Shaunessy Bordas

Shaunessy Bordas was born and raised in South Florida, and moved to Chicago to attend fashion school. After graduating, she spent 15 years working in the fashion industry and operating her own clothing line while hustling various jobs in the farm to table food scene. She moved to Ithaca in 2016 with her family to buy land and started a farm to table wood fired pizza business. For the next few years, Shaunessy ran the business, doing private catering events and pop ups at wineries and breweries throughout the Finger Lakes area. However, like for most people, pandemic times hit hard, and she had to pivot away from the business. Over the next couple of years, she ran private events while bartending and cooking for local catering businesses. When approached with the General Manager position at South Hill Cider in 2022, it was clear that her wealth of experience working just about every position in the service industry, as well as owning and operating her own small businesses, made her an ideal candidate for the job. She currently lives just outside of Ithaca with her two kids, ages 8 and 12.