OUR PHILOSOPHY
Innovative thinking and taste for all things excellent set us apart from your average hospitality company. At Black LAB, we only strive for excellence and use our refined creativity to deliver perfection. We treat our clients and employees with respect and value the relationships we build.
We have produced bars and events for numerous restaurants, brands & celebrities; including, the Lance Bass + Michael Turchin wedding, which made history as the first same-sex marriage covered by network television.
Did we mention that we value our earth’s natural resources? We care and are committed to running our business in a sustainable and socially conscious manner.
meet the team
Joel BlacK
FOUNDER & CEO
Joel Black’s take on the art of hospitality has earned him several awards for his creative cocktails and front of house service expertise. A Texas native, Black moved to Los Angeles and took the restaurant and bar scene by storm. He has trained some of the countries leading mixologists and curated nationally recognized bar programs including LA’s first mixology bar Comme Ca, Los Balcones in Hollywood and Ford’s Filling Station LAX. In addition, Black's strengths in restaurant and bar operations has led him to consult for national brands like House of Blues, Foundation Room, Tom's Urban, and Areas USA- the second largest hospitality management company in the world.
Joel looks at each new project as an opportunity to grow as a person, and is passionate about innovating his industry.
ISAIAH SEAY
PARTNER & EXECUTIVE CHEF L.A. ROOTS CATERING
LA-based Executive Chef/Owner of L.A. Roots Catering, Isaiah Seay is devoted to culinary creativity, imaginative ingredients, and familiar yet fantastic flavor profiles. After over fifteen years of consulting restaurant openings, creating menus, and formulating a concept to call his own; Chef Seay has set a new standard in the industry. Combining unique ingredients with a culinary "sixth sense", Chef Seay plans to take event catering to new heights fueled by a need to never stop creating.
“Hospitality is the key to new ideas, new friends, new possibilities. What we take into our lives changes us. Without new people and new ideas, we are imprisoned inside ourselves. ”
satisfied Clients Include
“We are passionate about what we do and stop at nothing to go above and beyond to deliver 100% satisfaction to all of our valued clients!”
