A preview of the presentation is available on the Fraser Valley Food Show website.

Kathleen Rake

Kathleen Rake
www.BetweenTheVines.ca

Kathleen Rake is one lucky oenophile. As a perpetual student of wine, she’s managed to marry her decades-long love affair with wine to her craft—writing. Kathleen is happy to swirl, sniff, sip and spit her way through all sorts of vinic pleasures so she can share those experiences with her readers at both her blog, www.BetweenTheVines.ca, and her monthly column, ‘Wine Trends’, in the Abbotsford News.

Kathleen holds the Wine and Spirit Education Trust (WSET) Level 3 Advanced Certificate in Wines & Spirits and is currently working toward achieving the WSET Diploma and her French Wine Scholar (FWS) designation.

——————————————————————————–

Just here for The Beer

Just Here For The Beer (JHFTB) is a Vancouver based beer education and consulting company. JHFTB has been teaching beer tasting and education classes for the past 8 years at UBC, local community centres and private seminars. During this time period JHFTB has also organized numerous beer festivals at UBC and its members have been guest speakers at major industry events and at local community colleges. The company has also been featured on television and radio and in the newspaper. All of our sponsors and venders who participate in the festivals, events and classes benefit from the exposure we bring to the industry.

Rick Mohabir

Rick Mohabir – Beer Expert
Just here for The Beer

Rick loves tasting beer. He brings a wealth of experience to the students in the class. He is the Just Here For The Beer brewing expert and can tell you all you need to know about the different types of beer from around the world. Rick also brings a fun aspect to the class by teaching various drinking games from around the world. Rick has his business diploma and loves looking at the marketing aspects of the beer industry. He is the company director of operations for the special events and festivals. Rick is a Just Here For The Beer owner, beer expert, instructor, marketing expert, and party host.

“I have a thirst for knowledge. Researching and tasting beer has given me a chance to challenge my abilities and practice my research skills.”

Deb Mohabir

Deb Mohabir.- Beer Educator
Just here for The Beer

Deb has been with Just Here For The Beer from the very beginning in a variety of capacities – assisting with the events and eventually leading some of the guest speaking seminars. She has developed her palate with her visits out east to Toronto and down into the southern United States where she has sampled a few local micros. Deb brings an often overlooked point of view, that of the educated female consumer.

Working fulltime as a Special Needs Worker for the Vancouver School board, her ability to communicate with the most inexperienced beer drinker all the way to the experienced beer connoisseur helps expand the craft beer discussion. Deb has become an incredible asset to Just Here For The Beer, and can always be found at any of their events in the lower mainland.

Cheryl Celenk

Cheryl Celenk, B.A.- Beer Educator
Just here for The Beer

Cheryl joined the team on a regular basis in Spring 2009. After volunteering for a variety of events she decided to take the leap and help teach the classes at UBC and join the boys during their various public appearances.

Cheryl works full time at the Blanche Macdonald Centre, a private college in Vancouver. She is the Just Here For The Beer class activities coordinator and also specializes in the local craft brewing industry and lambic beers.

Cheryl is always visible helping out at the festivals and private events as a beer educator and host

For More On The Fraser Valley Food Show Simply Click Here.

You can watch Rake swirl, sniff, sip and then share her knowledge of wine at this year’s popular EAT! Fraser Valley show at Tradex in Abbotsford Sept. 16 – 18.

Kathleen Rake

The Fraser Valley resident and writer (www.clickmediaworks.com), wine blogger (www.betweenthevines.ca) and local newspaper wine columnist is among a high-powered lineup of presenters at EAT!, including Food Network Canada chefs Chuck Hughes and Rob Feenie, and internationally renowned culinary personality, Graham Kerr, affectionately known by many as the Galloping Gourmet.

Popular local restaurants, wineries, food and beverage manufacturers, cookbook authors, retailers, artisans, and many others from the culinary world will be featured at the three-day public extravaganza.

EAT! Fraser Valley encompasses unique food experiences, opportunities to learn behind-the-scenes culinary magic from professional chefs, dynamic entertainment through celebrity chef cooking demonstrations, diverse food-, beverage- and cooking-related exhibits; and of course fantastic shopping opportunities, say organizers.

Former Galloping Gourmet mogul and Author Graham Kerr, who headlined EAT! Vancouver in June, makes his inaugural appearance at EAT! Fraser Valley this year.

Held at the TRADEX Fraser Valley Trade & Exhibition Centre (1190 Cornell Street) next to the Abbotsford International Airport, foodies from all over the Lower Mainland will experience three days of food sampling, cooking demonstrations, and for the first time, the BC Chef’s Association’s Iron Chef-style CityTV Master Chef Competition, which takes place on all three days and culminating in the finals on Sunday September 18. The competition will be judged by a record nine chefs this year. Competition sponsors include Windset Farms, Johnston’s, Spectrum Naturals, Hendrix Restaurant Equipment & Supplies, and Dudson China.

Event hours:
Friday, September 16th 2-9pm
Saturday, September 17th 11am-9pm
Sunday September 18th, 11am-5pm
Tickets are $12 adults, $10 seniors, $6 children. A $2 discount will be applied for adults and seniors if bought online.
For more information and to purchase tickets, visit www.eat-fraservalley.com.