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.

Boza Sery-Kore 
Social Program Manager and Fundraising
Ivory Coast / Switzerland
Alireza Karimzadeh 
Admin Assistant
Refugee from Iran

Joseph Nehme
Management & Business Advisor – Volonteer
Lebanon / Chile

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

Federica Pompei

Italy

Thomas Frebel

Germany

Amanda Wassmer Bulgin

United Kingdom

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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

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