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Our culinary staff is a group of young professionals with credentials from The Culinary Institute of America, The California Culinary Academy, The French Culinary Institute and The New England Culinary Institute.

Their practical experience includes major catering companies, hotels and restaurants in the Bay Area, New York, New England and Southern California. They have produced culinary feasts for the President, vineyard owners, the executives of major corporations as well as thousands of private individual clients.

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We invite you in to meet each of our talented staff members and get a glimpse of the inner workings of Barbara Llewellyn Catering . . .

Janet Maimone Jean-Marc Camilleri
Susan Brinkley Salete Matzek
Christine Berlin Lauren Lackey
Kate Owens Adriana McKee-Abbe
Nancy Parrague

Janet Maimone
Office Manager

Janet@barbarallewellyn.com
Janet Maimone has spent years designing brilliant parties for our clientele. As a longtime resident of the Bay Area, she is very familiar with venues, rental companies, florists and musicians – whatever you ask her to explore on your behalf, Janet ensures that every detail is successfully covered.

 

Jean-Marc Camilleri
Director of Operations

JeanMarc@barbarallewellyn.com
Jean Marc is currently the Director of Operations at Barbara Llewellyn Catering and Event Planning, a position he has held since the beginning of 2005. Jean-Marc has worked in various capacities at Barbara Llewellyn over the last five years, including sous chef, pastry chef, and event chef. He brings with him a wealth of knowledge having been educated at the Culinary School in Lyons, France as well as having worked in the food service industry throughout France, the French West Indies, New York City, Florida, and most recently San Francisco. Jean-Marc has been, and will continue to be, vital to the growth of Barbara Llewellyn Catering and Event Planning.

 

Susan Brinkley
Head Pastry Chef

Susan@barbarallewellyn.com
Susan is currently the head pastry chef at Barbara Llewellyn, bringing over twenty years of experience in the culinary industry and a wealth of knowledge in French, Italian, Mediterranean, California and Asian cuisines. Susan is well versed in all facets of the food service industry having worked in areas ranging from bistro to fine dining, and intimate to high-volume. She has worked most recently as the Executive Chef of Delice Catering in San Francisco, before which she was the Executive Pastry Chef at Wolfgang Puck's Postrio, San Francisco. Susan continues to be instrumental in the development of new menu ideas and the overall growth of Barbara Llewellyn.

 

Salete F. Matzek
Chef de Partie

Salete F. Matzek was educated at the French Culinary Institute in New York City. Her distinguished catering career includes clients such as Bon Appetite, Gourmet and Elle magazines, Shiseido cosmetics, Christian Dior, Bloomberg LLP, Comedy Central and Chase Manhattan Bank. Salete often finds that her Brazilian heritage influences the flavors of her cooking and she is best known for her signature Chicken Salad (known as Salete’s Salad on our menus), tropical flan and Brazilian cornbread.

 

Lauren Lackey
Event Specialist

Lauren@barbarallewellyn.com

Christine Berlin
Event Specialist

Christine@barbarallewellyn.com

Kate Owens
Director of Sales and Marketing

Kate@barbarallewellyn.com

Adriana McKee-Abbe
Director of Special Events

Adriana@barbarallewellyn.com

Nancy Parrague
Event Planner and Staffing Manager

Nancy@barbarallewellyn.com

 


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