Maker Category: Food

Indigenous Roots Coffee Co

Coffee has always brought people together. For us, it’s also a way to share stories, cultures, and traditions. As an Indigenous-owned company, we create high-quality specialty coffees that reflect the richness of our communities and directly support Indigenous-led initiatives. Every bag you take home becomes part of a larger story—one of reconciliation, resilience, and connection between peoples. Together, we can celebrate Indigenous excellence and move toward a future built on respect and understanding.

West Coast Kitchen

We are a family business located in the cowichan valley since 2012 producing a range of gorurmet freeze dried meals and snacks (West Coast Kitchen line) serving the outdoor recreation and emergency preparedness communities. We also make hot sauces and preserves made from chilis we grow at our farm (Fat Chili Farm line). . We are one of very few canadian manufacturers of freeze dried meals and our offerings combine a range of unique, healthy recipes with gluten free, vegetarian, vegan and lower sodium options.

The Rub

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Keri Brown was raised on a remote Island in rugged British Columbia. This is where her love of cooking and working in the kitchen began. Keri has been making The Rub spice blend since 2005 for personal use, friends and family. With much encouragement and demand, she finally began selling it at local markets and select stockists on Vancouver Island in 2019.

Sutra Foods

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Discover the secrets of authentic Indian cuisine with our pre-portioned, fresh ground spice kits and easy-to-follow instruction cards. Get ready for a culinary journey by layering your spices like only an Indian grandmother can.

*What’s in the kit?*

Pre-portioned, fresh ground spices
Easy-to-follow recipe cards
Authentic Indian flavors

*Perfect for:*

Beginners looking to explore Indian cuisine
Foodies seeking authentic flavors
Anyone wanting to learn from the experts

Vumami Foods

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Vumami Foods is the maker of Umami Bomb Shiitake Chili Oil – the original blended chili oil that transforms your favourite dishes into addictive flavour explosions.

Globally inspired and crafted in small batches, Umami Bomb is made with only the best ingredients: organic shiitake mushrooms, aromatic spices, tamari, and fermented bean paste.

It’s deep, rich, a little spicy, and so craveable you’ll put it on almost anything. It’s nothing like your favourite chili crisp. It’s way better.

Smart Sip Cream Co

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Smart Sip is a coconut oil based powdered creamer that has only 25 calories and 3g of fiber per serving. It is sugar free, gluten free, low in sodium and designed with your goals in mind. Mix it in your coffee, tea, smoothies, yogurt, oatmeal, matcha, pudding, shakes, pancakes, waffles and even ice cream to reap all its creamy benefits.

The Cure Hot Sauce

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We ditched the vinegar and kept the attitude. This small-batch hot sauce doesn’t just bring heat it brings personality, and a mild superiority complex. Roasted, fermented, smoked, we do it all on island. Our sauces play nice with every diet—vegan, FODMAP, gluten-free, or “whatever, I just like spicy things.” Certified green because saving the planet pairs nicely with tacos. Each bottle packs cheeky names, hidden Easter eggs, and enough flavour swagger to make your fridge shelf look dangerous.

Forest for Dinner

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Forest for Dinner brings you small-batch selections of mushrooms, greens, berries, and spices from the forest to the table. Enjoy distinctive and graceful wild foods sourced and collected with utmost attention to quality and sustainability.

Infusion Premium Foods

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Located in beautiful Port Coquitlam British Columbia. Infusion Premium Foods created and launched Infusion Soy Sauces which is a culmination of my family’s deep food background and our appreciation for quality innovative products that gives people a lasting impression through experiences. We offer 5 flavours in 250ml bottles. Premium Classic, Ginger, Garlic, Sriracha, Wasabi. Made in B.C., NON-GMO, Clean label, Vegan. We are first to market in North America offering flavour infused soy sauces. Every bottle is hand filled by myself in Port Coquitlam. Yes we have Gluten Free, Less Sodium and No sugar options!

Ed’s Soups

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We are a family owned small business and we make dried soup and dinner packages.

Bon Macaron

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Bon Macaron has been baking hand-made macarons for over a decade in Victoria and Vancouver! Made with only the highest quality ingredients, we pride ourselves on providing the best macarons in both flavour and texture. Visit our booth to find over 40 flavours of macarons, including mini macarons perfect for stocking stuffing and exclusive holiday themed treats!

