CHEF / OWNER

Mac has over ten years of experience working for highly regarded restaurants around the world. He started his career in London at St. John Bread & Wine Restaurant, working for the renowned Fergus Henderson. He has since cooked at Flora Bar in New York City and at Lark, Homer, and Sitka & Spruce in Seattle. As head chef, he ran the kitchens at community favorites Bar Lunatico in Brooklyn and Brimmer & Heeltap in Seattle. A few years ago, Mac ventured outside of restaurants to cook for private clients and host dinners at local farms.

Mac grew up in Tacoma, and as a chef, he draws from his roots. His dishes focus on vegetables and seafood: the specialties of the Pacific Northwest. Mac spearheads recipe development and video. He loves the opportunity to build a fire and cook outside.

CHEF / OWNER

Sten has more than a decade of experience in the food world, as both a chef and a farmer. He first teamed up with Mac as the sous chef at Brimmer & Heeltap in north Seattle. Before that, Sten was the chef de cuisine at the neighborhood standout Brunswick & Hunt. He has farmed in both the Skagit and Snoqualmie Valleys, where he learned, above all, to let the vegetables write the menu. Sten was the Harvest Manager for Boldly Grown Farm and led the small batch fermentation program for Small Acres Farm. Sten now works as a private chef for athletes from the Seattle Seahawks and Kraken.

Sten’s lifelong penchant for storytelling inspired The Regular - the weekly newsletter. Informative, curious, and occasionally cantankerous, Sten writes from his experiences cooking, growing, and travelling to examine and contextualize Aster Pantry’s style of seasonal cooking.