OUR ORGANISATION
Cusine Lab is a social enterprise founded in 2016.
Our Restaurant Team
Talal Rankousi
Cook
Refugee from Syria
Mehari Tewolde
Kitchen
Refugee from Eritrea
Gaayathri Sathasivam
Cook
Refugee from Sri Lanka
Saba Temelso
Cook
Refugee from Eritrea
Oleksii Bilousou
Kitchen
Refugee from Ukraine
Remi Mermillod-Blondin
Maitre d’Hotel / Sommelier
France
Laure Le Fur
Chef de rang
France
Drake Barry
Apprenti AFP
Refugee from Guinea
Sher-Khan Safi
Apprenti AFP
Refugee from Afghanistan
Marina Pysarieva
Commis de salle
Refugee from Ukraine
Committee
The President and the Committee provide oversight of Cusine Lab’s operations and
overall coordination.
Sarah Hoibak / President and Co-founder
Canada / UK
Sajad Fotuhi
Refugee Liaison
Refugee from Iran
Ana Gerlin Hernandez Bonilla
Sustainability & Environment Guatemala / Sweden
Fitore Pula
External Relations
Switzerland (former refugee from Kosovo)
Francesco Moschetta
Advisory Board Liaison
Italy
Management team
The management team oversees the daily management of all restaurant services
and the implementation of the social program.
Advisory Board
The advisory board provides knowledge and strategic advice to the Committee and
the Management Team to support decision-making.
Katherine Milligan
USA / Switzerland
Katherine de Fontaine
USA / Germany
Ashish Shah
India
Francesca Onorati
Italy
JP Boissonas
Switzerland
Federica Pompei
Italy
Thomas Frebel
Germany
Amanda Wassmer Bulgin
United Kingdom
Become Part of Our Story
SOCIAL GASTRONOMY, ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSCIOUS, REFUGEE INTEGRATION
Business Info
We Can’t Wait to
See You!
Monday to Friday
11.00 to 21.00
Saturday and Sunday
Closed
Visit Us
Rue Michelle Nicod 2, 1202 Genève
Call Us
+41 22 314 56 68
Email Us
info@cuisinelab.ch