Kate Lasky and Tomasz Skowronski are the owners + chefs of APTEKA, a Central + Eastern European restaurant that opened in early 2016. The restaurant reexamines the cuisine from this wide region through an entirely fruit + mushroom + vegetable-based menu.  Apteka was named Best New Restaurant by Pittsburgh Magazine, and the couple was named Rising Star Chefs by Star Chefs and Pittsburgh Magazine.  With a shared background in public policy, Kate and Tomasz are leaders in the industry for sustainable business practices, and their contribution to a larger dialogue on plant-based and region-specific cooking has garnered national attention.