Chef Angie Ragan Brings Love Of Food Home To Lubbock

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LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Chef Angie Ragan first recovered her emotion for nutrient from her grandma, who was besides a cook and owned Colonial Kitchen successful Lubbock.

Cooking each her life, Ragan began her profession successful nan room successful 2019. She grew to fame aft a fifth-place decorativeness connected play 1 of Gordon Ramsay’s Next Level Chef

Now, she is opening her ain edifice successful nan Hub City, Salt by Angie.

Ragan says she knew she wanted to commencement her dream wherever it each started.

“This is nan first clip successful my big life wherever I’m down present and I’m walking, I’m going down to nan Metro Tower and I mean, everything is conscionable correct present and it is ace fun,” Ragan said. “I emotion we’re doing what we request to do to create Downtown Lubbock because I deliberation it’s ace fun, truthful I deliberation if you want fantabulous nutrient and a awesome clip and to consciousness for illustration you were loved on, conscionable travel spot me.”

Ragan wasn’t classically trained successful a culinary institution and says her life experiences and difficult activity person brought present wherever she is today.

“You tin person each nan things that group you up for occurrence but if you’re not persistent and if you’re not unstoppable, this wont work, this won’t activity for you,” Ragan said. “You person to beryllium unstoppable and you person to beryllium consenting to spell location aft a 21-hour shift, outcry a small bit, not cognize really you will make it tomorrow but you person to get up tomorrow and you person to do 21 hours again.”

Although location are galore awesome places to eat successful nan Hub City, Ragan hopes erstwhile you locomotion into her restaurant, you consciousness for illustration you are family erstwhile you locomotion out.

“So erstwhile I really started thinking, ‘what makes maine different,’ it really is my consciousness of hospitality and my consciousness of not only do I want you to time off and say, ‘hey, that was immoderate beautiful bully food,’ I want you to consciousness for illustration you were loved,” Ragan said. “I want you to consciousness for illustration you were expected, I want you to consciousness for illustration we did everything intentionally, truthful nan constituent of this edifice for maine is to show really overmuch I emotion this community, really overmuch I emotion my guests.”

Located astatine 1109 Broadway, Salt by Angie is inviting everyone to its expansive opening and ribbon cutting opening astatine 9:30 a.m. connected Wednesday, wherever you will beryllium capable to effort retired nan newest culinary attraction successful Lubbock.

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