Sharon Bond-Hogg

Sharon Bond was dreaming of her own restaurant for many years, she has always had a passion for cooking, baking & excellent customer service. Her passion for pleasing people and helping people. She created a cafe that had something no other place had; a traditional cultural aboriginal ambience, with light pow wow music, aboriginal art, jewellery and most of all Aboriginal cuisine! Bannock is her niche in the restaurant industry. She wanted a place that everyone would feel welcome and acknowledged. Acknowledgment is so important in our culture. People get offended when they are not acknowledged when they enter places of business. Sharon wanted to create this from the moment you enter Kekuli Cafe. The place to gather, meet & mingle. If you would like to book  an evening for gatherings, workshops, meetings, call either of our cafe’s.

Darren Hogg

is originally from a northern pole city called Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.  That is the place where he learned his winter survival skills that he has carries with him to this very day.  He has lived in the Okanagan for almost 20 years. Darren loves sledding in the mountains, the outdoors and plays guitar & drums. Darren brings his analytical restaurant skills, and accounting skills to the cafe.  He also likes to collect stamps in his spare time, although being thoroughly involved in the restaurant business has slowed his stamp collecting down. Darren currently works as the Finance Minister, the last line of defence at Kekuli Cafe.

Our Communities

How do we give back to our communities? There are many charities that touch the hearts of Kekuli Cafe owners. Like most people, they have been through and witnessed their family and friends struggles in life. At Kekuli Cafe we demand to create, inspire & make a positive impact in our respective communities,  by giving back and to continue to remain focused on supporting our communities, through in-store product donations, offering jobs, training and bannock donations.  Kekuli supports programs that meet our morals and values where health is important in our communities. Our youth, our Future leaders and our Elders who work hard all their lives, and deserve that special attention in their later years.

Donation requests can be made online. We strive to answer most requests, please allow 2-4 weeks for a reply, & thank you in advance for sharing your request with us.

In this photo, meet our community members, Elder & Language Speakers Mandy Jimmie & Mary-June Coutlee, and community members, on the left, Sue Sterling-Bur and Molly Toodlican. Enjoying a Kekuliooo moment!

Social Responsibility

Aboriginal Peoples are caretakers of Mother Earth and have a special relationship with the earth and all living things in it.  Going back, thousands of years, our ancestors, the hunters & gatherers, harvested salmon, deer, moose, elk, berries and roots from the lands for their family, the elderly, the community, and for ceremonial purposes. Everything is taken and used with the understanding that we take only what we need, and we must always give thanks and give back to Mother Earth.

Our goal at Kekuli Cafe is to ensure that we do everything in our power to keep Mother Earth protected. We use Organic, and or Fair Trade Premium Espresso all 100% Arabica Coffee Beans. No fillers no robust beans! Its all excellent coffee!

Our coffee companies, give back to their foundations in which we believe and support. We use bio-degradable coffee cups and sleeves. We recycle all our cardboard, and give our empty pop bottles and cans to the SPCA community.  We are working hard on many other opportunities to keep our mother earth protected.