Neilly Robinson

Experience

1. Founder, Owner & Managing Director

   HEIRLOOM KITCHEN LLC

   Nov 2012 — Present · Old Bridge, NJ, US

   Heirloom Kitchen is an evolving culinary center. We are a Farm-to-Table Restaurant and Supper Club (offering weekend dinner service in an open kitchen), a recreational cooking school, and a retail boutique with a carefully curated selection of kitchenwares and table-top. We are committed to sourcing the finest quality ingredients and creating both elevated and interactive dining experiences.Each weekend, Heirloom Kitchen transforms into a restaurant supper club. We offer chef’s table seating around our kitchen island where guests can watch Executive Chef David Viana and his team prepare and artfully present their dishes. Chef Viana’s menu, changing with the seasons, and often weekly, features modern, playful takes on American classics.We offer a variety of recreational hands-on cooking classes. Examples include pasta-making, healthy cooking, ethnic cooking, basic skills, making the most of the season’s fresh produce, to digging into a four-course meal you’ve made yourself (with a little help from our prestigious chefs, local butcheries, fisheries, and farms).Both owner and operator, Neilly manages all things Heirloom Kitchen—cooking school, restaurant, and retail. Originally founding Heirloom alongside her mother Judy Rosenblum, the pair attracted talented chefs from all over the tri-state area to collaborate in Heirloom’s open kitchen. Within its first year, Heirloom was named one of the “Best Cooking Classes Around the World,” by Food & Wine Magazine. In 2016, Neilly decided to evolve Heirloom’s retail and cooking school model by partnering with Chef David Viana and incorporating a Weekend Restaurant into the mix.Recently, Neilly staged with Andy Clark at Moxie Bread Co in Louisville, Colorado where she elevated her baking skills and developed a serious passion for naturally leavened breads. Neilly bakes Heirloom’s sourdough bread in-house daily.

Education

• Drexel University

  Bachelor of Science, Fashion Design

  2000 — 2004

• Cornell University

  James Beard Foundation Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership, Hospitality Administration/Management

Skills

• Editing
• Fashion Photography
• Photo Shoot Production
• Advertising
• Magazines
• Art Direction
• Styling
• Creative Direction
• Stylists
• Photos
• Visual Merchandising
• Photo Shoots
• Curating
• Brand Development
• Editorial
• Merchandising
• Cooking