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Canada's Great Kitchen Party comes to Kelowna Nov. 15.

The event is a regional qualifier for the Canadian Culinary Championships and will be hosted by Olympic gold medalist Kelsey Serwa at the Delta Grand Hotel.

It will feature seven chefs from around the Okanagan, and Castanet is featuring bios on all of them, leading up to the event.

For more information and tickets, click here.

Chef Chris Braun - RauDZ Regional Table

Chris Braun, formerly chef de cuisine at RauDZ Creative Concepts' micro bar & bites was appointed chef de cuisine at RauDZ Regional Table in August 2018.

Braun began his cooking career at RauDZ Regional Table, later acting as opening chef for another restaurant in Kelowna, then taking time for an advanced salumi course in Italy and eventually finding his way back to the RCC family taking the helm at micro bar & bites.

In addition to his new role at RauDZ Regional Table, he was also formerly a member of Culinary Team BC. Culinary Team BC is a group of talented BC-based chefs who represent the province as its culinary ambassadors at competitions around the world.

Braun, a father of two, is active in the community volunteering his time with the Chefs in the Classroom – edible education program sharing his passion for food with Grade 3 students in the community.