OUR TEAM

Allen was born in Jersey City, raised in West Orange and educated in New Brunswick. He’s been a Hoboken resident for over a decade.

But don’t let his modest Jersey roots fool you; he spent the past ten years traveling the world as a professional poker player, a career that culminated with a World Series of Poker bracelet and an experience that ignited his interest in food.

As someone who’s always followed his passion – he left a career on Wall Street to pursue poker – Allen acted on his latest entrepreneurial instinct by enrolling in the French Culinary Institute and founding Hudson Table to address a void in the market. He hopes to build a business that educates people on all things food while serving as an alternative form of recreation in a thriving community of young professionals and growing families.

Allison helps oversee day-to-day operations of the space, whether it’s hosting an event or class, snapping photos for our social media pages, or helping with the overall decor of the space. With her eye for detail and keeping the staff and patrons smiling, she has her hand in a little bit of everything at Hudson Table.

Matt joined Hudson Table as a part-time Kitchen Assistant in 2015 before joining our team full time in 2018. He studied Hospitality Management and Business at the University of Delaware and has worked all over the industry with a focus on front-of-house operations.

Matt – like most of us – can be found wearing many hats at Hudson Table. You’ll see him working as a Kitchen Assistant, hosting events, and touring the space.

When he’s not at Hudson Table, you can find Matt at MetLife Stadium yelling irrationally at his New York Giants. He’s a wannabe fitness fanatic and washed-up soccer player, whose cooking style is protein-centric umami with an occasional vegetable. He’s Italian, but he doesn’t love pasta (what?).

Matt lives in Hoboken with his wife, Abby, and their two dogs, Lilly and Walter.

Dan was born in New York City and raised in the Tampa Bay Area to parents who immigrated from Italy, making him fortunate enough to learn how to speak Italian and become engulfed in Italian culture and cuisine.

After graduating from the USF, he sought after a new adventure which led him to Hoboken and eventually Hudson Table. Through his hard work and passion, Dan grew into a position as Kitchen Manager at Hudson Table. Since opening Dan has been passing on his knowledge and passion to everyone that comes in!

Chef Sara Kartzmer Fry, a Hoboken resident, is a health supportive chef (with a sweet tooth!) Sara knew from an early age that she wanted to be a chef and has never looked back. She graduated from the Natural Gourmet Institute and shares her passion for wholesome cooking with children and adults, as a personal chef, chef instructor, and educator. Sara has a special interest in farm-to-table food preparation, and spent six months at Katchkie Farms in upstate New York, showing children the joys of cooking with seasonal ingredients. She is currently employed as a chef instructor for Wellness in the Schools, a non-profit organization serving NYC Public schools. To learn more about Sara’s personal cheffing business, visit saraswholesomekitchen.com

Kelly’s Salvadoran and Guatemalan roots have given her a love of food from an early age. Being raised in a military family provided her with the opportunity to travel and experience different cuisines, which can be seen throughout her universal style of cooking.

After graduating The French Culinary Institute in 2007, Kelly fully immersed herself in NJ/NYC restaurants, honing her skills in farm-to-table and seasonal fare. These days she works as a Private Chef, while continuing to make memories through food at HT.

Koray`s Turkish Mediterranean background gives him a unique opportunity to understand and appreciate the elements of land and the sea. A lifetime of traveling beginning at a young age with his family helped him to understand the world`s immense variety of cultures and landscapes and how they are connected with their own cuisines. He sees food as love, nutrition, creativity, pleasure and a celebration of a new season. He loves connecting people with one another by bringing them to dine and share their experiences. He opened his first Modern Mediterranean restaurant at the age of 29 in Turkey. He holds a bachelor of science degree in Business Administration and a culinary arts diploma from the French Culinary Institute, NYC.

With a Bachelors’s in Health Sciences at Stony Brook University, Erin worked in NYC healthcare for six years. She decided to pursue a long-time culinary dream and attended the International Culinary Center. After graduating, Erin jumped head-first into the food industry and worked in several NYC restaurants, until she began with Hudson Table early 2021. She is a first-generation Filipino-American and was born and raised in Queens, NY. Although French-trained, her cooking is an influence of the flavors she grew up eating at home and that of her friends and family. Queens is a melting pot of cultures that she is lucky enough to call home. She loves to travel and new experiences and has yet to taste a dish she didn’t like.