Christina Anderson-Heller

I entertain. . .

Since the time I was a little girl I can remember wanting to make people happy. Most pictures from my childhood are of me washing dishes, setting the table or entertaining my parents' friends. Yes, my professional experience description might be different from most, but so am I!

Hospitality is my life. Like most I started college with a dream but realized I wasn't following the dream I always wanted. While working on my masters I started as a Sales and Catering director for a hotel and found that my collegiate background, psychology and sociology, were there to enhance my love of hospitality. I wanted to see people smile; laugh at their parties, remember their weddings; that’s what I was meant for.

The past 16 years I have had one job; that is because after finding my love in hospitality I moved to Chicago to work for Lynfred Winery. It is at Lynfred that I found my true calling. I am a foodie and wineaux at heart and the wine and food culture that surrounds me is like a warm hug every day.

I believe in sharing the word of local wine and food with all that I encounter and I hope to share it with you.

I entertain; therefore I am.

Bragging Rights: Awarded the 2014 State of Illinois Lincoln Award for Tourism

Specialties: A vast knowledge of grape history - the uncanny ability to pair wine with any food including potato chips - the mastery of napkin folding techniques - fabulous radio and television guest - and the innate ability of making crabby people smile. Follow my wine journey @lynfredwinery on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook or my personal life @fabwinegal.

Check Out My Cookbook:

https://www.amazon.com/PUNS-PAN-Dont-Bacon-Heart/dp/1366664523