About Us

Gordon's Gourmet is a company that provides concierge culinary services. Whether you want an exquisite evening with friends at a private wine tasting and dinner, a refrigerator full of easy to heat and eat gourmet fare, or a cooking demonstration and education seminar, we can do it all.

The staff of Gordons Gourmet is pleased to offer you the very finest ingredients and services available anywhere. We use our years of culinary knowledge and service experience to go above and beyond your discerning expectations.

History

Gordon’s Gourmet was founded in October 2005 by the culinary duo of Gordon Lippe and Brent Williams. Lippe was then succeeding as a full time high-end private caterer. At the same time, Brent was flourishing as Executive Chef of Bird Key Yacht Club while also successfully serving a private prepared foods client.

After, appropriately, a few bottles of wine and many discussions about the potential of working together, Gordon and Brent ultimately identified an untapped opportunity that would combine the partners’ individual niches. Gordon’s Gourmet would provide high-end, health-conscious culinary products and services delivered directly to the doors of their clients, as well as through intimate in-home and on-site catering.

Gordon Lippe, Co-Founder

A veteran of the United States Coast Guard, Gordon attended culinary school at Florida Culinary Institute and graduated at the top of his class. He began his professional career with the luxury hotel leader, the Ritz-Carlton, in Palm Beach. Later, Gordon joined a well-known bistro in the Palm Beach area, which was featured in Food and Wine Magazine and in the Rising Chefs series at the James Beard House in New York. There he worked his way to the restaurant’s top position. When the bistro’s owners decide to proceed in a new direction, Lippe continued his career as a private chef for an affluent Palm Beach family that frequently entertained at its various estates.

In 2001, Gordon and his wife decided to settle down and raise a family in the Bradenton area. After relocating, he accepted a position at the Bird Key Yacht Club as Food and Beverage manager. There he met Brent Williams, and an extraordinary friendship and working knowledge was established.

Gordon left the club to return to the private service sector and provide outstanding private chef services for clients throughout the Tampa Bay area. This most recent professional shift paired with his blend of talent, enthusiasm, knowledge and leadership has positioned Gordon at the forefront of a booming industry and the incredible business opportunity of Gordon's Gourmet.

Brent Williams, Co-Founder

A true culinary professional with more than 20 years of experience at some of the nations top luxury destinations, Brent is a graduate of the famed Hotel Hershey internship program as well as the Pennsylvania Culinary Institute where he graduated as valedictorian of his class. Williams honed his professional skills for three years at the number one city club in the country,the Duquesne Club and the prestigious Breakers of Palm Beach. Most recently, Brent served as executive chef at Sarasota’s Bird Key Yacht Club where he positioned the club as one of the area's finest private club establishments.

Along with a reputation that is second-to-none, Brent brings a tremendous amount of talent, dedication, in-depth knowledge and management experience to Gordon's Gourmet.