Team

Chef Robin McCoy — Awards, Honors & Recognition

Chef Robin McCoy is a pastry chef, social entrepreneur, workforce-development leader, and community advocate whose work has been recognized for both culinary excellence and community impact. Her career reflects a commitment to using food, education, entrepreneurship, and workforce development to create opportunities for women, youth, individuals with disabilities, and underserved communities.

Awards & Recognition

• 2026 Honoree – International Awareness & Involvement
  Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Murrieta-Temecula Area Alumnae Chapter – September Breakfast, 2026
  Recognized as one of the 2026 Honorees for “Empowering women and families through faith, leadership, and opportunity.”
• Kitchen Table Magazine – Volume 8 Feature, 2026
  Featured for leadership, entrepreneurship, community service, and impact.
• Visit Temecula Valley – Xenia Hospitality Awards, Culinary Champion Nominee, 2025
• Oak Grove Center – Employee of the Year, 2024
• Inland Empire Magazine – “Women Who Drive the Region,” 2023
• Inland Empire Magazine – Chef Open Feature, 2023
• Visit Temecula Valley – Xenia Hospitality Awards, Culinary Champion Nominee, 2022
• CanvasRebel – Featured Entrepreneur, 2022
• All Women Rock – Honoree/Recognition, 2021
• Hera Hub – Advocate Recognition, 2021
• Visit Temecula Valley – Xenia Hospitality Awards, Culinary Champion Winner, 2019
• San Diego Voyager – Featured Entrepreneur, 2019
• San Diego Bride & Groom – Featured, 2005

Culinary Leadership & Community Impact

For seven years, Chef Robin served as Director of Culinary Programs and Executive Pastry Chef at Oak Grove Culinary Creations, combining professional food-service operations with hands-on culinary workforce development. Today, she continues that work through Robin’s Nest Desserts & Catering and her mobile kitchen social-enterprise initiatives, creating pathways to culinary skills, employment readiness, entrepreneurship, and greater economic independence.

Her work especially focuses on women rebuilding their lives, at-risk and foster youth, adults and children with disabilities, and individuals facing barriers to employment.

Chef Robin's journey represents more than accomplishments in the kitchen. Her recognitions reflect a career centered on culinary excellence, social entrepreneurship, faith, mentorship, workforce development, and service to the community.

Robin’s Nest Desserts & Catering — Where Life Is Sweet.

Karrisa Jackson is a current high school mathematics educator with over 18 years of experience teaching, tutoring, and mentoring students mainly from grades 5 through 12.

Karrisa recently graduated with her masters degree in secondary education from Indiana University Purdue University of Indianapolis.  Karrisa's love for 'numbers' has and will continue to undoubtedly guide her as she oversees the financial component of Robin's Nest Dessert Rolls.

In her 'free' time, Karrisa enjoys spending time with her family and friends, traveling, shopping, and of course eating good food and desserts!

Kiahnna Key is a protégé of her grandmother who was an entrepreneur in the food industry. Her culinary journey began as a sous chef with Lake County Parks Department catering services in 2006. She later moved to California after completing an Associate of Applied Sciences in Hospitality Administration. Kiahnna works as an Assistant Pastry Chef for Robin’s Nest Dessert and catering as well as Oak Grove Culinary Creations.  She is accustomed to hard work, flexibility and long hours that bring forth great outcomes. Kiahnna has a passion in serving others. In 2017 she had a vision in 2017 to give back to the youth of her community in Gary In. She organized and hosted a fundraiser dinner and successfully raised over five thousand dollars to support the Educational Talent Search Trio Summer Stem program. Her skills include over 15 years hands on experience in Customer Service, Baking, Hospitality and, knowledge in food services and sanitation regulations, excellent mathematical, written and communication skills. Kiahnna is a continual learner in the trends of Hospitality and Catering.

She loves exploring with her daughter as they travel and share new experiences with each other.

A native of San Diego, Raneshia credits her grandmother for her passion of baking.  Growing up with 4 brothers and 3 sisters, during the holidays everyone had a job and hers was baking.  Subsequently after years of baking in the home, Raneshia decided to follow her passion by furthering her education in the culinary industry.  After graduating from the institute of kitchens for good, Raneshia rolled up her sleeves and got straight to work taking jobs at fine dining establishments and banquet halls.  Raneshia hopes to travel the world experiencing fine desserts and teaching the younger generation the beauty in the culinary community.