Our Team

This is Megan's third restaurant to open. Sunny Street Cafe in Westerville (14 years) and Asterisk Supper Club in Uptown Westerville (8 years) and now taking on the Short North with Ampersand Asian Supper Club. Megan's dad is from Guam which has a large influence on Japanese culture. She grew up eating ramen and Japanese cuisine. Now having the opportunity to serve Japanese food has been a dream she never thought would be possible. With the talents of Chef Joshua Cook, her husband, it has become real.  Learning from her strong parents to work extremely hard and never make excuses, she does not cut corners and believes in only quality product, service and of course, unique experiences and ambiance. She's shy at heart but loves getting to meet all the kind hearted guests that support her continuously. Megan wouldn't have been able to accomplish any of these dreams without the hard work from her talented team, supportive family and God. Megan is blessed to have a beautiful daughter, Ada.

Josh Cook has been working in the restaurant industry since the age of 14. He started out as a busboy and food runner. While admiring everything going on in the kitchen he soon moved to the back of the house. By the age of 19 he was promoted to his first Sous Chef position with Bravo. Over the next 10 years he worked in some of the best kitchens in Columbus. He was given his first Executive Chef position at the age of 28 at Barrio Spanish Tapas. While working for Taste Hospitality Group for seven years he oversaw several different operations from restaurants, golf clubs, events and catering. He has successfully executed over 250 weddings. In May of 2017 he took on a new role as General Manager for Asterisk Supper Club. This was his first opportunity to manage not only the back of the house but the dining room as well.

Over the last year, Josh took on the challenge to learn as much about ramen as possible. With his natural talents and finesse, he takes normal ramen to the next level, bringing his culinary love to the ramen world. Josh has an amazing son who graduated from The Ohio State University and is now an elementary teacher. He is also the wonderful husband to Megan Ada (The Owner of Ampersand).

Amber's love of food started at young age learning how to cook and bake with her grandma.  She started working in the food industry when she was 16.  She started out at Panera bread and quickly worked her way up to Assistant Manager.  When Covid hit she decided to leave Panera and started working for Ampersand in early 2021.  This was her first time working in a full service restaurant.  She loves engaging with guests, and getting to know everyone who comes in.  She has a good memory and can memorize most people's orders.  Amber noticed a lot of people asking for boba tea when they dined in, she did research and created a boba tea menu, that has been very successful.  During her time at Ampersand she has also learned a lot about bartending.  She's helped create cocktails and has even competed in cocktail competitions.  She likes to always be learning something new and is always willing to lend an open hand.  She sometimes will be found helping out in the kitchen!  She will now be going to Ampersand Westerville with her partner in crime Amber-Jean (they like to call themselves Amber❷.  Amber spends her free time playing video games and spending time with her cats.

Amber-Jean started in the food industry at the young age of 15, and became a manager once she hit 18 at Panera.  When working at Panera, she met her best friend Amber, who got her to apply for Asterisk Supper Club the year 2022.  She didn't have much server experience, but was given a chance to show herself as a hard worker who can learn fast.  She became the Assistant Manager there in under a year and a half.  She learned every position there at Asterisk to lend a helping hand where-ever it was needed so no one got overwhelmed.  She will now be moving over to the new Amperasand in Westerville to expand her knowledge on food cuisine and to expand her creativity.  She is a proud owner of 2 dogs, a chinchilla, and 2 rabbits.  Amber-Jean has a love for all animals, besides insect and especially spiders, if you have a picture of your animal, please show her, she will never say no to pictures of animals.