Before there was a purse, there was a superfan. Co-founder Jonathan Otten was selected as the 2025 Fan of the Year — the honor that brought him, his wife, and the original cheese grater purse to the national awards stage where it all began.
The award recognized Jonathan’s decades of dedication as a Chicago Bears fan. The night itself became the origin story of The Grater Guys: the prototype purse he built for his wife turned heads across the event, and the reaction convinced Jonathan and co-founder Chris Kava to turn a one-off gift into a business.