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Smokehouse Catering
Smokehouse Catering is one of the only tribally-owned catering companies in Alaska. With a vision of providing an authentic, cost-effective, and delicious indigenous experience, Smokehouse Catering meets the Tribe’s internal food service needs while capitalizing on external opportunities to raise awareness of who the Tribe is and what we do throughout the Alaska Native community. Like Tlingit & Haida’s other enterprises, Smokehouse Catering partners with internal departments and programs such as Head Start, Little Eagles and Ravens Nest (LEARN), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Motherhood Is Sacred® and Fatherhood Is Sacred® to provide employment opportunities for tribal citizens. Smokehouse Catering also partners with external organizations such as REACH, a non-profit organization dedicated to creating communities free of barriers for people with disabilities.
Noel Ramirez Executive Chef
2020 Highlights
Partnered with Sacred Grounds Café to provide ready-made dinners. Secured contract with United Way of
Southeast Alaska to provide breakfasts, lunches and dinners for unsheltered individuals in Juneau impacted by COVID-19. Celebrated two years of service to the community. Prepared and delivered 500 free lunches to essential health care and frontline workers at Bartlett Regional
Hospital, Capital City Fire and Rescue,
Juneau Police Department, and
SouthEast Alaska Regional Health
Consortium (SEARHC). Adapted catering services during the
Coronavirus pandemic to provide boxed meals and an option for drive-thru pickup. Prepared 150 meals that were sent to Haines for displaced individuals, volunteers and first responders.
2021 Goals
Continue to improve safe ways to provide catering services. Continue to develop community relationships to increase sales. Work with consultant to implement best practices for the industry.
