Meet the Team

Igor began cooking for himself at just six years old in Uzbekistan and attempted his first “bread” around age seven, sparking a lifelong fascination with food. By fourteen, he was already working in a restaurant, helping the chef and learning the rhythms of a real kitchen. Years later, after moving to Albuquerque and building a career in IT, his passion for cooking never faded. He eventually built his own wood-fired brick oven by hand, a project that became the foundation for Sherwood Bread n Coffee a place where he now teaches hands-on sourdough, flatbread, baguette, and pizza classes with the same curiosity and joy that first inspired him as a child.