BC seafood expo

Chef Chris Andraza will be at BC Seafood Expo

The 13th annual BC
Seafood Festival is once again being held in the Comox Valley from June 7-16th,
2019. This year’s Expo chef line-up offers a wide range of talents from around
the Comox valley.

Chef Chris Andraza is the leader of Fanny Bay Oysters
Restaurant, Vancouver’s only tide to table oyster bar and shellfish market.

Fanny Bay Oysters Restaurant is where you will get Vancouver’s freshest shellfish experience. The flagship location, located in the heart of Vancouver’s stadium district at 762 Cambie Street, brings over 30 years of innovative farming directly to your
plate.

Chef Chris Andraza started his cooking career in Banff
Alberta under Chef Roger Van Denhouvel at the Lake Louis Inn. He eventually
landed in Victoria, BC where he became a sous chef at the Monkey Tree Pub and
only moved his professional career upward from there.

He attended Camosun College under chefs Gilbert Nousitou and
Steve Walker Duncan, finishing his Red Seal certification. Andraza worked as
the Head Chef at Rodney’s Oyster House in Vancouver, and realized his love for
cooking seafood.

This passion has translated into him fully handcrafting the Fanny Bay Oyster Bar menu to showcase the incredibly sustainable shellfish from British Columbia and especially the Comox Valley.

Chef Chris Andraza’s father said he grew up with a love for food and curative sense for dishing it out, and as he has proven himself, over and over again, in the last few years, at the BC Seafood Festival held annually in the Comox Valley, British Columbia.

Located midway on the east coast of Vancouver Island, the
Comox Valley is well known for its culinary bounty from the farms and sea to
table. Rich with festivals and sporting events, stunning alpine to ocean
resorts and spas, this region is a place of super natural beauty that offers
lush culinary, cultural and outdoor experiences. It is comprised of the
communities of Comox, Courtenay and surrounding rural areas in the Comox Valley
Regional District.

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