About The Local Harvest

Rebecca, a native to the South suburbs of Chicago, worked all over the country before finding her way to the beautiful rural town of Sutton, NE. Her career started early on, working at a family run pizza place at 13. From there she moved to a high end gourmet food shop, teaching group cooking classes with a classically French trained chef all through high school.

Chef Rebecca was trained in Culinary Arts at New England Culinary Institute as well as the Le Cordon Bleu Institute of Culinary Arts.  She received special certification in Italian Patisserie at the French Pastry School in Chicago IL.  

Chef Rebecca has since worked across the country in fine dining and casual restaurants, independent eateries and commercial chains. Chef Rebecca is passionate about bringing the local food approach to our rural communities. In addition to The Local Harvest, Chef Rebecca's family business is row crop farming, corn and soybeans. Since moving to Nebraska fifteen years ago, she has become passionate about agriculture and where our food comes from.