People walking down Third Street and Poyntz Avenue Tuesday night may have seen what might have looked like a arts and craft show in The Chef breakfest cafe. Owners Kevin and Kurstian Harris, Manhattan residents, left the doors open to their employees and close friends for a night of gingerbread cookie decorating and bonding. "Its all about family," Kurstian said talking about the relationship with employees. (Photo by Evert Nelson / Collegian)

Owners Kurstian (left) and Kevin (right) Harris, Manhattan residents, decorate gingerbread cookies Tuesday night at their breakfest cafe, The Chef. Kurstian said The Chef has been open for four year and has been having their "Gingerbread Decerating Party?" every year since. As well as decorating for Christmas, The Chef has been known to add pumpkins and decorate the place for other major holidays. (Photo by Evert Nelson / Collegian)

Gingerbread cookies decorated in different ways line cookie sheets on a tabel in The Chef breakfest cafe Tuesday night. Besides snow men, Christmas trees, and Superman, other decorations included a Fiesta Bowl themed star, Bill Snyder, and an LGBT themed star. (Photo by Evert Nelson / Collegian)

Caleb Wasinger, Manhattan resident and employee at The Chef, decorates a gingerbread man in The Chef Tuesday night during the breakfest cafe's fourth "Gingerbread Decerating Party." Around seven dozen cookies were decorated, said owner Kevin Harris. The cookies were to be decorated for the Christmas tree that was inside the cafe. All the garlen around the place as well as the tree, which has 1600 light on it, are both real. (Photo by Evert Nelson / Collegian)

The hands of Caleb Wasinger, Manhattan resident, makes adjustment to his gingerbread man Tuesday night at The Chef. Not a normal time for the cafe to be open, Owners Kevin and Kurstian Harris, Manhattan residents, invited employees and friends to help decorate gingerbread cookies for their tree. (Photo by Evert Nelson / Collegian)

Employees and friends came in to work on a different type of food Tuesday night at The Chef Breakfest Cafe. Decorating gingerbread cookies in the shapes of Christmas ornaments was the reason for the attendence, but bonding as a company was what brought everyone together. Owner Kurstian Harris, Manhattan resident, says the employees and friends volunteered their time to help work on the decorations. The Chef has been decorating their restaurant for the past four years they've been open. "We're pretty festive," employee Jo Brown, Manhattan resident, said. (Photo by Evert Nelson / Collegian)

(Photo by Evert Nelson / Collegian)

(Photo by Evert Nelson / Collegian)

(Photo by Evert Nelson / Collegian)

(Photo by Evert Nelson / Collegian)

(Photo by Evert Nelson / Collegian)