About Us

We hope that Celeste can be a place that brings people together, where everyone and anyone is welcome, in memory and celebration of loved ones - whilst offering a unique sip of culture here in Cheshire.

Cocktails

Whether you're after the classics, or something a little different...we have a selection of drinks inspired by our loved ones, family recipes and flavours close to our hearts.

Coffee

Coffee was our first passion over at our first shop (ABDA, Northwich). We proudly serve our own ABDA House Blend of speciality Grade A beans and are passionate about creating expertly brewed coffee.

Culture

At Celeste, you can enjoy flavours from all over the world through our cocktail, wines and tapas menu.

Originating from Sudan, our owner Abda is a linguist speaking four languages (English, Arabic, Spanish and Italian) and has travelled to and lived in multiple countries across the world. Abda's culture influences a lot of the flavours we create, ingredients we use, recipes we cook, interior decor of the shop, the way we work closely together and the values we hold as a business, team and family.

Where did the name 'Celeste' come from?

Celeste is our owner Abda's Argentinian sister.
In a funny twist of fate, in 2012 Abda spent some time living in Argentina with the Bayala/Herman family (Liz, Sol and Celeste) and they took her under their wing like a third sister/daughter.

Abda fell in love with Buenos Aires and the Bayala/Herman family too.

In 2022, we opened our second business Hala, named after our Mama.

So for our third business, we chose to honour our second Argentinian Madre Liz and her daughters, meaning all of our businesses are named in celebration of the matriarchal women in our lives!

Liz is the most fantastic, resilient character and is the true definition of a Matriarch. She took Abda in and treated her as her own. She dedicates her life and all her love to her family, bringing everyone together with a whole lot of love and care - and this is what we would like to replicate with our shop.

Celeste quickly became like a big sister to Abda. Not only is she a dedicated daughter, sister, mum and friend; Celeste's personality embodies everything we want our shop to represent. The quote "friendships stand the test of time and distance" has never been more apt. Despite life's chaos, distance, language, culture and time, Celeste's friendship and connection has been one of a kind. The essence of our connection has and will always be formed in love.

Sadly, we lost Sol far too early in 2016.

She embodied everything her name suggests; her presence lit up every room she walked into and she brought so much joy to our lives. Our idea was initially to name our business after Sol, but due to obvious branding reasons this perhaps wasn't going to work, so we decided to dedicate our bar to the whole family, naming it after our sister Celeste, but incorporating both of our sisters through our use of colours and menu.

Meet the team

ABDA - Owner/Director

Abda is our owner, and is the heart and soul of what we do. She has taken both customers and staff under her wing and has created a space and community where everyone feels welcome, included, and appreciated. She has truly created another home and family for us all.

Abda started her empire with ‘Ab’s Bakery’, focusing on cultural fusion baking before branching into her other passion: Coffee. ‘ABDA’ opened in May 2018 and has since grown into a cultural coffee hub and community. We then expanded to 'HALA' in 2022, to create bespoke celebration cakes, wedding cakes, handcrafted chocolates and cultural catering. And now we have 'CELESTE', bringing you the finest cocktails, wines and tapas.

SOPHIE - Manager, Head of R&D and Social Media

Sophie is our Baker at Hala, and Head of R&D and Social Media at Abda, Hala and Celeste too! She joined the ‘Abda’ family in 2018 and is now working across all three businesses. Soph has a passion for baking and over the years has developed the skills to specialise in baking/catering for allergies and specific dietary requirements, including gluten-free and vegan. With allergies in most of our families, we are passionate about producing food which is safe and delicious for everybody to enjoy. Soph has spent the last 3 years of her time with us developing and perfecting our allergy-friendly recipes, with her carrot cake building up quite a reputation!

Soph also has a background in and passion for photography, she runs all our social media accounts and photographs the shops, food/drinks, retail and events as well as designing our social media campaigns, adverts and menus. She curates ideas from the team, creating food and drinks menus that include a little bit of all of us.