Kristin Sladek, MS, RDN, LDN
Founder & Creative Director
Meet the Founder
With more than three decades of experience in food and nutrition, Kristin brings a trained eye for ingredients, presentation, balance, and hospitality to every Curated Table experience. Raised on Chicago’s North Shore, she created The Curated Table for hosts who value beautiful details, exceptional food, and gatherings that feel personal rather than predictable.
Her approach blends culinary curiosity with thoughtful design—whether that means creating an abundant Estate Table, exploring regional cuisine through the Passport Series, presenting an elegant caviar experience, or introducing guests to an unexpected Curator’s Discovery.
The Story Behind The Curated Table
Hi, I’m Kristin. I founded The Curated Table around a simple belief: food should do more than fill a table—it should create connection, spark conversation, and become part of the memory of an occasion. Every experience we create is thoughtfully curated to reflect the host, delight guests, and make entertaining feel both beautiful and effortless.
We believe the most memorable events aren’t defined by the food alone, but by how people feel while they’re gathered around the table.
Meet Topher
Project Lead & Specialty Food Curator
Topher brings curiosity, creativity, and a genuine interest in food and hospitality to The Curated Table. As Project Lead and Specialty Food Curator, he helps research regional foods, source distinctive ingredients, and develop the stories and discoveries that make each experience feel thoughtful and unexpected.
He plays an especially important role in the Passport Series, exploring the foods, traditions, and regional specialties that help transform each limited-edition destination into an experience guests can discover together.
For Topher, the best part of the table is finding the thing guests haven't tasted before.
Why Clients Choose The Curated Table
Thoughtful design, quality ingredients, and attention to detail are at the heart of every experience we create. From intimate celebrations and showers to client appreciation events and corporate gatherings, each table is curated around the occasion, the guests, and the host's vision.
Kristin's background as a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist brings an added level of expertise to conversations about dietary needs, ingredients, food allergies and intolerances, and cultural food traditions. Individual accommodations are discussed during the planning process so that each experience can be thoughtfully curated around the needs of the gathering.
The result is more than a beautiful spread-- it is an experience designed to make guests linger, discover, connect, and remember.