Meet the Blue Chair Fruit Team

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Rachel loves fruit! She especially enjoys the months of September and October, when there is such a wide variety of fruits: figs, tomatoes, apples, grapes, stone fruits, and more. Rachel is the creative mind behind BCF and the author of The Blue Chair Jam Cookbook. She also teaches regular jam and marmalade classes in our Oakland kitchen and across the country. Rachel is inordinately grateful to her fantastic staff, which is what makes BCF possible!!

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Erin is our office manager and wholesale account manager, and keeps Blue Chair Fruit running smoothly. She is also the new face of our Grand Lake Farmers' Market and Temescal Farmers' Market! We love Erin's can-do attitude, sartorial instincts, and big smile, and we think our customers do, too. Erin is a big fan of all our plum jams, and majorly swoons for our Greengage Jam. Erin, we're so glad to have found you!

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Kate is a major force behind the scenes, managing every aspect of our website from customer service and order processing to online marketing. Even better, we can always count on her to make sure there's a pot of tea going at work! Possessing the team's sweet tooth, she's been known to eat most jams (especially our Crabapple-Damson Butter) straight out of the jar. Kate, we love you!

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Jo is Rachel's sous-chef, and has brought new levels of efficiency to our kitchen and office! She is a force to be reckoned with: she can pit damsons faster than anyone we know, and is constantly surprising us with freshly baked goodies featuring our preserves. Jo far surpasses the requisite enthusiasm level for our team, and she is especially fond of our Early Girl Tomato Marmalade! We love your energetic contributions, Jo!

CHRISChris About Us Meet the Blue Chair Fruit Team

Chris is an indispensable part of our kitchen prep team; expeditious in stone fruit slicing and lemon juicing alike, he really helps us crank out the jams! We snagged Chris newly moved to the Bay Area from North Carolina, and we feel very lucky to have him with us. His first Blue Chair Fruit jam flavor was our Strawberry-Pluot Jam; we're still bugging him to pick a favorite. Chris, thanks for being our token guy!

Jamie Meet the Blue Chair Fruit TeamJAMIE

Jamie is a peripheral but well-loved member of the Blue Chair Fruit family! Jamie's enthusiasm for all things Blue Chair Fruit is infectious, and we've yet to see her without a big smile on her face. Since trying our marmalades, she has become a convert; our Seville marmalades are her favorites, but she loves them all. Jamie, thanks for taking care of business!