Our Team
Aaron Linn
Owner/General Manager
Led by Owner/General Manager, Aaron Linn, the Linn Family welcomes you with three generations at work. Since he was a tiny tot picking berries at the farm, he has worked in all aspects of kitchen operations and food service.
Aaron has been a lifelong bicyclist competing in his earlier days in national races. After returning from a biking adventure around Germany, he brought home a new skill in a third language, German, adding to his Spanish and English. Aaron began to take on more responsibility in helping run the restaurant. He now manages a staff of over sixty-five people. Aaron works tirelessly 6 days a week and is always there with a big smile and warm greeting for our customers.
John and Renee Linn
Original Founders
John and Renee Linn, who originally founded Linn’s in 1977, are still working in the business. John has always been the CFO. Renee is the originator of Linn’s products. She continues in her role to this day. She also buys all the gifts you can find in the retail stores.
Matt Beckett
Executive Chef
Matt Beckett, the Executive Chef, is the man behind the food at Linn’s. Matt has a deep food background, covering 35 years, the last thirteen of which have been with Linn’s. Truly, Matt is like a member of the Linn family and his food preferences fit in perfectly with Linn’s farm-to-table offerings. He oversees the food preparation at the restaurant and catered events. He is always producing new menu ideas like healthy soups, sauces, and entrees. Matt, along with Aaron and Renee Linn, decide on the menu creations for the restaurant and Easy as Pie Café
Ronnie Wannagat
Operations Manager
After 27 years of managing wineries, tasting rooms, and even his own wine distribution company, Ronnie decided to leave the wine industry to find a business with deeper family roots, and step away from the corporate wine world. When not buzzing in and out of our production facility and restaurant, you'll often find him cycling or mountain biking throughout Central California.
Nicole Linn
Retail Buyer
Nicole teamed up with Aaron Linn when they married in 2007. After raising children, she joined the business as Catering Consultant and is assuming responsibilities in retail and buying for Linn’s shops.
Aimee Linn
Communications
Another family member of the second generation who continues to add materially to the needs of Linn‘s is daughter Aimee Linn. Although she lives in New York with her husband and three children, she has talents and experience in communications and journalism that she uses on behalf of Linn’s.
Lucy Vander Velden
Office Manager
Lucy Vander Velden, trusted Office Manager, wears many hats. Her work experience includes accounting jobs in various industries around San Luis Obispo County. She began working with Linn’s in 2008 bringing her organizational skills to our office and the overall business. She continues to help improve and modernize all aspects of Linn’s to a higher standard.
Sunny Wright
Office Administrative Assistant
Sunny Wright, Office Administrative Assistant, is the friendly voice that greets when you call to place your online orders. She has an extensive food service background as a sous chef and a pastry chef working at famous restaurants around the county and in Bakersfield. She contributes to menu development at Linn’s.
Ramon Jiminez
Production Supervisor
Ramon started as a prep cook in our main production facility in 2016. After showing his eagerness to learn and advance, he was promoted to Production Supervisor in 2024. He also holds his FSPCA (Food Safety Preventative Control Alliance) Certification, which assures LINNS kitchens mitigate environmental impacts. Today he plays a key role in motivating our prep staff, and assuring LINNS Foods are of the highest quality.
Gisela Castillo/Jesus Garcia
Pie Producers
Jesus Garcia and Gisela Castillo, team members in the pie rolling kitchen, have a combined 25 years of experience at Linn’s Production Kitchen. They roll hundreds of pies every day,
still by hand!
Ana Tapia / Luis Perez
Lead Bakers
Luis Perez, teams with Ana Tapia as lead bakers. They are responsible for the beautiful pies, muffins, cakes, and pastries. They bring a combined 28 years of experience to Linn’s bakery.
Jax Morales
Lead Bakery-Bistro
Jax Morales, the lead person at the Bakery-Bistro counter at Linn’s Restaurant, has been at Linn’s since 2001 and has become another especially important part of the Linn’s family visibility. She, too, has her hand in many things at the restaurant and is always ready with a smile and a welcome to our visitors. She is genuinely like another of Linn’s daughters in her closeness to everyone.
Linn's is Family
