A graduate of The Culinary Institute of Canada (Holland College P.E.I.), Chef Katie Hayes is the owner of Bonavista Social Club in Upper Amherst Cove, Newfoundland & Labrador. The restaurant, opened in 2012, is a farm to table experience in rural Newfoundland, using the restaurant's own gardens and animals to provide the primary components for the menu.

Katie was also an instructor at the College of the North Atlantic Campus in Bonavista. She has instructed the Red Seal accredited Cook and Baking programs at the college. Currently she is an instructor for the college's Cultural Culinary Arts & Tourism course.

A veteran of culinary cooking competitions Katie has competed for Newfoundland and Canada in various national and international cooking competitions, including being part of Team Canada at the World Association of Cooks Society competition in Dubai in 2008.

The Bonavista Social Club, located in the small community of Upper Amherst Cove on the Bonavista Peninsula, harnesses the established farm gardens, animal husbandry and self-sufficient lifestyle at work in Upper Amherst Cove to provide a truly unique experience of rural Newfoundland. The restaurant is home to the only commercial wood-fired bread oven in Newfoundland and Labrador. The bread oven is the centrepiece of an open kitchen.​