About Confiturerie Tigidou
Confiturerie Tigidou makes jams on the riverbank in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, using local fruit and stirring the pots by hand. The jam maker behind it, Vincent Paris, built the business around island strawberries, wild herbs and an old barn by the water. The workshop is in a former boatbuilding shop whose large doors open onto the St. Lawrence.
The workshop and shop are open Tuesday to Sunday from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and close to the public on November 2. Tasting is free and self-guided: you can try nearly the whole line at your own pace. Classic jams include an island strawberry, a strawberry-raspberry-blackberry trio, summer and fall raspberry and black blackberry, at $12.50 each, alongside finer jams, spreads, butter caramels and apple butters.
Next door, Café Tigidou serves the jams with fresh scones, coffee and herbal teas, and fruit slushies in summer, inside a former boat-drying shed. A few minutes away in Saint-Jean, the Maison de Thé serves teas from herbs grown on site in a heritage barn. It is open on summer weekends from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; reservations are strongly recommended in July and August, and groups can book in spring and fall.
La Seigneurie de l'Île d'Orléans in Saint-François is about 15 minutes east. In mid-July, when its lavender fields open, a jam tasting and scone here fit neatly before or after.
What to do
- Taste nearly every jam for free at the workshop
- Have scones and jam at Café Tigidou
- Buy the island strawberry jam
- Visit the Maison de Thé on a summer weekend
- Watch the river from the old boat workshop doors
Season, hours and prices
- Season
- Workshop open May until November 2; tea house on summer weekends, closing in mid-October
- Hours
- 2026: workshop Tuesday–Sunday 9:30 a.m.–4 p.m., closing to the public November 2; café Wednesday–Sunday 9:30 a.m.–4 p.m.; tea house Saturday–Sunday 11 a.m.–5 p.m. until mid-October
- Admission
- Free tasting
Good to know
- Reservations
- Walk-in for tastings; strongly recommended for the tea house in summer
Tips for your visit
- The workshop is closed Mondays.
- The tea house is at a different address, 5508 chemin Royal in Saint-Jean.
- Plan visits before November 2, when the workshop closes for the winter.
Pair it with a lavender farm
La Seigneurie de l'Île d'Orléans · about 15 minutes away
Taste jam here, then drive about 15 minutes east to La Seigneurie's lavender fields in mid-July.
Getting there
Questions
Is the tasting free?
Yes, the self-guided tasting at the workshop is free.
When does Tigidou close for the season?
The workshop closes to the public on November 2.
Is the tea house in the same place?
No, it's at 5508 chemin Royal in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans.
🗺️ Part of the guide Things to Do Near the Lavender Farms of Île d'Orléans, Quebec
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