Who We Are

Sophia Lorenzi ·  Founder + Director

It all started with gelato. My first job at 15 was scooping gelato at the local mall, and I’ve been hooked on delivering people joy through food ever since. For over 20 years, I’ve worked too many jobs in food and hospitality, from steaming milk as a barista to teaching kids how to cook. I also wrote about Bay Area food trends for publications including 7x7 Magazine, Eater SF, and Flaunt.

And because I just couldn’t get enough food from cooking it and writing about it, I led food tours in SF with Edible Excursions for several years, so I could talk to even more people about food. The cooking, the writing, and the talking (not to mention all the eating) eventually led me into consulting, producing events and designing custom culinary itineraries for luxury travel agencies, tech companies, and non-profits. Fun fact: one summer I created and produced over 90 cooking classes for kids in 9 weeks of summer camp.

Somewhere between processing rabbits in Crete and slurping hột vịt lộn in Saigon, I realized the two things I like most are: 1) bringing people together around food and 2) collaborating with passionate food people to make that happen. This is why I started HØSTE.