Rose Archer

Rose’s passion for food was instilled in her at a very young age. Highly driven, Rose graduated from the Les Cordon Bleu - Western Culinary Institute in 1998 at 19 years old in the top 5% of her class. She then moved to Los Angeles to work at the top-rated restaurants Spago’s, Campanile, and Les Deux Cafes under the incredible chefs Nancy Silverton, Suzanne Goin, Kim Sklar, Sherry Yard, Wolfgang Puck, and David Wynne.

When an opportunity to work in Paris presented itself, Rose jumped. At age 21, Rose arrived in Paris with $700 to her name, three maxed-out credit cards, no work visa, nowhere to live, and she didn’t speak French. However, having been raised by welfare hippies on Maui, what she did have was grit in spades.

What she thought would be a 6-month stint in Paris turned into 4.5 years in Europe in France, Italy, and the Bavarian Alps. She went to Europe thinking she would learn about cooking but ended up learning about herself (and cooking!). She worked in almost any restaurant that would hire her under the table. She worked in high-end restaurants, bars, cafes, hotels, and even a fashion house for runway season!

Most notably, Rose worked in the kitchen of Osteria Francescana in Modena, Italy, under chef Massimo Bottura, which was named the number-one restaurant in the world in 2016 and 2018.

Rose returned to the US and spent many years as the Pastry Chef of fine dining restaurants. She started a catering company at the age of 27 and then moved into teaching as the Culinary Director of a cooking school and restaurant consultant. Rose took a break to have her son, Aidan, and help start a charter school in Bend. When she returned to the workforce, she launched an online learning cooking school and moved into business operations.

After a few years of working in the management and operations of other people’s companies, Rose felt the call to get back to food and launch another company. Rose had dreamt of a monthly supper club for years. She wanted a way to keep her hand and heart in the world of cheffing but not work crazy hours. The Luscious Supper Club was born in December 2022!

Rose also owns another company, Ignite Laser Therapy, where Rose works as a medical laser therapist, helping people with body pain. Hop over to the website to learn more about that!