St. Albert Métis kitchen lands on APTN’s Métis Foodies as series serves culture with bannock

Joshua told the Gazette they teared up watching Duguay invite them to Winnipeg — Duguay died shortly after filming — and hope the series wins a second season for the attention it brings to Métis women, culture and cuisine. New episodes continue weekly on APTN and in Michif on APTN Languages. Sources: St. Albert Gazette; APTN — Métis Foodies; Wookey Films.

St. Albert’s Métis foodways are getting a national spotlight after Episode 7 of APTN’s new series Métis Foodies took viewers inside Juneau House for fried bannock, moose-meat Métis tacos and family history — coverage the St. Albert Gazette featured on Oct. 3.

The 10-part unscripted comedy-docuseries from Wookey Films follows lifelong friends Suzanne André and Paulette Duguay as they travel Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta to cook with members of the Métis Foodies Facebook community — an online gathering producer Janelle Wookey has described as roughly 170,000 strong. English episodes premiered on APTN on Sept. 24 after a French launch Sept. 4 and a Michif release on APTN Languages and YouTube on Sept. 5; APTN continues weekly English, French and Michif airings.

In the St. Albert episode, André and Duguay visit Joshua and Sharon Morin of Michif Cultural Connections. Joshua said they applied to share the story of their grandmother, former senator Thelma Chalifoux, and to show how “food is such an accessible way to bring people together.” Sharon fried the bannock; Joshua prepared the moose meat for Métis tacos — a flexible dish, they said, built more by eye than by strict recipe. Co-host Verna DeMontigny cuts in with Michif-language history notes, and the episode also discusses Joshua’s life as a two-spirit person. Filming wrapped in a single afternoon in late January 2025.