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The Passion in Every Dish
We're a team of chefs, food lovers, and storytellers who believe that great cooking starts with curiosity and heart.
Our Team
Four chefs, one table.
Every Savoria class is taught by a working chef. No substitutes, no recorded lessons — the person plating beside you has done it for a dining room of two hundred.
Marcus Hale
Head Chef & Founder — fifteen years across bistro and fine-dining kitchens; teaches Foundations and fire cookery.
Daniel Okafor
Sous Chef — leads Global Cuisines; obsessed with fermentation, noodles and second helpings.
Elena Ruiz
Pastry Chef — runs the baking program and the Holiday Baking Workshop; believes in weighing everything.
Theo Lindqvist
Chef Instructor — teaches knife skills and weeknight cooking; fastest brunoise in the building.
Learn from them in person.
Every course lists its teaching chef. Pick your mentor, pick your night, tie your apron.