Lowcountry Cuisine Spring/Summer 2019

lowcountry cuisine LC 47 www.LowcountryCuisineMag.com | www.CharlestonRecipes.com kitchen. Though she worked as a residential designer for 15 years, cooking was always her passion. When she left the design business, she dove headfirst back into the cooking business, in both restaurants and catering. At age 50, a change came when she experienced the death of a loved one for the first time when her grandfather passed away. From there, the transition to a senior community was a natural calling. “I thought, ‘I can’t cook for him, but I can cook for somebody else’s grandfather,”’ she said. With her bonus grandfathers and grandmothers, she knows the relationship extends beyond the food she provides for them. “They give me just as much as I give them,” she said. She feeds about 50 residents for breakfast and around 75 for lunch and dinner. They have multiple options but there is one constant: a chef at a retirement community has to be able to cook tasty choices without lots of salt. “We have to find ways to flavor things without all the sodium. We use a lot Photo courtesy of Michelle Gurbal. Chef Michelle Gurbal 4830 O’Hear Ave Old Village of Park Circle North Charleston, SC 29405 (843) 990-9416 lolaparkcircle.com LOw COuNtry Louisiana Seafood KitCHeN