Our producers
Jungle
Montréal
Founded in 2021, Jungle is a Montreal micro-roaster driven by a simple mission: to make specialty coffee accessible to everyone, with transparency and honesty. Their coffees are roasted in Montreal and carefully sourced from producers whose work and production conditions they proudly showcase. For Jungle, every cup is an invitation to travel and discover, but also an act of recognition toward those who grow the coffee. A fully-fledged member of the Hélicoptère community, their coffee fills every cup served at Hélico and Aube Boulangerie, a natural partnership between two projects that share the same values of craft and transparency.
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Aube boulangerie
Hochelaga
Opened in April 2023 by David Ollu, Stéphanie Gagnon-Laberge and Adrien Allard, Aube is a natural extension of the Hélicoptère universe, an artisanal bakery-pastry shop anchored in daily life in Hochelaga. Inspired by traditional techniques and the best seasonal products, it offers sourdough breads, viennoiseries, pastries and coffee from morning until evening. Adrien, master of fermentations, and Stéphanie, a talented pastry chef, form a complementary duo whose care and precision can be felt in every bite. A large glass-walled kitchen lets guests watch the work unfold, a gesture of transparency and sharing that says everything about the spirit of the house.
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Qantu
Hochelaga
Qantu was born in 2017 from a love story, in both the literal and figurative sense. Elfi Maldonado and Maxime Simard met in Cusco in 2007, and together they founded this bean-to-bar chocolate microfactory anchored in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve. Their passion: to reveal the true complexity of cacao, from bean to bar, without shortcuts. Twice a year, they travel to plantations in Peru to personally select the finest native cacao beans, in direct trade with producer cooperatives. The result is a range of exceptional chocolates, multi-award winners at the Academy of Chocolate in London from their very first months in operation. An outstanding artisan, a kindred neighbour, whose chocolate finds its natural place in Hélicoptère's desserts.
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Ferme la pelletée
Saint-Marcel de Richelieu
La Pelletée was born from the meeting of Alexandre Ouellette and Philippe Morissette, two enthusiasts who weren't destined for farming but chose to put their hands in the soil. On their land in Saint-Marcel-de-Richelieu, they grow more than a hundred varieties of vegetables and herbs using organic methods that respect the soil. Their harvests feed CSA baskets and the best tables in Montreal, delivered straight from the fields in the early morning to guarantee unmatched freshness. A natural connection with Hélicoptère, since Alexandre and David Ollu both shaped their entrepreneurial vision while working together at Bouillon Bilk.
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Caroline Haurie
Montréal
A Montrealer by birth, Caroline Haurie honed her craft in England, immersed in British pottery tradition and inspired by masters like Bernard Leach and Lucie Rie. It was there she developed her sensibility for utilitarian ceramics, pieces meant to be used as much as admired. Back in Montreal, she creates entirely handmade tableware in her studio, thrown on the wheel, with particular attention to glazes, textures and material. Her plates, bowls and unique pieces in stoneware and porcelain grace the tables of the city's finest restaurants, including Hélicoptère, where each piece becomes a natural extension of a kitchen that also believes in the right gesture and authenticity.
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Ferme d'orée
New-port
Behind Ferme d'ORée are Gert Janssens and Sarah Hui, two passionate souls with no farming background at first, but driven by a deep desire to live in harmony with nature and to work the land in connection with their community. Their mission: to produce quality food that heals the planet and its people, one bite at a time. Since 2002, the farm has developed unique expertise in raising grass-fed, pasture-raised animals, long before it became a trend. 100% grass-fed beef, lamb, pasture-raised Berkshire pork — every product is raised differently, with respect for the animal and the land.
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Marché Maisonneuve
Hochelaga
Opened in 1914 in an imposing Beaux-Arts building, Marché Maisonneuve is one of the historic pillars of Hochelaga. In its early days, it welcomed some 3,000 farmers a year, with its stalls of butchers, fishmongers and market gardeners that animated daily life in the neighbourhood. Closed in the 1960s with the rise of supermarkets, it was brought back to life thanks to the perseverance of residents, first in 1980, then in a brand-new space inaugurated in 1995. Today, the market brings together about a dozen specialized merchants committed to offering fresh, quality products year-round. A living place rooted in the neighbourhood's daily life, a few steps from Hélicoptère.
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Camellia Sinensis
Montréal
Founded in 1998 by Hugo Americi and his three associates, Camellia Sinensis has become, in more than twenty years, a world reference in the world of tea. Each spring, their tasters travel through the terroirs of Asia, from China to Japan by way of India and Taiwan, to source exceptional teas directly from small plantation producers. More than 300 carefully selected varieties, a renowned tea school and boutiques in Montreal and Quebec City. A house that deeply believes tea is a product of terroir, in the same way as wine.
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Nutrinor
Founded in 1949, Nutrinor is one of Quebec's largest agri-food cooperatives, rooted in the heart of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean and owned by more than 1,000 farming members. Its mission is simple and profound: to unite its strengths with those of the land to sustainably grow collective wealth. A pioneer in sustainable agriculture, Nutrinor was the first dairy in Quebec to offer carbon-neutral packaging and a traceability system that lets consumers track the exact provenance of their milk, from farm to table.