged lunches, Tailored food choices can bring Indigenous food experiences to your team or organization. Choose to support local Indigenous restaurants, cafes, and caterers

Indigenous Caterers for Your Feast

Indigenous food trucks, franchises, and fine dining establishments share Indigenous ingredients and values at gatherings and events in BC. Expand your knowledge of Indigenous cuisine beyond bannock and into the hands of Indigenous chefs and storytellers.

Seek out an Indigenous catering service provider for your next event, retreat, or meeting. Multi-course menus that support Indigenous business owners and food systems are available for formal occasions, fundraisers, and weddings.

Looking to back Indigenous enterprise at your next board meeting or upcoming staff holiday party? From buffet-style dining to bagged lunches, tailored food choices can bring Indigenous food experiences to your team or organization. Choose to support local Indigenous restaurants, cafes, and caterers for your next quiet meeting or lavish event.

Indigenous Tourism BC is honoured to share this list of Indigenous businesses in BC who are reclaiming culture through food and story:

Indigenous Catering Options:

Salishan Catering

📍 Vancouver, BC
Salishan Catering is an Indigenous-owned business based in Vancouver, BC, committed to sharing authentic and vibrant flavors of Indigenous cuisine. By using locally sourced ingredients, they infuse their dishes with a taste of the rich cultural heritage of the Salish people. The business serves a broad range of events, showcasing a unique blend of traditional methods and contemporary style in their menus. Salishan Catering invites you to experience a culinary journey that honors Indigenous roots and local bounty.

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Songhees Foodtruck & Catering

📍 Victoria, BC
From galas & fundraisers to gourmet boxed lunches, dynamic receptions, parties, & weddings, their talented team is always happy to create custom menus with seasonally inspired ingredients and locally grown goods that are sure to impress! Indoors in a private home or an outdoor festival open to the public, the Songhees team will wow your guests with west coast cuisine & traditional indigenous flavours. Menus are tailored to accommodate each event’s personal style and needs.

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Salmon n' Bannock Bistro

📍 Vancouver, BC
Looking for a unique cuisine to share with your colleagues? Want to share a bit of the West Coast with a potential business partner? Invite them to a meal they’ll never forget. Our selection of Fish and Game Meats will wow them. Have your meeting catered or sit down in our dining room and let us take care of the rest.

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Thunderbird Cafe (Squamish Lil'wat Cultural Centre)

📍 Whistler, BC
The SLCC’s in-house Catering Department specializes in local seafood, free range game meat and, of course, bannock, baked fresh daily. We use traditional ingredients that are prepared and presented with a modern flair. All-inclusive menu packaging allows us to work with you in seamless ease from menu planning to on-site event execution. In the spirit of First Nations’ traditions, our intention is to provide a gathering place where the focus is honouring your special event with a fantastic feast.

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Mr. Bannock

📍 North Vancouver, BC
Enjoy classic Indian tacos and other modern fare featuring traditional ingredients and cooking methods. Mr. Bannock offers live cooking demos, customizable food and beverage menus for parties and meetings, and on-site catering. Bring Indigenous food to your next event with their mobile food truck.

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Kekuli Cafe

📍 West Kelowna, BC
Kekuli Cafe offers catering from their fast-casual Indigenous menu, including dessert bannock and fresh-roasted Spirit Bear Coffee and the franchise’s famous golden bannock. Bannock is the showstopper in an array of desserts, Indian tacos, and fresh sandwiches and salads. Choose from fare that features Indigenous ingredients like saskatoon berries, wild sockeye salmon, or venison for your next meeting or event. Vegetarian and vegan options are available.

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Kekuli Cafe

📍 Merritt, BC
Kekuli Cafe offers catering from their fast-casual Indigenous menu, including dessert bannock and fresh-roasted Spirit Bear Coffee and the franchise’s famous golden bannock. Bannock is the showstopper in an array of desserts, Indian tacos, and fresh sandwiches and salads. Choose from fare that features Indigenous ingredients like saskatoon berries, wild sockeye salmon, or venison for your next meeting or event. Vegetarian and vegan options are available.

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Jack Sam’s Restaurant (Quaaout Lodge)

📍 Chase, BC
Quaaout Lodge can cater your event, whether reception, plated dinner, family style or buffet. The lodge focuses on using the bounty of the shuswap to help make your event or meeting unique autthentic and unforgettable.

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Indigenous Food and Reconciliation

Indigenous food trucks, restaurants, hotels, and cultural centres share an experience of food that is inseparable from caring for the wellness of all things.

Traditional Indigenous diets depend on the health of the land, water, plants, animals, and people. This reciprocal relationship was interrupted in the past when Indigenous peoples were removed from their lands and denied the ability to harvest or consume traditional foods. Indigenous ways of caring for, collecting, preparing, and sharing food are all unique to the land they come from. Indigenous restaurateurs and caterers share these connections and bring thought to food at small and big tables in BC.