Nicole Lebedevitch

Behind the bar, timing is part of the recipe. Nicole Lebedevitch learned that in Boston, where Eastern Standard gave her a base in the choreography of service and the back-and-forth between craft and hospitality that keeps a bar moving. The next room, The Hawthorne in Boston, asked for even tighter pace and control, sharpening the precision required in a city cocktail scene that rewards consistency as much as style.

At Yvonne’s in Boston, the bar manager and hospitality expert role put Nicole Lebedevitch closer to the full guest experience. That kind of position asks for more than drink execution; it requires translating a room’s style into service that feels clean, deliberate, and easy for the guest to trust. The work there extended the same skills built earlier—poise, attention, and a clear sense of what the room needs before it has to ask.

As Managing Partner and director of beverage at The Culinary Creative Group, Nicole Lebedevitch now works at a wider operational scale. The title signals oversight as well as taste: holding standards, guiding teams, and keeping the beverage program aligned from planning through service.

Nicole Lebedevitch is Managing Partner and director of beverage at The Culinary Creative Group. She oversees the beverage program at Yvonne’s. That kind of role lives between concept and execution, where the job is to keep the program coherent, responsive, and steady inside the demands of service.

Nicole Lebedevitch's signature dishes include Fallen Cherry Fizz. The name fits the kind of work her career points to: brightness, control, and enough lift to register without losing structure. In Boston’s demanding cocktail environment, that balance carries forward into leadership, where beverage programs depend on both instinct and order.