What ChefStable Group does

ChefStable Group is a privately held restaurant development and management company founded by Kurt Huffman in 2008 in Portland, Oregon. The company operates a partnership model under which it identifies talented chefs, then designs, builds, and operates restaurants on their behalf, providing capital investment, back-office services (accounting, HR, project management), and operational infrastructure in exchange for ownership stakes or revenue sharing. Chef partners focus on food, service, and guest experience while ChefStable handles all non-culinary business functions. The model has produced a portfolio of 17 distinct restaurant, bar, bakery, and event venue brands operating across Portland, Beaverton, Vancouver WA, and Portland International Airport.

The company's restaurant portfolio spans diverse formats and cuisines, including casual concepts (Lardo sandwich shop, Grassa artisan pasta with 6 locations), full-service restaurants (OX wood-fired Argentine, St. Jack French bouchon, Oven and Shaker Italian), beverage-led venues (Loyal Legion beer hall with 99 Oregon taps, Coopers Hall urban winery, Pacific Standard inside KEX Hotel, Flora and Voysey cocktail bars), production and retail (Dos Hermanos Bakery producing approximately 14,000 bread pieces weekly), and event space (The Evergreen with 550-person capacity). Notable chef partners include James Beard Award winners Greg and Gabi Denton (OX), James Beard Award nominee Cathy Whims (Oven and Shaker), and Aaron Barnett (St. Jack). The company earned the 2019 Oregon Restaurateur of the Year recognition for Kurt Huffman.

ChefStable's revenue is generated primarily through direct restaurant operations and ownership stakes in its 17 brand portfolio. The company also operates ancillary revenue streams including gift card sales (valid across all 17 brands), event venue rental at The Evergreen, wholesale bakery distribution (Dos Hermanos to grocery and restaurant customers including New Seasons Market), and hospitality partnerships (Pacific Standard inside KEX Hotel). Distribution is entirely physical/direct-to-consumer across the Pacific Northwest; there is no online ordering platform or consumer-facing technology product. The company is not externally funded and remains wholly under founder ownership, with no disclosed parent company, subsidiaries, or institutional investment.

Name

ChefStable Group

Legal name

ChefStable

Website

https://chefstablegroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Restaurant Operations & Hospitality

NAICS

Full-Service Restaurants (722511), Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) (722410), Caterers (722320)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Fine Dining Restaurants (THAFACAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Event Culinary Staffing & Back-of-House Services (Chefs, Servers, Bartenders) (THAHAKAN), Private Culinary Experiences (Chef’s Table, Home Dining, Market-to-Meal) (THAJALAH)

Keywords

• Restaurant operations
• Hospitality management
• Restaurant development
• Culinary partnerships
• Food and beverage

Headquarters

HQ city

Portland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Restaurant Operations: ChefStable generates revenue through owning and operating a portfolio of restaurants across the Pacific Northwest. The company partners with chefs, providing capital, operational expertise, and back-office support in exchange for ownership stakes or revenue sharing arrangements.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

ChefStable Group is a restaurant development and hospitality company that partners with chefs to design, build, and operate restaurants. It provides capital investment, operational infrastructure, design and construction oversight, and back-office support (accounting, HR, project management) to chef partners in exchange for ownership or revenue-sharing arrangements. The company operates a portfolio of approximately 17 restaurant and bar brands spanning casual dining, craft beer halls, urban wineries, artisan bakeries, cocktail bars, and event venues across Portland, Beaverton, Vancouver WA, and Portland International Airport.

