Ima’s Kitchen – Bakery & Ice Cream

Ima’s Kitchen is a small-scale middle eastern inspired bakery based on Denman Island. All breads are hand-mixed in small batches using 100% organic flour and biodegradable packaging.

They also make ice cream (popsicles, fudgesicles, ice cream cups, chocolate-dipped waffle cones, ice cream sandwiches) and all of their ice cream is vegan and gluten free!

Many of their creations include local farm fresh and wild additions like nettle pesto, garlic, and blackberries.

Why Ima’s? (pronounced EE-mah) “Ima” means “mum” in Hebrew. They aim to make comforting, healthy, and simple food, just like you would find in your Ima’s kitchen!

Visit the self-serve Freezer Shop from 9 a.m. to dark daily at 1840 Northwest Road

Fresh bread every Friday: 12-8 p.m., or find Ima’s Kitchen stand every Saturday at the Denman Farmers Market. Breads also available at the Denman General Store, fresh every Wednesday.

Check the Ima’s Kitchen Facebook page for fresh daily specials!

Bakery Products:

• Challah Bread and Buns
• Sourdough Bread
• Bagels
• Pita
• Focaccia
• Cinnamon Buns

Dairy-free Frozen Desserts:

All desserts are vegan & gluten-free!

Flavours may include:  Vanilla, Mango-Blackberry, Fudge, Strawberry-Mango, cardamom-mocha, peach-blackberry sorbet…..and more! See what they are mixing up today!

• Ice cream
• Creamsicles
• Fudgsicles
• Waffle Cones

Middle-Eastern Foods, Dips & Sauces:

• Challah
• Falafel
• Hummus
• Falafel
• Za’atar
• Z’shoung (hot Yemini sauce)

About the Owners:

BC-born Bronwynne and Israeli-born Yogev (Yogi) have been living on Denman Island for 7 years. They came here on a whim after travelling for a few years. While getting to know different people on Denman and attending various potlucks they began to notice people really enjoyed their baking, which eventually led to them deciding to sell at the Saturday Market.  Their baking is inspired by the markets of Israel (think large piles of fresh, hot, pitas covered in olive oil and za’atar).  All of their bread is hand mixed and baked in their hearth oven. Their sourdough breads are made from scratch using their own wild-yeasted starter.

When they decided to turn an attached storage room of their house into a bakery they received an outpouring of support from the community.  It did not take long to raise the money to install the power and water requirements to be able to open officially.

Their family now includes a very active 3-year-old daughter who loves to help with the baking and selling at the farmers market.

“3 years ago, we started baking bread for the market. By the second year we could not keep up with the demand! So, we invested in a large commercial hearth oven…and a bakery was born!”

Customer Comments:

“Just enjoyed DELICIOUS sourdough multigrain bread. There are so many fabulous things coming from your kitchen!!”
~Claire C. March 2018

 

“Everything these guys make is delicious! Especially love their creamsicles and cinnamon sugar bagels! Yummm!!”
~Tania F. May 2017

 

“Love, love, love the hummus and pita and bagels and focaccia…and the dairy free creamsicles are amazing! Such tasty talent in Ima’s Kitchen!”
~Cheryl H. August 2017