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 rarest & 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 living in her hometown of Santa Fe, NM.