Regina chef reinvents the gingerbread cartwheel with Indigenous-themed cookies for the holidays

One Indigenous chef from Regina is reinventing the gingerbread wheel for the holiday season literally.

Dickie Yuzicapi has been busy handcrafting gingerbread cookies shaped like Mtis cartwheels, buffalo and traditionally dressed Indigenous men and women for the holiday season.

"You can go to the grocery store and buy a giant cookie with nasty icing that's what I say because it doesn't taste all that wellbut I take the time to make real gingerbread," said Yuzicapi, chef and owner of the Sioux Chef Catering company.

Decorated in chocolate and made-from-scratch icing, the Regina-based chef has already sold over 1,000 cookies this holiday season.

"They're not only eye pleasing, but they're taste pleasing as well," he said.

He's been selling the Indigenous-themed gingerbread cookies for nearly two decades, and said they're most popular at office parties.

Delivery dates are scheduled this month for Regina and Moose Jaw. Orders can be placed until Dec.15 through the Sioux Chef Catering page.