A 24-hour experience at The Herbfarm
You’ll begin your day at 8 a.m. as you join The Herbfarm’s garden staff at the farm. There you’ll help the crew harvest food for the restaurant kitchen. LEARN MORE
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Meet The Herbfarm Staff
Lisa K. Nakamura Sous Chef
Lisa Nakamura comes to The Herbfarm with over 15 years of high-stakes culinary experience.
Her background includes: Executive Chef of the Woodmark Hotel, Kirkland; Qube Restaurant in Seattle; Chef de Cuisine at The Lodge at Pebble Beach Club XIX in Pebble Beach, California; Executive Chef at The Windsor Court Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana; Sous Chef at The French Laundry in Yountville, California; and worked extesnively as a chef abroad in Seoul, Munich, and Paris.
Lisa graduated with highest honors from L’Academie de Cuisine in Maryland; and also, she has a Bachelor Degree in Botany from her alma mater, Arizona State University.
Chris Weber Sous Chef
Sous chef Chris Weber brings a searching culinary intelligence to his position here at The Herbfarm. Chris grew up in upstate New York. He attended and graduated from Johnson and Wales, the culinary institute in Providence, Rhode Island.
Chris is always on the search for new sources of food and cooking techniques. He lives in Seattle with his new puppy, Otis.
Michael Kaminski Sommelier
Herbfarm sommelier Michael Kaminski brings 24 years of restaurant experience to his position of sommelier at The Herbfarm.
Michael started working in restaurants in high school and has a degree in film from the University of California Santa Barbara, a degree he says “solidified my position in the restaurant profession.”
Before The Herbfarm, Michael was manager and Wine Captain at El Gaucho in Seatle, and manager and Maitre d’ for the MacKay Restaurant Group. He was the restaurant manager for Teatro ZinZanni.
Michael has extensive experience as a wine judge. He was a finalist for the Krug Champagne “Best Sommelier in America, 2000.”
Michael lives in Seattle with his Australian wife and young daughter, Poppy.
Lisa Rongren Sommelier
Herbfarm sommelier Lisa Rongren is a Seattle-area native who was elected in college to the Phi Theta Kappa Honors Society. While in college, she also played bassoon with the nationally acclaimed Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra.
Lisa comes to The Herbfarm with over eight years of restaurant wine experience. She worked at Scott Carsberg’s Lampreia in Seattle, John Howie’s Seastar in Bellevue, and was the Wine Director at the venerable Ray’s Boathouse in Seattle before taking up her current position as sommelier at The Herbfarm.
Lisa has extensive experience as a wine judge, both in Washington State and California. She holds Level 1, Level 2, and the Diploma certification from the International Sommelier Guild. She has also passed the Introductory, Certificate Level, and Advanced Level with the Court of Master Sommeliers in London.
