Qwustenuxun is a passionate Indigenous Foods educator, who had the privilege of spending much of his youth with his late grandmother, immersed in Salish culture. After graduating from culinary school he spent more than a decade working in restaurants across BC. Before he moved back home to Cowichan to take the role of Elder’s Kitchen Manager. Now, after more than 13 years of cooking for the Cowichan elders, Qwustenuxun works as an Indigenous foods educator, writer, and consultant for various universities, ministries and health authorities. 

Most recently Qwustenuxun won several Canadian Online Publishing Awards, gave a TEDX talk on the power of Indigenous Foods, presented at the UN World Food Forum in Rome, and was elected as the chair of the Indigenous Advisory Council to the Ministry of Agriculture and Food.  

But, most importantly, when he is not working on furthering Indigenous food sovereignty. Qwustenuxun spends much of his time with his wife and children on their small hobby farm in Cowichan.