Ellen Melcosky, President and CEO of Little Miss Chief Gourmet Products Inc. and a member of Esketemc First Nation, has found success in the gourmet market place with her smoked salmon; using a unique brining process from a recipe started from her grandmother and improved on by her mom. Ellen recalls: No one cooked it better than my mom. She had a unique method of brining and smoking salmon.
Ellen began experimenting with her mother’s recipe years ago, and in 1996, began distributing her salmon sensation under the Little Miss Chief label. She worked on this for five years using both hot and cold smoking techniques, and finally chose the cold.