- Bep Hamer
- President
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Jack Hamer met them with a half-ton truck when they arrived. Bep laughs as she recalls that first meeting with the man she would marry many years later: "We didn't speak any English. When we met Jack's mother and brother, they said 'Hello' to us and we all politely said 'good-bye' to them!" Baking was and always has been a part of the Schimmel's life. As a child growing up, Bep spent time working in her father's Saskatchewan bakery and owned her own bakery-restaurant by age 16. In 1974, Bep started a business with Jack Hamer, the man she met when she arrived on the prairies. The partnership became a marriage and the pair spent a quarter century together. Today, Gramma Bep's is a thriving gourmet food business, a gift shop featuring Sask Made products, and a 5 bedroom guest house. Bep has always believed strongly in the promotion of local products, and inside her own gift shop you'll find the best the province has to offer.