Learn About Our Team

Director of Sales/Owner, Lisa Altenburg

Lisa brings a burst of energy and excitement to the Y.Lo Team. Her passion for food, cooking and entertaining is sure to make your event memorable! Lisa was raised in Columbus, Ohio, but has also spent time living in South Carolina and Australia before moving to Denver in 2004. She has extensive food service experience including small family-owned establishments, large corporate chains, hotels and catering for events as large as a PGA tour event.

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Executive Chef, Yolonda L. Nelson

Yolonda (Yo.Yo) is the Executive Chef for Y.Lo family. Earning her extensive knowledge in the culinary field with over 26 years of hard work in different states, she brings new ideas and culinary styles to Y.Lo. Experienced in kitchen management and high traffic events like the National Western Stock Show, Yolonda showed us how easy it is to plate up for 100s of people with style. With brilliant garde manger techniques, die hard work ethics and southern hospitality attitude, she sure brings Y.Lo Epicure to new heights, we welcome her with open arms.

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Event Specialist, Michelle Pool

Michelle was born in Hawaii, raised in Oklahoma, and has lived in Denver for over 7 years. She went to college for Journalism and has 14 years of experience in the restaurant industry, and over 5 years in event planning. She has planned everything  from 20,000 player soccer tournaments to weddings, and from charity golf tournaments to corporate occasions. With her event planning experience she has such a great ability to really take the time and patience to make your party a success! She has been such a great asset to the Company and we're sooo excited to have her on the Y.Lo team!

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Andrea Rodriguez

Andrea was born and raised in Denver, Colorado. She worked in the kitchen for over 3 years at Kiva Southwest Dining Restaurant. Andrea joined the Y.Lo Team in October of 2008 and has been a wonderful asset.

Part-Time Staff

We also have many part time staff members that help us with deliveries and service for our clients. We can staff your events with bartenders, servers, sushi chefs and much more. These are all honest and hard working individuals that always carry a smile. Here at Y.Lo we only work with people that take their job seriously to carry out our service guarantee. Our friendly and experienced staff will make your event as seamless as possible and allow you to enjoy yourself with ease.

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