Stephanie & Pablo Bonnin

Stephanie and Pablo started their food project La TropiKitchen in 2017 by serving friends out of their home in New York. Stephanie is a Colombian-born and raised chef, formally trained at ICE in NYC, and at the Basque Culinary Center in San Sebastian, Spain.  Pablo grew up in a Spanish family and was inspired to create novel offerings through culinary connections.  

Since founding La TropiKitchen, Stephanie has become a self-taught food ethnographer studying the intersecting migrant and food pathways of her home country. Colombia, and the broader tropical region, is richly biodiverse, where the food responds to its diverse territories and societal differences. La TropiKitchen offers a nostalgic experience for migrants and a unique gastronomic expression for the culturally curious. Our field work, which shapes our events, aims to tell real stories of adaptation in our world today.