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Andrew George Jr. is a member of the Wet'suwet'en Nation from central British Columbia, Canada. After attending culinary school in the 1980s, he worked in restaurants and ran a catering company being selected to be part of the Canadian Native Haute Cuisine team that participated in the 1992 Culinary Olympics in Frankfurt, Germany. More recently, he was head chef at the Four Host First Nations pavilion at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver (the first games in which Indigenous peoples were recognized as official host partners by the IOC), and in 2012 was part of group of culinary experts from 25 countries on an initiative sponsored by the US Department of State called ""Culinary Diplomacy: Promoting Cultural Understanding Through Food"" which toured the US, including a meeting at the White House with First Lady Michelle Obama. Andrew lives in Vancouver where he teaches cooking to young aboriginal students; he is also involved in various health and nutrition intitiatives for Native peoples.

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