The Plant Cafe Organic offers 100% organic food and sustainable seafood. We specialize in California Comfort Cuisine with an emphasis on seasonal, fresh, local, organic and delicious. The Plant Burger ™, Miso Quinoa Bowl and our Chicken Avocado Sandwich have been best sellers throughout our history. With 8 Bay Area locations The Plant’s goal is to offer (for dine in or take out) affordable and healthy food to young and old.
Matthew Guelke, Co Founder CEO
After spending time at Hippocrates, a raw food nutrition center (Hippocrates Health Institute), Matthew Guelke returned to San Francisco where he laid the groundwork for the creative vision for The Plant Cafe Organic. Matthew co-founded The Plant in 2005 in order to make it easy and affordable to eat delicious, local organic food to improve health of people and the environment. Matthew has co-led the growth of The Plant from its original location into a strong and recognized brand with eight locations throughout the Bay Area. Prior to The Plant, Matthew had a successful marketing career in the technology industry, …
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Mark Lewis, Co Founder
Co Founder of The Plant Cafe Organic for the last 10 years. Prior to that a 20 year career at Electronic Arts helping to build one of the most creative game company of the 20th century. Member of the Yale Sustainable Food Project.
Bob Burke, President
Experienced executive with 30+ years in the restaurant industry. President of several well known restaurant companies including Gordon Biersch, Piatti, Pat Kuleto Restaurants, Plant Organic. Additionally, served in executive positions in real estate and investment banking
Shannon Tracy, Vice President Finance
Shannon Tracy brings extensive financial experience to her work as VP of Finance. She oversees all aspects of accounting, finance and operational planning. A skilled operational leader, her deep knowledge of the food and restaurant industry allows her to create actionable results quickly. In a short period of time, she has led the rollout of new financial tools and programs that have benefitted all areas of financial management and helped with company-wide cost reductions. Most recently as a CFO at Harmless Harvest, Shannon built a six member accounting department and two member Finance team from the group up. Previous to …
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Corey Shoemaker, Executive Chef
Corey Shoemaker designs and leads the culinary program at The Plant Cafe Organic. The lead on R&D, Chef training, kitchen management and overall operations, Corey plays a major role in every aspect of The Plant. Corey recently joined The Plant Cafe Organic from SpaceX and Tesla, where he was the Global Executive Chef. Previous to that, he worked as Executive Chef at Enchantment resort and Spa in Sedona, which was noted as the #1 Spa Food in the United States. With over 30 years of extensive experience, Corey has been an Executive Chef at eight different restaurants including Executive Chef …
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Perri Kramer, Director of Marketing
Perri Kramer’s background is in business management with special expertise in brand strategy and product development. As both a people manager and a creative leader, she creates a cohesive flow between operational and marketing functions. At The Plant Cafe Organic, Perri leads Marketing and customer-facing programs including: social media, design and decor and other customer programs. With broad knowledge of industry trends and previous culinary experience, she also partners with The Plant’s culinary team on quality assurance, product consistency, training and new product innovation. Over the past ten years, Perri has worked in many areas of the natural foods industry: …
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Douglas Hunter, Director of IT and Training
Doug Hunter develops, implements, and assesses training regimens for all organizational levels in his role as Director of Technology and Training. He brings 17 years of foodservice experience in primarily corporate restaurant chains to The Plant Café Organic table with a focus on technological integration. He has previously served as the regional manager for Freshii’s test market launching new menus and adjusting operations to ensure efficiency while training franchise partners and assisting in their restaurant openings. Focused on integrating technology to improve every step of restaurant operations, Doug has worked with major tech companies and startups alike to bridge the …
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Boris Lieberman, General Counsel
Boris represents public and private companies located throughout the United States in a wide variety of domestic and international legal matters, including mergers/acquisitions, commercial/corporate, technology and real estate transactions. Mr. Lieberman works often with emerging growth and high-technology companies, including those in the software, semiconductor, information technology/database, and mobile technology sectors.