Triestina Pasta & Provisions

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Our delicious artisan pastas are hand made in Victoria BC by a borne and bred Italian pastaio, using traditional Italian methods and unique seasonal ingredients from local farms and markets. Handcrafted from the finest certified organic durum wheat, sourced in BC and freshly milled on Vancouver Island. We slow dry at a low temperature to produce a beautifully delicate, highly-nutritious product with exceptional flavour and authentic Italian taste. Available during the summer and festive market seasons, our traditional hand made crackers and cookies are a true labour of love – bringing Italian amore to this beautiful corner of the West Coast.

Wallace Craft Chocolate

Wallace Craft Chocolate, based in Victoria, BC, Canada, is your gateway to exceptional stone-ground chocolates and confections. With a commitment to 100% transparent trade, we source the finest single-origin cocoa, directly supporting farmers across the globe. Founder Mark Wallace’s decade-long commitment in Africa has empowered cocoa producers to earn fair wages. This bond persists as we now source beans directly from these farmers. With strong ties to the West Coast, we use local, organic, and the highest quality ingredients with distinct cocoa beans for captivating flavors. At Wallace Craft Chocolate, we’re all about unwavering transparency, integrity, and sustainability.

Creme Brulee To Go

Adrian has always believed that there is a balance between health and indulgence for desserts. After working in the bakery and food industry for over 15 years, he decided to start his dessert shop Crème Brulee To Go at farmers’ markets in 2021.

Bean Boy Creations

Locally Made
Our hummus creations are bursting with flavour and lovingly handcrafted right here on Vancouver Island.

Elk & The Tide

Elk & The Tide started years ago with Chef Zachary, a dream and a logo. Working as a full time Chef in fine dining kitchens, Zak was focused on working for the man, scared to take the plunge into Elk & The Tide without a safety net, it wasn’t until 2021 that our story truly began. Two people crazy about food (and each other) decided to dream up an entity for Elk & The Tide Catering Co. It all began with an idea.

To create a food experience so unique that it cannot be replicated. To embody a fine dinning experience, but make it approachable and welcome to everyone. We provide tables abundant in food that starts conversations, and fills the dining room with laughter among friends and creates lasting memories. We focus on traditional techniques without cutting corners, cultivating quality food that is locally sourced on Vancouver Island. Elk & The Tide is proud to be Black founded, owned & operated.

Coconama

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At Coconama Chocolate, our concept is simple: the finest chocolate, the best ingredients, and a creative fusion of global flavours. The result: fresh handmade chocolate creations that are indulgence at its purest.

Chocolate is famous for its sensual qualities: the richness, the fragrance, the harmony of bitterness and sweetness, and the melt-in-your-mouth smoothness. But an extraordinary new world of chocolate decadence is yet to be discovered, with inspired flavour combinations giving the familiar delicacy an edgy fresh twist

Vankoji Foods

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Vankoji Founder, Tonami, began selling Shiokoji in 2013 at the Nikeii Japanese culture center in Burnaby. She discovered Shio-koji while making her own koji for home made miso-paste. Shio-koji was lost to the Japanese culture for almost a century. It was once a common pantry item and used in every day cooking. It disappeared from Japanese cooking  in the early parts of the 20th century, around the same time that MSG was making a rise. It was rediscovered in Japan in 2007 and today is once again a staple in the Japanese pantry.

After reading about Shio-koji’s popularity back in her homeland, Tonami decided to introduce it to the local Japanese market.  Since it’s start in 2013, Vankoji has introduced this ingredient to 1000s of people and Vankoji has grown into a small batch producer whose products can be found in markets throughout the Vancouver area and used by customers of all nationalities in their every day cooking.

Vankoji Foods brings umami seasoning and premium miso to Victoria to support delicious and healthy dining.

Salt Spring Artisan Vinegars

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At Salt Spring Artisan Vinegar, our products are made with time, love and the best ingredients we can find (or grow!). They are fruity and bright, and as delicious as they are good for you.

Use them in salad dressings, marinades, as a complement to steamed or roasted vegetables, any time you want to make your dishes stand out

Monsoon Coast

We are a small company located on beautiful Salt Spring Island in British Columbia. We started over 20 years ago with a vision to make traditional Indian spice mixtures accessible to the western palate. Since then we have followed our taste buds to other parts of the planet: The Levant & Africa, The Far East & Far West. Our fans rave about the ability of our mixtures to transform an everyday meal into a taste sensation. We have many new spices, teas and boxes for you this year!