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After she became involved with community gardens and learning to cook with locally sourced ingredients, friends and colleagues encouraged Christa to open her own restaurant.

While we were in the city this past August, a few of us from the IndigiNews team met at Feast Cafe and Bistro to have lunch with my two aunties who live nearby. We shared memories about my mooshum, Murray McKenzie, who was a photojournalist and radio broadcaster in Manitoba. We shared some big laughs, all while the smell of freshly baked bannock surrounded us. My auntie gifted us with an abundance of sage. It was a beautiful experience, beginning to end.

Winnipeg has more Indigenous-owned-and-operated food businesses than any other city in Canada, while Edmonton is also garnering buzz for its Indigenous...

Feast Café Bistro is a 100% Indigenous owned and operated restaurant serving dishes inspired by the traditional flavours of this great land. From day one, Feast has run as a hybrid restaurant and social enterprise.

Kramer designed the Table for 1200 menu along with Chefs Harold Mitchell, and Christa Guenther of Feast Café.

Feast Café Bistro owner Christa Bruneau-Guenther says the restaurant prides itself on its commitment to inclusivity: affordable menu items, employment and compensation practices, and food donation programs.

Christa Bruneau-Guenther is a proud member of Peguis First Nation and is the head chef and owner of Feast Cafe Bistro in her hometown of Winnipeg.

In Winnipeg, Manitoba, Feast Café Bistro was founded in December 2016 by chef-owner Christa Bruneau-Guenther, a member of the Peguis First Nation. It’s not a fine-dining establishment and the restaurant has no formally trained chefs, instead focusing on a mandate to hire people who have had previous barriers to employment; all the chefs are trained on site.

Indigenous-influenced eats, contemporary twists, and remote food adventures across the province

The chef's favourite food and drink spots in Winnipeg

Our TMS 'Wall of Chefs' series continues with Winnipeg's Christa Bruneau-Guenther who explains the Indigenous connection to her cheesy spinach spaghetti squash boats that are perfect for family leftovers.

Christa Bruneau-Guenther and Mandel Hitzer among 23 culinary icons on 2nd season of Wall of Chefs

From fresh arctic char ceviche to scrumptious sweetgrass cherry cake, the results are tasty dishes you can recreate at home.

The Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada and WestJet recently awarded a $10,000 grant to Feast Café Bistro so it can keep offering authentic local flavours to the city’s culinary scene.

How this Indigenous eatery in Winnipeg found its name.