Catering

Shani specializes in gourmet plant-based, gluten-free, whole food catering for retreats & gatherings. Made from scratch with love and intention, her menus are created specifically for your client’s needs.

Much of the produce served at summer and autumn meals on Vancouver Island is lovingly grown on our farm in the Cowichan Valley. We plant Heritage and open-pollinating seeds and allow ‘volunteers’ to grow wild. This guarantees a garden continuously filled with the nutritious wonders of our natural environment.

Our ancestors ate according to seasonal availability. I honour this timeless approach, connecting with the Earth and our natural environment. Globally inspired flavours and locally sourced ingredients help us to embrace our surroundings and create memorable meals.

Most people’s digestion responds positively to the high nutrient content of sprouted & fermented foods. Live foods ensure we are provided with the life-enriching enzymes essential for digestion and assimilation. Only fresh, local and organic ingredients are used in my kitchen.

Shani is deeply passionate about nourishing people on all levels and inspiring healthy living choices. Infusing hints of ancient wisdom with a splash of creative food goodness, she ensures that your next offering is satiating to the body, mind and spirit.

Shani incorporates many fresh living food dishes into her menus, mindfully prepare for you with love. It brings her great joy to introduce retreat guests to the health benefits of sprouted and fermented foods to encourage optimal digestion and whole body nourishment.

These philosophies are combined with seasonal inspirations to fuel your body with the most nutritional and balanced ingredients.

SAMPLE MENUS

With a cup full of love I look forward to sharing with you and your guests!

‘I have had the pleasure of working with Shani for a few events, and have booked her for all my upcoming catered Retreats & Workshops. She offers participants so much more than a meal. The care and detail that goes into each and every dish is remarkable. Her love of feeding people comes through in the way she not only prepares the meals but in the way that she serves and interacts with people. Her sweet, kind, fun and hard working presence makes my retreats more than I could dream.’

Shauna Devlin
"Shani has been offering her nourishing meals at my yoga retreats and trainings for over 5 years. Using as many local ingredients as she can, including from her very own farm, the care and love she puts into the meals is felt by all. Shani is super accommodating to the dietary needs of those on retreat. Her food is both nutritious and delicious! I have worked with many caterers over the years and Shani is, by far, the best! I am always thrilled to work with her."

Clara Roberts-Oss
"Shani's culinary passion, creativity and love for food stretches back more than the 25 years I have witnessed her create delicious healthy meals and wholesome snacks. The way she serves people is of the highest level."

Robin Clements
"Shani’s Kitchen nourished our retreat guests with love and joy! Food is such an essential piece of the retreat experience and Shani wowed the guests. She took care of all dietary exceptions and made it all seem effortless. At the start of each meal, Shani introduced each of the dishes, offering nutritional education and giving us all a sense of connection and gratitude to the food, the land, and each other. She generously shared her knowledge and recipes, empowering us to continue on the nutritional journey at home. Everything was delicious, nourishing, beautiful... yummy yumm! Can't wait to work with Shani again!"

Tanya Harmon
"Working with Shani is sweet and soul-filling. Her care, attention and passion for all that she does can be tasted in every bite and felt in every moment of her presence. Her conscious preparation of everything she does warms the heart and delights the eye. Her food is exceptional and her quality of service and support is profound. Shani’s warm and positive essence creates a safe space for growth, rest and transformation. Everything Shani does is saturated with intention. Every conversation and creation is divine and energetically healing. Whatever you do, eat or experience with Shani, I can promise, will be nourishing for your mind, body, heart and spirit. Thank you Shani for pouring love into all that you do!"

Vela Canta