{Lisa Fernandez-Cruz, baking with sons George and Wil}
Winslow’s Home, located at 7213 Delmar Blvd., in University City, is expanding in more ways than one. Under the guidance of its new executive pastry chef, Lisa Fernandez-Cruz, the cafe and shop is expanding its baking program.
Fernandez-Cruz plans to add more sweet and savory baked goods, along with some artisanal breads. She expressed her excitement about joining the Winslow’s team and working under owner Ann Sheehan Lipton. “Our personal beliefs, as far as things we think about in the food industry, are on the same lines. It will be a super-easy transition. And fun. I’m pretty psyched,” Fernandez-Cruz said.
Since moving to St. Louis in 2012, Fernandez-Cruz also has overseen the baking programs at The Cheshire‘s restaurants and the Gamlin brothers’ Gamlin Whiskey House and Taha’a Twisted Tiki. In addition to Winslow’s baking program and pastry chef, it has also added a new downstairs space, The Cellar, which will serve as an event space with seating capacity for 36. Along with seating, The Cellar is equipped with a bar and TV, so it can be used for work presentations and cooking classes, as well as special lunches and dinners. Executive chef Wil Fernandez-Cruz said Winslow’s first such dinner will be on Valentine’s Day. “A lot of people want to have Valentine’s dinner in a special place, a place that you remember. It’s really unique,” he said. “But we’ll also have a take-away menu, too, for the people who don’t want to celebrate Valentine’s Day at all.”
-photo by Carmen Troesser
This article appears in February 2014.