Véronique Désormeaux has creativity running through her veins—and her business, Cuisinique, aims to share that creativity far and wide.

According to Désormeaux, Cuisinique offers pantry and bounty inspired recipes.

“It’s important that this content remains available to everyone,” she says. “Food and recipe sharing has been connecting us for decades.”

Cuisinique’s services include creating content and custom recipes for campaigns and businesses as well as food handling and styling for projects and events.

Désormeaux was born and raised in and around Ottawa. She met her future husband when they were both studying at the University of Ottawa and after they graduated they followed employment opportunities to Alberta.

While living in Alberta, Désormeaux’s husband was away for work during the week and she worked weekends at a restaurant. As time went on, the couple realized that they were not feeling fulfilled.

“We found ourselves wanting and needing to create a life filled with intention and balance,” Désormeaux says.

In 2021, Désormeaux, her husband, and her son made the move to Winnipeg and recently found the perfect home for themselves in Île-Des-Chênes.

“We now have a schedule that allows us to be together as a family more than ever,” she says. “Since our move to Winnipeg, we’ve spent countless hours at the dog parks with our German Shepherd, exploring thrift stores, finding the freshest and best local products at the farmers market, and enjoying our life of intent.”

The couple’s three-and-a-half-year-old son had been keeping Désormeaux busy, so she wasn’t ready to dive back into restaurant hours. But, she realized, maybe that meant it was time to begin her lifelong passion project: Cuisinique.

Désormeaux had already been a skilled home cook when she began working in restaurants. She started as a prep cook for Poutinerie.

“Talk about following your passion,” she says. “Poutine is my favourite food group.”

Fast-forward to a few years later and she had worked her way up to sous-chef. As she worked in food service, the idea for Cuisinique was taking shape.

“I’ve realized I’m somewhat of a serial creative,” she explains. “Always on the hunt to create something new. Cooking, recipe testing, and being in the kitchen is my favourite way to create. Over the years I’ve become fond of other ways to create as well. All of which fit the vision of Cuisinique. This includes thrifting of kitchen tools and home décor, refinishing furniture to give it new life, gardening, or foraging for food [on Treaty 1 land], herbs, and home decor. Creative juices flow freely within me and have for a very long time. I’m excited to have found an outlet that will allow me to share my journey with my community: people who share the same interests or are simply looking to save time, money, and create a home and life filled with intent.”

Cuisinique aims to fuel the curiosity of those wanting to incorporate the balance of sustainable lifestyle solutions relating to food and goods.

“The goal is to save our family’s and planet’s resources while bringing ourselves closer to our food sources—from our local producers to bounty that is available in our backyards,” Désormeaux says. “It’s about diversifying and becoming conscious of the life cycle of the material and ingredients that surround us.”