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EAT! FRASER VALLEY
Celebrating
over 150 years of bountiful Fraser Valley harvests and food processing
In response to overwhelming consumer demand in the Valley, the very successful
nine year old EAT! Vancouver is recreating the magic of food and cooking
at the Tradex Exhibition Centre in Abbotsford, BC. The festival serves
a consumer base of over 1.5 million people in the fastest growing community
in Canada.
Throughout the three days of the show The Food Network Canada Celebrity
Stage will feature TV celebrities and featured presentations.
Celebrity chefs, popular local restaurants, wineries, food and beverage manufacturers, cookbook authors, retailers, artisans, and many others from the culinary world will come together for a three day public extravaganza at the Tradex Exhibition Centre. 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.
Come for lunch and stay for dinner! EAT! Fraser Valley presents the Bite
of The Valley restaurant pavilion. The chefs of favorite estaurants from
in and around the Valley will serve up appetizer portions of their signature
recipes. For a nominal charge ($1 - $4.00 inc. HST) per item visitors
will be able to savor the flavors of numerous eateries.
Beer, wine and spirits will be well represented in the Tasting Pavilion
where visitors can sip and taste a wide selection of beverages. The Grapes and Hops Stage
will feature presentations and tastings by numerous local and regional
beer and wine experts.
While at EAT! Fraser Valley, visitors will also enjoy shopping in the
marketplace of nearly 100 exhibit booths. Producers, manufacturers, retailers
and food artisans will showcase a wide assortment of unique products for
eating, drinking, cooking, entertaining, and outfitting a kitchen. Visitors
to EAT! Fraser Valley will especially enjoy the variety of locally grown
and produced specialty food items that are not usually found in grocery
stores and supermarkets. The bounty of The Valley under one roof!
EAT! Fraser Valley runs September 14, 15, & 16, 2012,
at the Tradex Exposition Centre.
Show hours are: Friday, 2 to 9 pm; Saturday, 11 am to 9 pm; and Sunday, 11 am to 5 pm.
Tickets at the door: (Cash only. ATM machine on site)
Adults = $12 / Seniors (65+) = $10 / Children (7-14) = $6 / Child 6 &
under = free
Prices include HST
 WHILE VISITING, YOU WILL...
Discover new food & beverage products & cooking ingredients
Taste food and beverage from the large collection of exhibitors
Shop & buy hard to find food & cooking related products.
Learn new methods of cooking from the experts
Watch Food Network celebrity chefs showcase their talent on stage
Enjoy tasting the offerings of restaurants and wineries & breweries
Make your own healthy choices in the Wellness Pavilion
Discover appreciation for cheese at Dairy Farmer’s Cheese Seminars
Talk with food producers, growers, vintners and brewers
Improve wine + beer appreciation in Grapes & Hops Seminar area.
EAT! Fraser Valley is the largest consumer food, beverage and cooking festival
in suburban Vancouver, taking place at Tradex Exhibition Centre in Abbotsford
BC on September 16-18, 2011. The food show features food, beverage and kitchen
goods exhibitors along with wineries, breweries, restaurants, cooking demonstrations,
wine and cheese seminars, and cookbook authors.
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