Andrea Abedi attended The Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York to study Culinary Arts in 1998.  Upon graduation, she continued on Johnson & Wales University in Providence, RI to study Food Service Management. After a few years of getting hands on experience, Andrea was drawn to Chicago to the famed Charlie Trotters Restaurant.  There, Andrea was exposed to one of a kind wine cellar in which she received one of the best wine educations in the world!   There she tasted & served some to the most rare & most special wines ever produced.  She worked with some of the world’s top ingredients, Chef’s, Farmers, food lover’s and wine aficionados. 

Homesick, Andrea returned to Santa Fe, NM where she was Partner & Head Chef at Rasa Juice Bar & Ayurveda.  Andrea received many rave reviews and won the Local Hero Award with Edible Magazine, 2 years in a row for her organic, plant based café.   Her attention to detail to her beautifully plated and delicious food is made with love and care can be felt with every bite!

In 2018 Andrea started working on The Kitchen Table Santa Fe concept, a fully equipped commercial kitchen in Santa Fe , NM.  KTSF  is open 24 hours a day, offers dry storage, freezer storage, walk in refrigerator storage and a pop up dining room for members to have events.  The Kitchen Table opened in May of 2023 and his since garnered many awards, Business of The Year 2023, from The Santa Fe Chamber of Commerce & recently Local Hero Award Innovator & Education Award with Edible Magazine 2024.  The Kitchen Table Santa Fe currently has 51 members cooking in our kitchens. 

 Andrea currently is the Owner and Chef of The Temptress Private Chef , Owner of The Kitchen Table Santa Fe and living in her home town of Santa Fe, NM.

In 2017 Andrea came up with the idea of building a commercial kitchen because she needed a place to cook for her private chef and catering business, The Temptress. In 2019 she participated in Biz Mix with Rachel Roode with the idea of creating a commercial kitchen in Santa Fe. The team was one of the winners of Biz Mix. This program helped Andrea to further develop the concept of the commercial kitchen.

In November 2019 Hilary joined the team This same month the two did a deep dive retreat to map out the concept of the business including creating a mission and vision, identifying programs to offer and potential customers and creating a list of the necessary equipment.

After the deep dive, the team started to look for a building. After viewing several different spaces and talking with an angel investor, they decided to use space in the building located at 313 Camino Alire, Santa Fe, NM. This building has had a few incarnations such as Los Pinones Rehabilitation Center and Desert Academy. Based on this location, they had to work with an attorney and the City of Santa Fe to update the land use code to allow for commissary kitchens in a C-1 zone. This process involved various City Council meetings and meetings with the Land Use Department and resulted in updating the Land Use Code as of September 30, 2020. Then they had to apply for a special use permit, which again involved public hearings and meetings with the City Council. Their special use permit was issued on January 19, 2021.

Special Use Permit in hand, Hilary and Andrea began designing the remodel, sourcing and purchasing the equipment, and building the policies of the business. The team joined the NICK (National Incubator and Commercial Kitchen) Network to learn more about shared use kitchens and network with similar businesses around the country. Through this program they learned about the Food Corridor, a software application that they to use for scheduling and billing at KTSF.

Construction finally wrapped up in April 2023 and The Kitchen Table Santa Fe opened its doors in May 2023. When the Kitchen Table Santa Fe opened, they already had 15 businesses signed up to use the Kitchen. This number continues to grow as more people learn about the kitchen and form collaborations. 

KTSF created a collaboration with the Santa Fe Farmers' Market Institute in 2023 to reduce food waste on local farms by freeze drying surplus products. This program allows more local food to circulate in the community, farmers to earn a year-round income and reduces food waste. The team is working to expand this program in 2024. The Kitchen Table Santa Fe was named Business of the Year by the Santa Fe Chamber of Commerce in 2023 and won the Innovator / Educator Local Hero Award from Edible Magazine in 2024. 

Co- Founder Hillary Kilaptric

The kitchen space can be rented by multiple clients at any time allowing for networking and shared ideas while providing each client with a private area to create.

The Kitchen Table Santa Fe has two large walk-in refrigerators and two walk-in freezers where clients can rent dedicated space on a monthly basis. KTSF also has a large dry storage room where clients will have dedicated space to store their products.

It is centrally located, easy to access and open 24 hours per day. The hourly rates are affordable and clients can obtain discounts by purchasing a membership. Memberships require prepaying for the month and using a minimum number of hours per month.

Clients can schedule kitchen time and pay their monthly bills through an easy to use online system called the Food Corridor. The Food Corridor was built specifically for shared kitchen spaces and makes scheduling easy and convenient for the customers.