As a brother & sister founding team, we found ourselves on the simple mission of providing the home cook with the tools, content, service and education they need, at a price they can afford. Josephine and Shane, felt there was a serious lack of education for the home cook, and they felt education breeds empowerment. Coming from a very large family, Josephine and Shane’s goal is that The Brigade creates that same sense of home, education and approachability to food, tools and techniques that they, along with their siblings, experienced every night, cooking side by side with their mom. Launching Brigade in 2017 and starting with The Hardware, which is the result of over a year of product development, we’re here to show you which pan is truly best for caramelizing onions, and not only that – but why.
Using our backgrounds, software & marketing strategy and start-ups & ecommerce respectively, we found there was a clear gap in the market for a cooking community, at the intersection of quality and value. We have watched our friends get the kitchen of their dreams through their wedding registry and became tired of waiting for a monumental life event like that to finally feel “appropriately domestic”. Enter, Brigade.