BEKKER'S CATERING - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• CFO
• Human Resources Director

Though she may not have known it, Jennifer was born a member of our family. She met her husband, our Executive Chef Scott, while still attending El Capitan High School in 2003, and it was meant to be. Jennifer worked at Washington Mutual Bank where she learned many of the skills she would later use as our Chief Financial Officer. After graduating from High School, Scott and Jennifer purchased their first home in Austin, TX in 2005, and Jennifer continued working in banking while attending college. They returned to California in 2008, and Scott finally popped the question! While attending Grossmont College for accounting and business, Jennifer also worked at our former restaurant, West Coast BBQ as a hostess, server, and bookkeeper. They were married in 2009, and welcomed little Henry, into the family in 2011, beautiful Emily in 2013, and baby Tiffany in 2015. Jennifer may be quiet, but it's only because she's so busy! When she isn't handling the finances, she is booking parties, and taking care of deliveries. She manages to keep our employees and suppliers happy by handling payroll and business accounts, all while taking care of two young children. In her free time Jennifer loves spending time with her family, reading, cooking and finding fun projects on Pinterest.

Job Titles:

• CEO - since 1980

Guiding and carrying on the family legacy for over 30 years, Olga is the consummate hands-on professional leader. While spearheading this multimillion dollar corporation, you will also find her planning the minute details of complicated events, setting up enormous, artistic fruit displays, carving beef for a thousand guests, and loading tables onto a truck. She serves as a boss and mother to over 50 employees, training, directing, perfecting and encouraging each person to excel to new heights every day. Each staff member becomes a member of her family, and each is valued for both adherence to our high standards of customer service, and the unique attributes he or she brings to the Bekker's team. Born in New York City, then moving to Pocatello, Idaho from Elementary through High School, Olga has a unique view of the world from both big city and small town perspectives. Always an overachiever, she received many awards in her fields of music, speech, dance, acting, directing, leadership and academics. She graduated from Pomona College in 1977 - BA in Theatre Arts; Acting, Directing and Design, and California State University, Fullerton; Teaching Credential. After a short career in teaching, she discovered her forte in sales upon working in a shoe store. By age 22, she opened her first entrepreneurial venture - a ladies fashion shoe store. Within a few years, it became a chain of 5 stores and then she married the owner of the neighboring business - Oscar at Bekker's BBQ. Five shoe stores, a restaurant and catering business, and soon three children, were a bit too much for one new family, so the shoe stores were sold in favor of the family restaurant business. After a few years, Oscar and Olga recognized the potential of the catering side of their business, and eventually phased out the restaurant, and with hard work and determination, the catering grew by leaps and bounds every year. Olga draws on her theatre background to make every catered event a show deserving of a standing ovation. Now a grandma, Olga still has the boundless energy and enthusiasm to keep every event new, fresh, delicious, and worry-free for all of her clients. Olga is very proud and lucky to have her children and grandchildren working side by side in the family business, training them all to fulfill the family legacy. Olga also has many outside interests, and spends her minimal spare time volunteering and serving on executive boards of many charitable organizations. In her short retirement, Olga wrote and directed a touring musical theatre production entitled "Sentimental Journey." She also spent a few years as a travel agent and furniture salesperson. Her greatest joys are her husband, Oscar, all her children, grandchildren, staff, friends, and 4 generations of clients.

Now retired, Oscar is called in only during the busiest days as the fastest carver in the west! He also has the ability to see the big picture, and is in charge of special projects and new ideas for the ever expanding business. He is very happy to sit back and create new marketing strategies, or new menus - as long as he doesn't have to implement them! He now enjoys the hobbies he has put off for the over 30 years that he worked 7 days a week. He loves to hike, work out at the gym, play the accordion, do woodworking, dredge for gold, flint knap, garden, and enjoy the fruits of his labor. He is especially proud of his children: Lara, an Asst. U.S. Attorney; Marla, a devoted mother; and Scott, who has taken over the catering kitchen completely and successfully. Oscar and Olga have enjoyed travelling more as their children have grown into handling the day to day responsibilities. They have recently toured almost every country in Europe through a few extended journeys. With each new country they visit, they put a new set of ethnic menus on the catering list with the recipes they collect on their travels!

Job Titles:

• Executive Chef & Corporate VP

Scott Worm was born an entrepreneur, and has had a keen eye for business since childhood. He always excelled in school, focusing on his studies, the Future Farmers of America club, Football and Wrestling. He began working for the family business as soon as he could walk! Always a man with serious intentions, he met his wife Jennifer while still attending El Capitan High School in 2003. Scott saved his money diligently, and was able to purchase his first home in Austin, TX in 2005. He and Jennifer then moved to Austin, and he attended college and worked for a large equipment company, moving up quickly from warehouse staff to sales. Scott and Jennifer moved back to San Diego in 2008, began working at our former restaurant - West Coast BBQ, and Scott finally popped the question! Scott became executive chef of Bekker's Catering in 2009, and finally allowed his father Oscar to retire! Jennifer and Scott were married in 2009, and purchased a home in San Diego. They welcomed their first child, Henry into the world in 2011, beautiful daughter Emily in 2013, and newest baby Tiffany in 2015. In his minimal free time, Scott enjoys the art of home-brewing craft beer, gourmet cooking, gardening and spending time with his family and dogs. He and Jennifer enjoy travelling and experiencing cuisines from around the world, the best kind of research & development!