Farm 2 Fork - Tiny Fish Co.

Webinar Recording May 19, 2023

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Tiny Fish Co:  AND THEN, EVERYTHING JUST KIND OF FELL INTO PLACE
https://www.thetinyfishco.com/ 

What does a path from chef to food entrepreneur look like? 
Sara Hauman’s story of lifelong obsession, hard work, hopelessness, expensive mistakes, a little bit of luck and a whole lot of chaos – And then, amidst the chaos, everything just kind of fell into place. 

Sara Hauman

 

Sara Hauman, is the founder and owner of The Tiny Fish Co.   

Chef Sara grew up in Vista, Ca., a small town in north San Diego County.  After graduating high school, Sara moved to the south of Spain. Food became an obsession and ultimately fueled Sara’s decision to return to the U.S. to attend culinary school.

After returning to the States, Sara began working in restaurants and attending culinary school full time.  By the time she reached the age of 22 she was ready to try on a bigger city for size and relocated to San Francisco, Ca.  It is here where Sara really began to thrive and carve her path out in the restaurant industry.

In 2013, Sara once again returned to Spain to work at famed restaurant Asador Etxebarri.  Here she gathered more appreciation for simple and locally sourced food as well as a different lens through which to see food.  It is this experience that helped drive Sara to lead, not just work in, kitchens when she returned to San Francisco.  She garnered many accolades and awards, including 3 stars from the San Francisco Chronicle, Eater Young Guns, Zagat 30 under 30 and James Beard semi-finalist Rising Star Chef in 2016 in her first position as head chef of Huxley (SF, Ca.).  She was again nominated as a semi-finalist Rising Star Chef for the James Beard Foundation working at one-micheling starred restaurant Mister Jiu’s (SF, Ca.).  In 2017, Chef Sara was named Rising Star Chef for the San Francisco Chronicle while working as chef de cuisine under Melissa Perello at one-michelin starred restaurant Octavia (SF, Ca.).

Find Sara on season 18 of Bravo’s Top Chef.

Sara currently resides in Portland, Or. where she owns and operates a tinned seafood company, Tiny Fish Co., specializing in sourcing and tinning sustainable species of fish and shellfish from the waters of the Pacific Northwest.