Celeste Varner

Having been raised in the south in a five-star restaurant, Celeste Varner moved to Napa Valley and worked numerous crushes in the wine industry, before finally settling in Portland where she could blend her two passions of Food & Beverage at Zupan’s Markets. Celeste started with Zupan’s over 5 years ago as the Beer Buyer at the Burnside location where she began working on Zupan’s Farm to Market program; a collaborative program started in 2015, that partners Zupan’s Markets with local brewers to craft exceptional specialty beer & cider. She is now Assistant Store Director at the Macadam location and continues to work on the Farm to Market Program.