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Brooke Perez

Chef/Owner

Brooke is a Seattle native who found herself cooking at a young age.  She followed her passion and graduated with a Bachelors Degree from the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, NY.  During her schooling she worked at The Herbfarm in Woodinville, WA and competed in cooking competitions both nationally and internationally. After graduation Brooke worked for Cafe Oma in Bogota, Colombia as their research and development chef. She then went on to open a bakery/cafe in Colombia. Brooke’s never-ending love for education in the industry has earned her certification from the Court of Master Sommeliers.  

Tomas Perez

 

Event Director/Owner

Tomas was raised in Santa Marta, Colombia.  He grew up in a family that valued their Colombian heritage in both cooking and Latin Dancing! Tomas has always had an entrepreneurial spirit and started his first business at the age of 17. After studying in Bogota, it was then that Tomas combined his passion for coffee, his entrepreneurial spirit and his business expertise and started his first coffee business.       

Our awesome kitchen team! From left to right: Zeke, Sophia, Omar, Brooke, Marco, Febin and Rodrigo

Brooke, (left) Executive chef and co-founder, Febin (right) Chef de Cuisine

Some of our Front of house team with our kitchen team - all one here