Andrea Drummer

Drummer grew up in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in a conservative religious household.{{Cite web|last=Bukunmi|first=Grace|date=2019-10-22|title=Meet Andrea Drummer, the Executive Chef of America's First Cannabis Cafe|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/meet-andrea-drummer-the-executive-chef-of-lowell-cafe|access-date=2021-10-21|website=Vogue|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=Barker|first=Tess|date=2016-09-23|title=This Private Chef Is Using Marijuana to Take Gourmet Dining to a Higher Level|url=https://www.laweekly.com/this-private-chef-is-using-marijuana-to-take-gourmet-dining-to-a-higher-level/|access-date=2021-10-21|website=LA Weekly|language=en-US}} She attended Le Cordon Bleu in Pasadena.

Before becoming interested in cannabis cuisine, Drummer worked as a drug counselor. When she first moved to Los Angeles, she worked for an attorney who used pot daily, an experience that changed her view on marijuana. She worked for Thomas Keller and cooked under chef Neal Fraser at Redbird and Vibiana in Los Angeles.{{Cite web|last=Shaw|first=Lucy|date=20 August 2019|title=America gets its first cannabis restaurant|url=https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2019/08/americas-first-cannabis-restaurant-to-open-next-month/|website=Drinks Business}}{{Cite web|last1=November 22|last2=Murrieta|first2=2017 Ed|date=2017-11-22|title=Cannabis chefs: Americas top 10 high-end marijuana dining gurus|url=https://www.greenstate.com/food-travel/americas-top-10-cannabis-chefs/|access-date=2021-10-22|website=GreenState|language=en}} Drummer also cooked at the Ritz-Carlton in Los Angeles.

In 2012 Drummer created Elevation VIP Cooperative and began hosting private cannabis events in Los Angeles.{{Cite web|last=Balla|first=Lesley|date=2019-04-18|title=LA's Cannabis Cuisine Is Fancier (And More Illegal) Than You Think|url=https://laist.com/news/food/highs-and-lows-la-cannabis-cuisine|access-date=2021-10-21|website=LAist|language=en}} According to High Times her culinary style combines French technique and Southern influences.{{Cite web|date=2018-06-20|title=Stirring the Pot with Cannabis Chef Andrea Drummer|url=https://hightimes.com/culture/people/stirring-pot-cannabis-chef-andrea-drummer/|access-date=2021-10-21|website=High Times|language=en-US}} She created a room service CBD menu for the James Hotel in New York City.{{Cite news|last=Ulaby|first=Neda|date=28 August 2018|title=Haute Pot: How High-End California Chefs Are Cashing In On Marijuana|language=en|work=NPR|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/08/28/638587970/haute-pot-how-high-end-california-chefs-are-cashing-in-on-marijuana|access-date=2021-10-21}}

Drummer's partners in the Cannabis Cafe originally were the cannabis collective Lowell Herb Co.{{Cite web|last=Martin|first=Brittany|date=2019-12-05|title=L.A.'s Cannabis Cafe Is Rebranding and Parting Ways with Lowell Herb Co.|url=https://www.lamag.com/article/cannabis-cafe-name-change/|access-date=2021-10-21|website=Los Angeles Magazine|language=en-US}} She and Lowell lobbied the city of West Hollywood for a license to open a cannabis cafe, a process that took over three years. The restaurant originally opened in 2019 as the Lowell Cafe. It was the first cannabis restaurant in the United States.US.{{Cite book|last=Drummer|first=Andrea|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oJUREAAAQBAJ&q=Cannabis+Cuisine:+Bud+Pairings+of+A+Born+Again+Chef|title=Cannabis Cuisine: Bud Pairings of A Born Again Chef|date=2017-10-11|publisher=Mango Media|isbn=978-1-63353-668-5|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Faison|first=Amanda M.|date=7 January 2021|title=The Food & Wine Guide to Culinary Cannabis|url=https://www.foodandwine.com/news/guide-culinary-cannabis|access-date=2021-10-21|website=Food & Wine|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Feldmar|first=Jamie|date=6 January 2020|title=The Next-Gen Weed Cafe Making Cannabis Cuisine Classy|url=https://www.foodandwine.com/travel/lowell-cafe-cannabis-los-angeles|access-date=2021-10-21|website=Food & Wine|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Shapiro|first=Katie|date=1 October 2019|title=The First Cannabis Restaurant In The U.S. Has Opened And It's A Dream Come True|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/katieshapiro/2019/10/01/the-first-cannabis-restaurant-in-the-us-has-opened-and-its-a-dream-come-true/|access-date=2021-10-21|website=Forbes|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Givens|first=Dana|date=2020-08-18|title=Meet The Black Chef Who Opened The First Cannabis-Infused Cafe In The Country|url=https://www.blackenterprise.com/meet-the-black-chef-who-opened-the-first-cannabis-infused-cafe-in-the-country/|access-date=2021-10-21|website=Black Enterprise|language=en-US}} Drummer and Lowell Herb Co parted ways in 2019, with Drummer taking over the restaurant.

Drummer wrote Cannabis Cuisine: Bud Pairings of a Born Again Chef (2017), which was described by Nation's Restaurant News as a "landmark book".{{Cite web|last=Thorn|first=Bret|date=2020-01-17|title=Andrea Drummer, chef of the Original Cannabis Café, is a pioneer in bringing marijuana to restaurants|url=https://www.nrn.com/people/andrea-drummer-chef-original-cannabis-caf-pioneer-bringing-marijuana-restaurants|access-date=2021-10-21|website=Nation's Restaurant News|language=en}}

Drummer won the first episode of the Netflix cannabis cuisine competition series Cooking on High{{Cite news|last=Rao|first=Sonia|date=5 July 2018|title=Why the pot-infused 'Cooking on High' is the worst food show on Netflix|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/voraciously/wp/2018/07/05/why-the-pot-infused-cooking-on-high-is-the-worst-food-show-on-netflix/|newspaper=Washington Post}} and appeared on Chelsea Does.

LA Weekly called her "a pioneering leader in both the culinary and cannabis industries" and a "world-class marijuana chef".{{Cite web|last=Stueven|first=Michelle|date=2021-10-13|title=Chef Andrea Drummer Isn't Losing Sleep Over Adversity|url=https://www.laweekly.com/chef-andrea-drummer-isnt-losing-sleep-over-adversity/|access-date=2021-10-21|website=LA Weekly|language=en-US}}

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