Jordan

Jordan is our Operations Manager & Head Barista, passionate about quality coffee. Jordan's also a qualified chef but decided to keep his love of cooking for home and now focuses on making the perfect brew....and most of our locals reckon he has nailed it!

Jess

Jess is one of our two fantastic apprentices.

Some of the team

We have a wonderful team of fantastic, friendly staff ready to look after you.

Kat

Our Head Chef Kat, otherwise known as  'Kat Wonder'. A super  accomplished chef with close to 20 years experience. It's a great vibe to be in the kitchen working alongside Kat, especially when she decides to belt out some tunes!

Darren

Dazz is part owner but spends most of his time in the background maintaining and improving the cafe building. The front planter boxes, the new tables, the front register, the wine racks and the renovations to the back deck are all his incredible handy work.

Jules

Our baker Jules has over 32 years experience in serving up all those delicious treats! Passionate too about great quality breakfast dishes, he will often be serving up your brekkie.

Tania

Tania is part owner and General Manager working closely with the operations team. Tania grew up in the foothills before finally moving onto the mountain in the early 2000's. With Ripe a lunch favourite, Darren and Tania were thrilled to take ownership in October 2018. Animal welfare and environmental issues are high on the agenda, therefore all of the cafe's produce is now sourced ethically and as locally as possible whilst the packaging has been upgraded to predominantly compostable with a couple of items recyclable.