Bryan Kimmett, Owner and Head Chef, set off on his culinary path at the ripe age of 15, when he began washing dishes in Annapolis restaurants. Growing up, he was in the kitchen with his mother and grandmother learning the family recipes. Coming from generations of farmers in rural Maryland, it is easy to understand his respect for the land. "Asheville is the perfect place for me to rejuvenate my farm roots with the abundance of community and all that Western North Carolina farms have to offer."

That early education and insatiable “appetite” to explore the culinary world earned Kimmett his first chef position at 23 and subsequent chef positions in Europe, Palm Beach and Washington DC, before opening his first restaurant Black Coffee Bistro in Middleburg Va,. just out side Washington DC in 1998. Most recently, Kimmett was Executive Chef at The Swag, in Waynesville, NC.