About Regiis Ova
Regiis Ova (“Royal Egg” in Latin) is a caviar company founded by Chef Thomas Keller and Shaoching Bishop, former CEO of Sterling Caviar and Tsar Nicoulai Caviar.
We believe that we could get better caviar for our customers and deliver it to them at a better price by going straight to the source. We know each farm that we buy caviar from and all the technical knowledge about how our products are made. Our mission is to support sustainable farming and provide chefs with high quality caviar at more affordable prices. We source from the same sturgeon farms that have met the standards of Chef Keller’s restaurants.
Bishop spent six months visiting and sourcing from all the finest caviar farms around the world. This is a highly selective process whereby only a handful of sturgeon farms passes muster with us. Caviar is then chosen for Chef Keller’s restaurants as well as for restaurant affiliates and chef events.
Thomas Keller
With a name that is synonymous with quality and high standards, Chef Thomas Keller has set a new paradigm for the hospitality profession. The chef and proprietor of The French Laundry, in Napa Valley, and Per Se, in New York, he is the first and only American-born chef to hold multiple three-star ratings from the prestigious Michelin Guide, as well as the first American male chef to be designated a Chevalier of The French Legion of Honor, the highest decoration in France.
Keller’s restaurants also include French bistro Bouchon and Bouchon Bakery with locations in Yountville and Las Vegas; family-style Ad Hoc and La Calenda both in Yountville; and The Surf Club Restaurant in Surfside, Florida.
In January 2017, Keller, along with chef Daniel Boulud, led Team USA to win gold in the Bocuse d’Or, the worldwide cooking competition started by legendary French chef Paul Bocuse.
With more than 1.5 million copies in circulation, he is the author of six cookbooks, including the recently released The French Laundry, Per Se.
Shaoching Bishop
Shaoching Bishop is the President of Regiis Ova. Before partnering with Chef Thomas Keller, most recently, she was Managing Director and CEO of Sterling Caviar where she oversaw sturgeon farming operations, caviar production, finance and accounting, sales and marketing as well as international expansions and acquisitions. Prior to Sterling, Bishop was the General Manager of Tsar Nicoulai Caviar. which is one of the oldest brands in caviar. Her main function was to re-structure the management team and streamline operations to bring a troubled company back to profit and develop an exit strategy for the business.
Before her ventures in caviar, Bishop was Vice President at MK Enterprises where she was part of a team of inventors, engineers and designers that developed prototypes and products from new concepts and ideas to packaging, manufacturing, shipping, and marketing. She started her career as an investment analyst underwriting private placements and Mezzanine deals at Prudential Capital Group and Goldman Sachs.
Bishop received her Chinese literature degree in Zhejiang University, China, and her business degree from the Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley. Her favorite role is being mother to her two children.