Meet the Bakers

The Magicians Behind the Mindful Mouthful!

Our bakers are not your usual, flour-covered, white-apron-wearing, run-of-the-mill types. We are uniquely-abled adults from Clements Centre for Families and we are on a mission. Through our sensational sweets and savoury delights, we are promoting consciousness and celebrating our abilities to work and earn a living. With the Mindful Mouthful, everyone wins.
Just take a bite.
You’ll see.

The Mindful Mouthful is an employee centered, local bakery, specializing in cookies, dessert bars and meat pies.

Before becoming the Mindful Mouthful we were Lunch on Clements, a social enterprise owned and operated by the Clements Centre Society, which supports adults with developmental disabilities. The Lunch on Clements program (now Mindful Mouthful), features a large commercial kitchen and a cafeteria/restaurant. As Lunch on Clements 15 people attended every day from 9-3. They did community activities as well as learning how to cook and clean in a kitchen. The program produced meat pies, cookies, quiches, Nanaimo bars etc. for commercial sale.

With the support of Enterprising Non-Profits, Restaurateur Andrew Moyer from Ottavio Italian Bakery & Delicatessen, and a three year grant from the Vancouver Foundation, the dream is now a reality. Our 22 volunteers are now paid employees. We have rebranded and repackaged our products and we are ready to grow our audience and supporters sharing our wonderful food with the Cowichan Valley and beyond!