Product overview

ChefStable Group is a restaurant development and hospitality company that partners with chefs to design, build, and operate restaurants. The company operates a diverse portfolio of 17 restaurant brands and concepts including casual dining, cocktail bars, beer halls, bakeries, and event venues across Portland, Beaverton, Vancouver WA, and PDX Airport. Key brands include Lardo (sandwich shop), Grassa (artisan pasta with 6 locations), Loyal Legion (beer hall with 99 taps), OX and Whey Bar (wood-fired Argentine cuisine), St. Jack (French bouchon), Oven and Shaker (wood-fired pizza and Italian), Dos Hermanos Bakery, Coopers Hall (urban winery), and specialty cocktail venues like Voysey, Flora, and Aurora. The company also operates The Evergreen event space and offers gift cards redeemable across all partner locations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• St. Jack: French bouchon-inspired restaurant by Chef Aaron Barnett featuring regional wines served directly from barrels.
• Oven and Shaker
• Dos Hermanos Bakery
• OX
• Whey Bar
• Coopers Hall
• Lardo
• Grassa
• Bluto's
• Loyal Legion
• Flora
• Fracture Brewing
• Pacific Standard
• The Evergreen
• Voysey
• Aurora
• Beer O'Clock

Products and services

• Loyal Legion

Named customers8 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Olympia ProvisionscoreOthersLoyal Legion partnered with Olympia Provisions, described as 'the greatest sausage maker in America,' to offer beer sausage combinations at their beer halls.
• KEX HotelscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPacific Standard is located inside KEX Hotel, operating as the hotel's dining and drinking establishment.
• Dina Avila PhotographyminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerDina Avila Photography is the credited photographer for ChefStable brand imagery.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• EAT Restaurant Partners: Restaurant development and management group partnering with chefs to launch and operate concepts. Directly comparable to ChefStable in its chef-partnership incubator model and back-office service offering.
• The Bachanal Group: Restaurant development group operating multiple distinct concepts in the Pacific Northwest. Highly comparable regional peer to ChefStable, also based in the PNW with a chef-driven multi-brand operating model.
• Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises: Chicago-based, family-owned multi-concept restaurant group operating 60+ restaurants across diverse cuisines. Closely comparable to ChefStable as a chef/operator partnership model that develops and owns a portfolio of distinct restaurant brands rather than franchising.
• Hillstone Restaurant Group: Privately held multi-concept restaurant group operating upscale-casual concepts across the U.S. Directly comparable to ChefStable as a private, founder-led group running a diverse portfolio of owned-and-operated restaurant brands with internal back-office support.
• Patina Restaurant Group: Multi-concept restaurant operator focused on premium dining in cultural, hospitality, and event venues. Comparable to ChefStable for its chef-driven concepts and non-traditional venue plays (hotels, cultural institutions) similar to ChefStable's KEX Hotel and PDX Airport locations.
• Hogsalt Hospitality: Chicago-based, privately held hospitality group operating a portfolio of independently conceived restaurants, bars, and event spaces. Directly comparable to ChefStable for its model of incubating and operating multiple chef-driven concepts under one operating platform.
• Union Square Hospitality Group: Danny Meyer's multi-concept hospitality group operating fine dining, casual, and event venues. Comparable to ChefStable in its chef-driven, quality-anchored multi-brand approach and its emphasis on operator/partner enablement over scale at all costs.
• Sage Restaurant Group: Restaurant operator developing chef-driven concepts in hotels and lifestyle destinations. Comparable to ChefStable for its multi-concept platform model and emphasis on placing concepts in third-party venues (hotels, mixed-use) similar to ChefStable's KEX and PDX partnerships.
• Pyramid Restaurant Group: Multi-concept restaurant management company developing and operating diverse brands. Comparable to ChefStable as a private, founder-influenced group that partners with chefs/operators and provides back-office infrastructure across a portfolio of concepts.

Broad incumbents

• Darden Restaurants: Public, large-scale multi-concept full-service restaurant operator (Olive Garden, LongHorn, Capital Grille, etc.). Useful as a broad incumbent benchmark for full-service restaurant unit economics and category economics, though at vastly larger scale and with a different operating model than ChefStable.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/chefstablegroup
• Facebookfacebook.com/ChefStableGroup
• Instagraminstagram.com/chefstablegroup
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/chefstable

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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