A Tasting Menu with Anishinaabe Chef Charles Catchpole

Chef. Farmer. Teacher. Anishinaabe chef and entrepreneur Charles Catchpole’s experience in the food system is truly farm to fork. A member of Couchiching First Nation, Charles’ business is based out of Toronto. He runs a catering company that specializes in Indigenous foods and operates CharGer Foods, a line of unique hot sauces and salad dressings. His experience with food goes beyond the kitchen, as he operates an urban micro farm named Gitigaanes, Ojibway for little farm.

In this class, our chef will walk participants through a tasting menu of eight different dishes and there will also be a short, hands-on cooking lesson. Charles will share his knowledge on the history of food injustices in Indigenous communities, stories that demonstrate the importance of food sovereignty, and his perspective on his own role in the Indigenous food system as a farmer and chef.