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Elevated seasonal cuisine by @m_perello
Chef de Cuisine: Jack Irving
Tues-Sat 5-9:30pm
Also: @sf_frances @lorella_sf
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A huge THANK YOU to everyone who came out to our Bake Sale for Humanity at the 18th Street Kitchen last weekend! We raised over $4,500 for @hospitality4pal with the help of our wonderful staff, volunteers and local businesses who donated treats towards the cause! We dropped the donation link in our bio just in case you couldn’t make it but would still like to support. Neighbors nourishing neighbors is what we are all about 💙
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Let us help you “become a guest at your own event” Winnie & Alex 👰🏻‍♀️🤵🏻 Thanks to all of our wonderful vendors: Coordinator: @bofaevents Ceremony venue: San Francisco City Hall Photography: @jasmineleephoto Harpist: @kristastraderharpist Florals: @wallflower.sanfrancisco Officiant: @your.best.friends.wedding Beauty: @bun_bun_bridal_lab Dinner: @sf_octavia . . . #cityhall #cityhallwedding #weddingceremony #fourthfloor #bayareawedding San Francisco City Hall | Fourth Floor | City Hall wedding | City Hall wedding coordinator | wedding planner | Fourth Floor ceremony | wedding details | wedding moments | wedding day | wedding ceremony | reception after SF City Hall wedding | reception ideas | Bay Area wedding | Bay Area wedding coordinator | Bay Area wedding planner | Bay Area wedding vendor | team bofa
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just grateful to be here 🕺
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When “I could eat” becomes urgent and hungry becomes hangry, might we suggest these in-between-bites and flavor-packed snacks? Chef-owner Melissa Perello discovered our shop years ago, after a hunt for Urfa Biber led her to us. Her restaurant Octavia’s take on a “Devil’s Egg” features a jammy center and plenty of Eastern Mediterranean Spice, highly recommended with a side of crusty bread for dipping. We are so excited to welcome Flour + Water to our community! They opened their first Oakland outpost last year, and their Grand Lake Shake wings have been a staple on the menu ever since. Kampot Peppercorns are the star of Michelin-mentioned Nite Yun’s Khmer Fried Chicken. Just looking at these crackly-craggy-crunchy-wings, studded with peppercorns, makes us want to hop on the ferry to seek them out. Grand Lake Kitchen has been our neighbor-besties for nearly 14 years! These juicy Lamb Merguez meatballs feature a smoky-savory pistachio Salsa Macha chile oil. We may or may not grab a plate on our lunch break. TAROCCO is our Berkeley warehouse team’s favorite lunch spot for flavor-packed salads. Their bright purple charred cabbage transforms lunch into art, and lunch-al-desko into something worth celebrating. Joodooboo is a tofu and banchan shop in North Oakland serving fresh dooboo and hyper-seasonal veggies. They’re featuring our Vadouvan dusted atop crispy-fried tofu this October like it’s 2010 again. Umami architects Yoko and Kayoko are serving up bowls of Sesame Miso Shake popcorn at their sake bar this October, the perfect pairing for our two collab cocktails also on the menu. Slide 9: Oaktown Spice Shop x Your Favorite Restaurant. October 8-25
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🍽️ 24 years old. Stay with your mentor or take the job they left behind? Chef Melissa Perello (@M_Perello of @SF_Frances, @SF_Octavia and @Lorella_SF) reflects on the career crossroads that changed everything. When her mentor, Chef Ron Siegel (@RSChef), left Charles Nob Hill for a new opportunity, Melissa had a choice: follow him or step into his role as executive chef. She chose the role. Looking back, Melissa credits that leap with putting her on the fast track toward everything she’d go on to build. 🎧 Tune in now to @HospitalityOnTheRise (@Apple, @Spotify, @YouTube)! 🔗 in bio. New episodes every Tuesday. #HospitalityOnTheRise #CulinaryAgents #ConnectingTheIndustry #NotJustJobs #MelissaPerello
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We❣️our restaurant partners! To celebrate our 15th anniversary, we’re collaborating with our community across the Bay Area to curate spice-forward menus that highlight our small-batch blends. Join us 10/8-10/25 to grab a bite with our favs! We’ll be posting more details throughout the next couple weeks, but consider this your formal invitation to join us on our birthday bar/pizza/ice cream/bagel/coffee crawl. 👣
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🔥 12 years of going nonstop. Then Chef Melissa Perello hit a wall. Burnout didn’t just make her rethink how she was working. It made her rethink how she wanted to cook. After building her career in fine dining, @M_Perello realized she was running on empty, and it wasn’t just work fatigue. She found herself craving food that was simpler, more rustic and less formal. That shift became a turning point, helping shape an entirely new chapter of her career and cooking style. 🎧 Tune in now to @HospitalityOnTheRise (@Apple, @Spotify, @YouTube)! 🔗 in bio. New episodes every Tuesday. #HospitalityOnTheRise #CulinaryAgents #ConnectingTheIndustry #NotJustJobs #MelissaPerello
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Different cities. Different kitchens. Different stories. 10 women changing the way we eat. Happy October. Stay Hedo. 🩷 #breastcancerawareness #octobrerose #hedomap
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🌱 POV: There’s nowhere left to grow at work. So your chef creates the opportunity. 🎙️ Melissa Perello (@M_Perello), Chef Owner of @SF_Frances, @SF_Octavia, and @Lorella_SF, shares how growth for her team, not just her brand, has driven her decision to open new restaurants. She had room for just 4 cooks at Frances. When her team was ready for their next move, she realized they needed more room to grow. Octavia created a bigger role for her sous chef. Lorella created a new opportunity for pastry chef @MelissaLoar, now her business partner. For Chef Melissa, growth isn’t just about opening more restaurants. It’s about making sure the people who helped build them can keep moving forward, too. 🎧 Tune in now to @HospitalityOnTheRise (@Apple, @Spotify, @YouTube)! 🔗 in bio. New episodes every Tuesday. #HospitalityOnTheRise #CulinaryAgents #ConnectingTheIndustry #NotJustJobs #MelissaPerello
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Haven’t released new music in over a year because I’ve been singularly focused on homogenizing two seemingly dissonant art forms for both domestic and foreign restaurant clientele. Now that I’ve properly stress-tested my concept it feels like a good time to shift some of my focus back to what got me here. NERISSIMO PACKAGE (produced by @whereisnoizy) touches down on October 21. My first drop in 376 days. Very very excited to share it with you all. Hit me if you want the pres@ve link. photos by @lahunchoball
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From their tables to ours. 🍽️ Our next Feed It Forward chef spotlight brings together five chefs from some incredible kitchens across the Bay Area. Meet Melissa Perello of Octavia, Frances, and Lorella, Ravi Kapur of Liholiho Yacht Club & Good Good Culture Club, Brett Shaw at Liholiho Yacht Club, Franco Fugel at Selby’s, and Philip Sanad at Lazy Bear. From celebrated fine dining kitchens to lively neighborhood favorites, each of these chefs has helped shape the Bay Area’s food community in their own way. On November 7, they’ll bring that experience to one table as we celebrate 10 years of Farming Hope and the people who have made this work possible. The table is almost set. One more chef reveal to go. 👀 📅 November 7, 2026 📍 The Avalon, 1244 Sutter St., San Francisco 🎟️ Get your tickets at farminghope.org/10years #FarmingHope #FeedItForward #SanFrancisco #BayAreaChefs #GoodFoodGoodJobs
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Took it up an octave with the chef’s tasting @sf_octavia
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