Andrea Drummer is a cannabis chef and co-owner of the Original Cannabis Cafe, the first legal cannabis restaurant in the US.
Drummer grew up in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in a conservative religious household. [1] [2] [3] She attended Le Cordon Bleu in Pasadena. [1]
Before becoming interested in cannabis cuisine, Drummer worked as a drug counselor. [4] When she first moved to Los Angeles, she worked for an attorney who used pot daily, an experience that changed her view on marijuana. [3] She worked for Thomas Keller and cooked under chef Neal Fraser at Redbird and Vibiana in Los Angeles. [5] [6] Drummer also cooked at the Ritz-Carlton in Los Angeles. [6]
In 2012 Drummer created Elevation VIP Cooperative and began hosting private cannabis events in Los Angeles. [7] [8] [3] According to High Times her culinary style combines French technique and Southern influences. [7] She created a room service CBD menu for the James Hotel in New York City. [4]
Drummer's partners in the Cannabis Cafe originally were the cannabis collective Lowell Herb Co. [1] [9] She and Lowell lobbied the city of West Hollywood for a license to open a cannabis cafe, a process that took over three years. [1] The restaurant originally opened in 2019 as the Lowell Cafe. [2] It was the first cannabis restaurant in the United States.US. [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] Drummer and Lowell Herb Co parted ways in 2019, with Drummer taking over the restaurant. [9]
Drummer wrote Cannabis Cuisine: Bud Pairings of a Born Again Chef (2017), which was described by Nation's Restaurant News as a "landmark book". [2]
Drummer won the first episode of the Netflix cannabis cuisine competition series Cooking on High [15] [4] and appeared on Chelsea Does. [3]
LA Weekly called her "a pioneering leader in both the culinary and cannabis industries" and a "world-class marijuana chef". [16] [3]
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Andrea Drummer is a cannabis chef and co-owner of the Original Cannabis Cafe, the first legal cannabis restaurant in the US.
Drummer grew up in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in a conservative religious household. [1] [2] [3] She attended Le Cordon Bleu in Pasadena. [1]
Before becoming interested in cannabis cuisine, Drummer worked as a drug counselor. [4] When she first moved to Los Angeles, she worked for an attorney who used pot daily, an experience that changed her view on marijuana. [3] She worked for Thomas Keller and cooked under chef Neal Fraser at Redbird and Vibiana in Los Angeles. [5] [6] Drummer also cooked at the Ritz-Carlton in Los Angeles. [6]
In 2012 Drummer created Elevation VIP Cooperative and began hosting private cannabis events in Los Angeles. [7] [8] [3] According to High Times her culinary style combines French technique and Southern influences. [7] She created a room service CBD menu for the James Hotel in New York City. [4]
Drummer's partners in the Cannabis Cafe originally were the cannabis collective Lowell Herb Co. [1] [9] She and Lowell lobbied the city of West Hollywood for a license to open a cannabis cafe, a process that took over three years. [1] The restaurant originally opened in 2019 as the Lowell Cafe. [2] It was the first cannabis restaurant in the United States.US. [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] Drummer and Lowell Herb Co parted ways in 2019, with Drummer taking over the restaurant. [9]
Drummer wrote Cannabis Cuisine: Bud Pairings of a Born Again Chef (2017), which was described by Nation's Restaurant News as a "landmark book". [2]
Drummer won the first episode of the Netflix cannabis cuisine competition series Cooking on High [15] [4] and appeared on Chelsea Does. [3]
LA Weekly called her "a pioneering leader in both the culinary and cannabis industries" and a "world-class marijuana chef". [16] [3]
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