FEATURING:
Mohawk Nation citizen Tawnya Brant is Chef Owner of Yawekon Foods. She grew up in her home community of Six Nations of the Grand River in a home without electricity or running water; and had a large garden. Her mother Terrylynn is an avid gardener and her dad Richard a lifelong hunter/fisher. She spent her foundational years with a kitchen filled with Indigenous harvests and wild game. She has worked in the restaurant industry for 24 years; landing her first job as a line cook at a small café at age 12. She completed 2 years of culinary management at Fleming College and graduated the Aboriginal Small Business Management program at Mohawk College. Chef Tawnya spent over a decade as a freelance support Chef for opening prime franchise restaurants. After becoming a mother she switched her focus to Indigenous foods and catering, founding Yawekon Foods as a focus on Haudenosaunee culinary roots. Since 2014 she has travelled across North America sharing her cuisine