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Chie Ando

Instructor introduction

Chef and author Chie Ando

Biography

Born in Fukuoka in 1973. The eldest daughter of a traditional Japanese restaurant owner, she grew up with a love of cooking and handicrafts. After getting married and raising children, at the age of 38, her third child was burned, which awakened her to the power of food, and she began to study raw food and fermentation.

By incorporating raw food into her diet, she has achieved a physical age of 6 years and a weight loss of 3kg, experiencing changes at a cellular level. She opened a cooking class in 2016 and will move her base of operations to Tokyo in 2021.

Career and Activities

  • ELLE gourmet certified creator

  • Vegan Award nominee for 7 consecutive years

  • Author of "&RAW LIVING Step 1 - A Textbook on Raw Food"

    Featured in magazines, newspapers, and online media (ELLE gourmet, Veggy, Story, Asahi Elementary School Newspaper, CBS42, FOX affiliate news WFXR, etc.)

    Recipe development with food companies, universities, and local governments / Food education planning supervision

  • Lecturer at hotels and vocational schools, and food stylist

  • Head of the "Spirulina LAB" joint project with DIC Corporation

  • Official recipe development for COREDO's "Princess" brand

  • Spanish olive oil (Medifar Co., Ltd.) recipe development

  • Aqua Clara official recipe development

  • Lecturer at Sapporo Beer official event

  • Appearance on TV Asahi's "Good! Morning" (August 2025)

Appearances in numerous media outlets and events

Qualifications/Certification/Director

  • Raw Food International Producer (Raw Food Leadership)

  • Certified Raw Food Meister Level 1 by the Japan Living Beauty Association

  • Fermentation Planner Course Director

  • Representative of the Raw Chocolatier Association

(Registered trademarks include Low Patissier, Low Chocolate Meister, and Low Chocolatier)

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Official ambassador appointment

  • Kuvings (Official Global Brand Ambassador in Japan)

  • Masuda Kale Ambassador

  • MATEUS (Swedish tableware brand, official Japanese ambassador)

  • Official Muse of Nagai Sake Brewery's "Mizubasho"

  • Tomizawa Shoten Ambassador

  • Veggy official ambassador

  • GABAN Spice Ambassador

  • He has also served as a brand ambassador for several other brands.

Click here for a list of media appearances and activities

message

"Man is what he eats."

My daughter's burn experience made me realize the regenerative and healing power of food.

Through raw food and fermentation, we want to deliver "living food" that is balanced from the cell level to as many people as possible.

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