Sara Brito

director of community

Sara is originally from Lewiston, NY and joined The Kitchen in Spring 2011.

As Director of Community, Sara leads Marketing, PR, Communications and Partnerships for The Kitchen restaurants and nonprofit. Prior to joining The Kitchen, Sara was the Group Director of Cultural & Business Insights for Crispin, Porter + Bogusky where she led brand and interactive strategy on several of the agency’s award-winning accounts, including Vail EpicMix and B-Cyle. Prior to moving to Boulder, Sara led brand strategy and innovation for world-class brands including American Express, The New York Times and Starwood Hotels & Resorts. While living in New York City, Sara also served on the board of Slow Food NYC where she helped create and launch the Slow Food Snail of Approval restaurant, food and drink-rating program.

Community Through Food Means…
“My passion for connecting with people through food comes from growing up in Historic Lewiston, NY, a small, tight-knit farming community along the Niagara River, known as the ‘Home of the Peach Festival’ and is best expressed in this quote by Chef/Author Deborah Madison: “…I experienced something I can only think of as deep nourishment; food as sacramental sustenance that went far beyond everything we usually make food into. These were foods that were whole in the deepest sense, foods that were alive, and foods you could feel; foods that came from human hands, hearts and minds at work. As soon as I tasted them, I felt something different, and a feeling of reverence arose spontaneously. This was physical and spiritual nourishment, food that expressed webs and layers of connections. I believe that we are nourished by foods that have integrity, that come from a place where things are connected.” For me, The Kitchen is about this deep nourishment and the lives we might live that include it.”