Drew Gimma

Drew began baking at the age of 20 in Connecticut where he was born and raised. After 4 years of working with a growing company he moved to New York City to gain experience working in a variety of bakeries, eventually landing at Sullivan St Bakery with Jim Lahey. One year after joining Sullivan St he joined the team at Thomas Keller’s Bouchon and Per Se where he spent 3 years, becoming Sous Chef for his final year.

In 2013 he moved to Houston, TX to open Common Bond with Roy Shvartzapel as the Head Baker which offered him his first chance to create his own bread program and explore new techniques and expanding his usage of whole grains. In 2017 he joined Bobby Heugel and Justin Yu to help open Better Luck Tomorrow. In 2018 they began discussing opening a restaurant that eventually became Squable which opened in April of 2019 where Drew was co-chef with Mark Clayton serving rustic European fare with American influence that placed a focus on bread that is often undervalued and underutilized on menus. He joined Bread Man Baking Co. in the fall of 2020.