Case study · Vision Gourmande
From one collab to a full calendar
When Hann-Dolf, the food creator behind Vision Gourmande, joined Émane in August 2024, he had 40K followers, recipes people loved, and exactly one brand collaboration to his name. Here is what happens when a whole team gets behind a creator.
- 1
- brand collab before Émane
- 24
- brand collaborations in 2025
- 14
- brands by July 2026
- 90.5K
- Instagram followers, up from 40K
Where he started
Hann-Dolf had been creating for years. His recipes connected, his audience was real, and the content was working. What he was missing was the business side: no brand pipeline, no rate strategy, nobody opening doors. Sound familiar? That's the reality for most creators in Québec, even the really good ones. Before Émane, exactly one collaboration had ever come his way.
What we did
We didn't change who he is. We built the machine around him.
- Content consultations: several sessions with our team to sharpen his formats, hooks and editing, while keeping the voice his audience loves.
- Positioning: we presented him as exactly what he is, a bilingual Québec food creator brands can trust, with a clear rate strategy behind him.
- PR and outreach: we brought his name to brands and media agencies instead of waiting for the DMs to come in.
- Deals and negotiation: contracts, usage rights and pricing handled by our team, so his time goes where it belongs. Creating.
What happened
August 2024
He joins Émane with 40K followers and one collaboration in his career. The talent was there. The pipeline wasn't.
December 2024
First deal closed together: Canadian Tire.
2025
24 brand collaborations, including DoorDash, Super C, RBC, Tim Hortons, Hellmann's, Philadelphia and Labatt. Brands started coming back for more.
2026, by July
Already 14 brands on the calendar, including Bell, Gatorade, Subway, Heinz, A&W and Héma-Québec. And half the year is still to come.
Brands he's worked with
« Hann-Dolf's talent was never the question. What changed is that a whole team now works so that talent gets seen, and paid. That's what we mean by helping creators shine. »