Yield to temptation
The story of Fumets Sylvestre
Fumets Sylvestre products
Our team's passion
Our mission
Unmatched quality


Yield to temptation
Discover a new way of cooking
with Les Fumets Sylvestre

Our products are just right for:
  • Fine cuisine
  • Slow food
  • Cocooning
  • Quick snacks
  • Low-fat cuisine

The story of Fumets Sylvestre

Success stories are often the result of a consuming passion that started with a childhood experience.

This is exactly what happened to me. My name is Guy Poulin, the founder of Fumets Sylvestre. In 1991, my father Jean-Guy decided to start a fish farm where he would raise speckled and rainbow trout.

This in itself wasn’t so unusual – except that he set up the fish farm in his home basement! Just imagine two huge tanks filled with circulating fresh spring water, holding 6 000 live trout - in the house. Now that’s unusual.

Fishing fanatics could indulge in their favourite pastime in the dead of winter. They came to my dad’s house to catch fresh fish, and even cooked it on the spot. My eccentric father taught me to do things differently. Seeing him live with thousands of trout under his roof gave me a passion for fresh food and gave me the idea of offering a high-end product to whoever wanted it.

Fish smoking is a centuries-old art. I spent hours learning its secrets. For years, I had been using a small portable smoking kiln that allowed me to enjoy my catch by the riverside; however, my plan required sophisticated technology and gourmet recipes. First, I engaged in exhaustive research and read everything I could about my future career. Then I consulted experts at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and the Quebec department of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food (MAPAQ).

It was in one of MAPAQ’s laboratory smoke-rooms in Gaspé that I first experimented with smoking for commercial purposes. I soon learned the difference between expertise acquired in the wilds and safe food production, but it did not weaken my passion for smoked products. Over a period of 5 weeks with a 4-person team, I completed my training and created scores of recipes for smoking the most delicate fish. Although I wanted to create six products, there was so much work involved in developing a single recipe that I started with three products only: cold-smoked trout lightly seasoned with orange and anise; cold-smoked salmon with maple syrup and armagnac; and a sublime hot-smoked salmon with pepper. I am extremely fond of these fish and they keep my passion for fishing alive.

In 1998, having mastered the art of hot and cold smoking fish of the salmon family, I founded Fumets Sylvestre after more than three years of research, development, and improvement. Having invested so much in the company, I wanted it to expand. I therefore began to develop foreign markets and did everything necessary to meet the industry’s highest standards. I remembered my father’s enthusiasm and how he strived to do things differently. I wanted to offer more than smoked fish. We experimented with new recipes for game, duck, lamb, and deer. With the help of an expert chef panel and a group of discriminating tasters, we slowly but surely developed first-quality, perfectly smoked products. Today an increasing number of restaurateurs and consumers are using our products.

By listening closely to our clients, Fumets Sylvestre keeps on innovating, creating smoked or cooked meat products that satisfy the most discriminating tastes with the best quality ingredients.

Fumets Sylvestre offers a wide choice of delicious smoked and cooked dishes. You will find them in fine restaurants, gourmet food shops, and selected supermarkets.

I invite you to discover or to renew your acquaintance with our unique quality products. They were created because I inherited my dad’s passion. Thank you, Jean-Guy!

Guy Poulin, a man with a passion


Fumets Sylvestre products

Fumets Sylvestre is a fully equipped food-processing plant specialising in ready-to-eat game, poultry, fish, and seafood . Our products can be served as appetizers or main course, hot or cold. You can enhance natural flavour with seasoned oil, use them in salads, or heat them in the microwave or hot water. In a few minutes, you will surprise your guests with a gourmet dish they might expect in the finest restaurants – unless, of course, they are already familiar our products.


Our team's passion

Les Fumets Sylvestre's team has a passion for culinary art, and is dedicated
to satisfying our clients' tastes. We listen to our customers!


Our mission

To carve, prepare, and smoke or cook game, poultry, and seafood for restaurants, hotels, and fine food shops.


Unmatched quality

Les Fumets Sylvestre products are unique. We use only foods and seasonings that meet our exacting criteria. Each product is prepared according to specific traditional methods, whilst undergoing stringent quality control checks at each step of preparation.

Les Fumets Sylvestre is proud to meet HACCP standards, which guarantee the consistent quality of our products.    

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