Trisha Perez Kennealy - Owner & Culinary Educator, The Inn at Hastings Park

04/24/23 • 33 min

Trisha Pérez Kennealy is the Owner & Culinary Educator of the Inn at Hastings Park, located in historic Lexington, MA. Trisha is a proud Puerto Rican Jewish woman, growing up in Puerto Rico before moving to Massachusetts as a teen. The Inn features 22 stylishly luxurious accommodations.

Before opening the Inn, Trisha had a successful finance career, but decided to pursue her true passions in life: cooking and teaching. Trisha is a graduate from Harvard Business School and has earned both her Diplôme de Cuisine & Diplôme de Pâtisserie from Le Cordon Bleu. Since opening in 2014, the Inn at Hastings Park has been featured in Forbes, Boston Business Journal, the Boston Globe, Travel + Leisure, and more.

The Inn offers hotel guests & the Lexington/greater Boston community an immersive food and wine destination unlike any other in New England with fresh, local ingredients, impeccable service & a farm-to-table philosophy. Trisha also shares her passion for teaching in her role as Culinary Educator, offering cooking classes, as well as immersive Culinary Weekends, for hotel and day guests alike.

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