Jeff Tonidandel and Jamie Brown

Jeff Tonidandel and Jamie Brown are a husband-wife team with a handful of restaurants in Charlotte, North Carolina. 

Jeff is a graduate of Davidson College where he played collegiate tennis. He earned his MBA from Case Western University. After a stint with a NASCAR, Jeff jumped into hospitality opening the couple’s first restaurant in April 2009. He loves playing tennis, woodworking, conducting food and drink experiments and reading cookbooks. 

Jamie also graduated from Davidson College, having played on the women’s college basketball team. She got her MBA from the University of Arizona and an MA from the Annenberg School at the University of Southern California. Besides managing the Marketing/PR and concept development for the company, she loves running, cooking, reading and art history. 

The couple has three children.