Camilla Marcus

Camilla Marcus is a chef, entrepreneur and advocate dedicated to rethinking what it means to be a good neighbor through the lens of hospitality. Recently named one of Fast Company’s “Most Creative People in Business”, she is the Chef/Founder of west~bourne, a pioneering hospitality business that began as a zero-waste restaurant in SoHo, Manhattan. Since closing the restaurant’s doors in September 2020 due to the widespread impact of COVID-19, Camilla has grown the brand to include online retail, packaged provisions and curated culinary experiences. Through both her business and her advocacy, Camilla is on a mission to forge a better future, dedicating herself to social innovation across fields, from environmental activism to structural reform within the hospitality industry. She is a co-founder of Relief Opportunities for All Restaurants (ROAR), a group whose mission is to advocate for small restaurant businesses devastated by the effects of COVID-19 in order to help create a path to a sustainable future for the hospitality industry in New York. She is also a founding member of The Independent Restaurant Coalition (IRC), an organization dedicated to advocating for the rights of independent restaurants through national legislative action.