Winnipeg Free Press By: Eva Wasney | Posted: 7:00 PM CST Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021
Before he started cooking, Andrew Koropatnick wanted to write film scores.
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The 29-year-old head chef at Oxbow Natural Wine Bar and Restaurant grew up in a musical home. His dad’s extensive CD collection, filled with the likes of Steely Dan, Miles Davis, and Thelonious Monk, provided the soundtrack for his childhood. He started piano lessons at age four, picked up the guitar in high school and was playing trombone when he enrolled in the faculty of music at the University of Manitoba, where he dreamed of creating the kind of music that brought emotion to Hollywood movies, à la famed composer John Williams.