About Ergo Chef, LLC
Ergo Chef is a family owned company that designs, manufactures and sell quality ergonomic cutlery, kitchen gadgets & a few Kitchen Electric appliances.
We began designing product for at the time Chef Scott Staib, now owner of Ergo Chef.
Here is our background story of how we began.
Like most unique companies, Ergo Chef was founded serendipitously.
Scott Staib wasn’t supposed to make knives; he was supposed to be a
chef. After his training at Johnson & Wales University, Scott set
out to rise through the culinary ranks. His first stop was an
ultra-swanky country club where he proved his mettle as the sauté and
grill chef. Next was his gig as sous chef for Aramark Food Service
Corporation. He was on the fast track in foodservice when he was
sidelined by tendonitis and carpal tunnel syndrome—a result of the
repetitive motion injuries caused by frequent chopping and slicing.
Without a fully-functioning wrist, Staib could not cook his dinner, let
alone advance his career.
He was not alone.
Scott found that he was not the only chef—professional or home—to
suffer from tendonitis and carpal tunnel syndrome. He enrolled his
engineer brother, Mike, to help find the solution. They worked closely
with designers at the family’s design and machining company in New
England to examine how a conventional knife fits in a chef’s hand, the
movement of a chef’s wrist and hand during chopping and the angle at
which a knife hits the cutting board. Together, they crafted a knife
that was a true extension of a chef’s hand.
After just three weeks of using the ergonomically-designed knives,
Scott’s persistent tendonitis and carpal tunnel symptoms disappeared.
He created 50 prototypes of the knives and sent them to professional
chefs, student chefs and culinary professors across the country. The
response was overwhelmingly positive, and Ergo Chef was born
in 2002.
Ergo Chef has worked with many celebrity Chef's and companies to license, OEM, and private label cutlery and BBQ tools. Through the years we had the pleasure of working with Celebrity Chef Guy Fieri, Iron Chef Michael Symon, BBQ Pitmaster Myron Mixon, Tony Luke (Philly Cheesesteak chain), Big Green Egg, Chef Ben Robinson, Disneyland, Sarah Lee, Cabo Wabo, C-CAP, Bama-Q (BBQ Compeition) and many others.
We sell kitchen products, offer classes, sharpen knives and love to educate the public on knife safety and what knife is used for a particular task. Call us 203.796.0880 or email: Customerservice@ergochef.com
We love to here from our local community.
Sincerely,
President - Scott Staib
VP - Mike Staib
Customer service Manager (Mike & Scott's sister) - Lori Hauschild
Shipping & Knife Sharpening Guru - Darren "Deezel" Nehez - Cousin