our team
Meet Our Best
Inspired by Gerladine Beverly Harris who also raised me, has been my inspiration my whole life. I used to watch the joy in her eyes while cooking & listening to “some oldies, but goodies” blaring on the radio. She would just cook & dance all throughout the kitchen for hours on end. Once the food was done, it would smell up the entire house filled with the most soul food aroma you could only imagine. Her passion to cook & please others blessed by her hands, she cooked with love. That’s what truly made her food so tasty & delicious. To op it off, those delicious cakes she would bake from her infamous carrot cake to her pistachio cake, she never missed a beat! Until her early departure in December of 1995, she has passed that same desire on to me to enjoy cooking for others & keeping her passion alive

Desiree Lottman
Born & raised in the Bronx, NY, also a mother of two boys, Dante’ & Darius.

Marcelis Porter
Born & raised in Compton, CA, father of two beautiful kids to Jaxon & J’lani. Marcelis has an array of experience in the restaurant industry from Olive Garden along with several other well-known places. He brings his expertise in this industry to help ensure that Gerladine’s has what she needs to succeed.

Destiny Bullock
Born & raised also in Brooklyn, NY, mother to her only child Dior. Destiny too comes an array of experience in the food industry working in several fast-food chain restaurants. Starting from the…