09/25/2025
The Fraser Valley Artisans Food Hub is a simple, white concrete building located in downtown Abbotsford, just off Highway 1. If you weren’t looking for it, you’d likely miss it.
When Tami Serandos walked into the facility for the first time, she knew she’d found a home for her business, That's A Good Cookie. Inside is an expansive, high-ceilinged workspace. Rows of stainless steel worktables gleam under industrial lights. Shelves with dry goods and other supplies line the walls. In every corner, commercial-grade appliances hum and clatter, filling the room with a steady rumble.
Throughout the week, nearly 30 businesses — caterers, food trucks, meal-prep service — prepare, package and store their products here.
There’s half a cow in the walk-in fridge and an intimidating supply of habaneros in the walk-in freezer. In the kitchen, Serandos bakes shortbread while Adrian Beaty, chef and owner of Salt&Thyme, simmers chicken stock in the tilt kettle. It feels like the engine room of food entrepreneurship in the Fraser Valley.
The food hub is a state-of-the-art, shared-use food and beverage processing facility. Similar to a commissary kitchen, businesses such as That’s a Good Cookie, Local Preserve and Golden's Goods, can access the services, space and specialized processing equipment through monthly memberships.
It’s one of 13 food hubs that make up the BC Food Hub Network. Launched by the B.C. Ministry of Agriculture and Food in 2019, the initiative aims to support the development of the food and beverage processing sector.
Read "Elbows Ups at the Fraser Valley Artisans Food Hub" by Michelle Vandermoor: https://ediblevancouver.ediblecommunities.com/stories/elbows-ups-at-the-fraser-valley-artisans-food-hub/
Photos by Danielle Campani.
