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Born and raised in Seattle, Chef Lisa Becklund grew up in the restaurant industry. The opening of a farmers’ market across from her restaurant in Columbia City completely changed her approach to food. She realized she knew how to cook, but she knew very little about the actual ingredients she worked with. That realization led her to a farm in Oklahoma and a life time of learning and total immersion in food, from seed to plate.
Though her intention was to change careers and become a farmer, her love of sharing food with others led her to open Living Kitchen Farm and Dairy in Depew, where she and her partner, Linda Ford, serve guests at one long table on the back porch of a log cabin tucked in the post oak forest on their farm. The experience brings together people from all walks of life to enjoy courses created with ingredients grown on their farm or from other local farms, an approach they call agricultural cuisine of Oklahoma.
Becklund was named a James Beard Foundation semi-finalist for Best Chef-Southwest in 2020 and 2023. In 2022, Living Kitchen was a James Beard semifinalist for Outstanding Restaurant. She’s a finalist for Outstanding Chef in 2025. In August 2020, she and her partner opened FarmBar, an urban extension of Living Kitchen in Tulsa’s 18th & Boston neighborhood, and in 2022, they opened il seme, an Italian restaurant in the Deco District of Downtown Tulsa. Their newest concept, Cow & Cabbage, is a local market and restaurant featuring ingredients from farms in the region opened in April 2025.
Born and raised in Seattle, Chef Lisa Becklund grew up in the restaurant industry. The opening of a farmers’ market across from her restaurant in Columbia City completely changed her approach to food. She realized she knew how to cook, but she knew very little about the actual ingredients she worked with. That realization led her to a farm in Oklahoma and a life time of learning and total immersion in food, from seed to plate.
Though her intention was to change careers and become a farmer, her love of sharing food with others led her to open Living Kitchen Farm and Dairy in Depew, where she and her partner, Linda Ford, serve guests at one long table on the back porch of a log cabin tucked in the post oak forest on their farm. The experience brings together people from all walks of life to enjoy courses created with ingredients grown on their farm or from other local farms, an approach they call agricultural cuisine of Oklahoma.
Becklund was named a James Beard Foundation semi-finalist for Best Chef-Southwest in 2020 and 2023. In 2022, Living Kitchen was a James Beard semifinalist for Outstanding Restaurant. She’s a finalist for Outstanding Chef in 2025. In August 2020, she and her partner opened FarmBar, an urban extension of Living Kitchen in Tulsa’s 18th & Boston neighborhood, and in 2022, they opened il seme, an Italian restaurant in the Deco District of Downtown Tulsa. Their newest concept, Cow & Cabbage, is a local market and restaurant featuring ingredients from farms in the region opened in April 2025.