Sydney Gavin

As a native of Los Angeles, culture, food, and community are at the core of Sydney’s personal values and interests.

At a very young age, Sydney discovered the therapeutic benefits of baking and eventually began a small side business in her early 20s crafting baked goods for fellow locals and small businesses while overseeing and managing cafes across LA.

She started her coffee career at 17 and forged her way up the corporate ladder, on a mission to get closer to sourcing green coffee from small, family-owned farms worldwide. Coffee, like food, was a vehicle to engage with humanity and provide a community where others could feel connected and valued.

In February 2018, she met Lisa, the founder of PREP Cooking Classes. Lisa was in the process of selling her business and had planned on moving to Italy later that year. The two hit it off like kindred spirits, and Lisa knew that Sydney was the perfect person to take over the business. Sydney officially took over PREP in May of 2018. Over the past several years, she has built a full-service boutique wine bar that also features local craft beer, and added virtual experiences and live e-classes to PREP’s offerings. Our classes and events emphasize education, zero-waste cooking, traceability, and her most favorite of all: poking holes in pretentious theories.

She is madly in love with the store, the community, and the incredible team that keeps us going. She has big plans for the future and can’t wait to share all that PREP is with more of the world. She lives in Seal Beach with her husband, 3 girls, and too many pets.