Chef Jonathan Adams was born and raised in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He passed on culinary school and instead opted for working for some of the best restaurants in the city: Deux Cheminee under Fritz Blank, Brasserie Perrier under Chris Scarduzio, Salt under Vernon Morales, Marigold Kitchen under Steven Cook and then Michael Solomonov. From Philadelphia he apprenticed at the 2 star Michelin rated Mugaritz in San Sebastian, Spain and landed a job as part of the opening team of Gilt by Paul Liebrandt in the New York Palace Hotel. After a year in New York, he returned to his hometown to open Snackbar, a forward thinking, small plates restaurant. From there he joined Ed Hackett and Dan Clark in building The Pub and Kitchen, a lauded gastropub, and The Diving Horse, a seasonal BYOB in Avalon, NJ. In 2011, he opened Rival Bros Coffee Roaster with a childhood friend to bring the world of cooking and coffee roasting together.