Sur La Table Snapshot
Whether the job entails interacting with our customers on a daily basis or providing the vital behind-the-scenes support, we’re all here for the same reason – to inspire our customers on all points of their culinary journey.
Sur La Table was founded in 1972 by Shirley Collins, a woman with a passion for food and a fondness for community, who once held the title of Seattle’s Culinary Queen. Originally from a small town in southern Texas, she moved to Seattle in the late 1950s and fell in love with Pike Place Market.
She opened her first store at 78 Stewart Street in a building that had once been part speakeasy, part-barbershop. She thoughtfully filled the shelves with tools that would bring people together in the kitchen and around the table. This sense of connection and love of French cuisine inspired the name Sur La Table, which simply means “on the table.”
Since then, we’ve grown to over 130 stores across America, with a website and catalog viewed by millions of people each year and the largest avocational cooking program in the U.S. But some things haven’t changed: We’re still the place for an unsurpassed selection of exclusive and premium-quality goods for the kitchen and table.
She opened her first store at 78 Stewart Street in a building that had once been part speakeasy, part-barbershop. She thoughtfully filled the shelves with tools that would bring people together in the kitchen and around the table. This sense of connection and love of French cuisine inspired the name Sur La Table, which simply means “on the table.”
Since then, we’ve grown to over 130 stores across America, with a website and catalog viewed by millions of people each year and the largest avocational cooking program in the U.S. But some things haven’t changed: We’re still the place for an unsurpassed selection of exclusive and premium-quality goods for the kitchen and table.
