Amy Pelletier

Chef Amy Pelletier brings her culinary skills to the kitchen, and her passion for Indigenous and Acadian cuisine to her very own catering business, KWEYcuisine.

Amy is a member of the Wolastoqiyik community of the Madawaska First Nation in Edmundston, New Brunswick, and she believes that good food has a way of bringing people together, and to create a dialogue between Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities. KWEY means ‘hello’ in the Wolastoqiyik language, and you can taste the warmth and welcome with every bite of KWEYcuisine.

Amy started in 2017 with a two-year culinary arts program at CCNB in Edmundston, New Brunswick, which included a three-month stage working under the pastry chef Alexandre Didier in Normandy, France. When she returned home, she enrolled in a business start-up program.

In early 2020 she started her catering company KWEYcuisine, and thanks to the support and encouragement she received from her surrounding Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities, she was able to grow her business, even during the pandemic. Now she shares her food and culture in workshops and presentations to different schools in the extended communities of north-west New Brunswick.

In 2024, she was invited to present her own culinary creation at the International Indigenous Tourism Conference (ITAC) summit in Winnipeg.  She currently sits on the board of the Indigenous Tourism Association of New Brunswick and has participated in several food festivals and competitions, including the St Andrews Indulge festival.