Unity Table: Nourishing Faith and Community

At Williams Hall, Unity Table is more than sharing meals it’s a space where faith, fellowship, and purpose come together. Our modern teaching kitchen invites young teens and older adults to learn essential culinary skills, while semester-long workshops provide hands-on experiences in food safety, meal planning, and healthy eating.

These dinners are vital fundraising events that fuel our mission-based programs, including teen mentorship, senior wellness, and spiritual growth. Through shared meals and chef demonstrations, we forge connections and sustain programs that enrich Key West.

Meet the Chef

Martha Hubbard
Culinary Director

Chef Martha Hubbard started her culinary journey in 1986 in Newport Rhode Island.  She attended the New England Culinary Institute in 1988 and by 1990, she was cooking at Stars in San Francisco and Mustards in Napa Valley. “The travel bug hit” and Chef Hubbard headed to the Pacific, working first at the Manele Bay Hotel in Hawaii, and then traveling the South Pacific and Asia for a year. By 1994 she settled down in Portland for six years as a sous chef at Payle's Place, Cafe Azur and Bima.  After visiting Key West in November 2000, Chef Hubbard moved here May 2001 where she worked as the opening sous chef at 915 and later as the Chef of the Upperdeck at Louie's Backyard. In November 2015, Chef Hubbard became the Culinary Curator at Isle Cook Key West, which became Unity Table in 2019. Chef is thrilled to be collaborating with Williams Hall.

Guest Instructor

Leigh Pujado

Functional Nutritionist

Leigh Pujado, MS, CNS, LDN, is a licensed dietician nutritionist and health educator operating the clinical practice, “Hibiscus Nutrition.” Using a whole person, integrative approach, Leigh’s training is rooted in modern, evidence-based medical nutrition therapy. Her focus is in guiding individuals to better health through laboratory analysis, lifestyle and behavior change, supportive nutrients, and personalized dietary planning. She can also teach you how to cook!

Guest Instructor

Abigail Houff
Guest Culinary Instructor

Abigail Houff has been on the island for 16 years, and while her career in the arts has been built on her handmade jewelry company, Gilded Peach Studio, she always had one foot in the kitchen. A part-time job as a line cook in her twenties taught her the basics, but the passion for food and cooking remained just that until, during COVID in Key West, a community kitchen volunteer job turned into a 3 month stint with Americorps. Cooking full-time was a dream, and the experience led Abigail to obtain a certificate from Cornell in plant-based nutrition. Now, she has made it her mission to prove that plant-based food can be satiating and full of flavor. She loves being able to cook at Unity Table, and bring everyone new ways to eat delicious, gourmet, better-for-you food made from plants.