SALT PEPPER & OIL

Hi, my name is Oleg Vetkov, owner and operator at Salt Pepper & Oil. Since the age of 10, I have had a thrill for the kitchen and knew that I wanted to pursue a career in hospitality. I remember the days I would spend countless hours in the kitchen trying to create my own recipes. In complete bliss, I was mixing different ingredients together, and creating extraordinary culinary breakthroughs while taking up all the counters in the kitchen, the stove top, and dining table, as well as most of the kitchen utensils. My mother referred to my efforts as "messes", as she came home from a long day at work. I disagreed; at the time... When I was 15, I went from restaurant to restaurant in search of a place in Bellingham or Fairhaven that would take a chance on me. I was just a naive boy trying to get my foot in the door; however, no one wanted to give me a chance. On my way back one day I stopped by a small restaurant on the Mount Baker Highway called Il Caffè Rifugio, a small Italian caffè...

Primary location: Bellingham United States