Kortnee Bush

Kortnee opened Butch + Babes, a community pub in the Old North End, in December.  Fondly named after her grandparents Rich “Butch” + Marlene “Babe” Lelko, the two gave Kortnee her first taste of the food business through their banquet and catering endeavors on the south side of Chicago.  Previously, she worked as a cook for the Burlington School Food Project while developing a program teaching New Americans to cook in commercial kitchens with the Association of Africans Living in Vermont.  She attended the International Culinary Center in NYC while working under NYC greats Eli Zabar and Mary Cleaver, as well as served the guests of Twin Farms, a five-star resort in Barnard, VT.