Co-owners Jim and Kathy Cafarelli opened the first Rustic Kitchen in Boston’s Historic Faneuil Hall Marketplace in 2001 and was quickly recognized for its unique atmosphere and a blend of daily fresh cuisine and signature hand made pasta.
Their commitment to excellence has earned them many local industry awards including Boston Magazines "Best New Restaurant" and Sante’ Magazines National award as “Best New England Bistro.
Partner & Executive Chef Tom Holloway's award winning cuisine is always seasonally inspired and locally fresh each day.
In 2006 Jim & Kathy developed a unique broadcast television kitchen studio as part of the Boston restaurant, and as co-executive producers, oversee production of a weekly Friday evening live show called "The Cooking Show" Host Catherine O'Brien or Liz Bramwell offer a highly entertaining live cooking show for 22 audience members that dine on featured entrée items and wine pairings while learning interesting factoids and tips about how to prepare each dish.
In 2008 they opened at a third location in Mohegan Sun @ Pocono Downs in Wilkes-Barre, PA and launched a second cooking show called "Cooking with Kate" in their newest 40 person state of the art studio.
To date Jim and Kathy have produced over 400 live cooking shows. These cooking shows continue each week and have become some of the most coveted tickets in town.
Famed lighting designer Scott Ferriero brought in friends from Panasonic Broadcast and Philips Color Kinetics and incorporated cutting edge broadcast lighting and camera technology for both studios.
Today each studio offers a variety of live daily cooking shows, morning cooking classes, and has become a favorite venue for sales & marketing meetings that utilize the studio technology for their own presentations.
Panasonic & Color Kinetics now showcase these studios in their company’s national advertisements.
Rustic Kitchen welcomes you to visit one of its locations or attend one of their many Live Cooking Shows.
