H O M E COOK S
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PH O T O G R A P H Y B Y BRIANA BROUGH
Pittsboro Roadhouse and 39 West Catering
President and Owner Greg Lewis started working in restaurants at the age of 13 as a busboy. He worked his way through the kitchen and eventually graduated from The Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York. After graduation, he apprenticed under a German three-star Michelin Chef for five years, then became the executive chef at The Hotel Hershey 64
Chatham Magazine
Fall 2017
in Pennsylvania. Eighteen years ago, North Carolina came calling and the family moved to Chatham County to join his wife Maria ParkerLewis’s family in the Triangle area. Now, Maria and Greg live in Silk Hope with daughters Angelina, 13, who attends Silk Hope Middle School, Adelena, 18, who attends Temple University in Pennsylvania and Arianna, 21, who attends Central Carolina Community College. At home, Greg cooks what’s fresh and on hand. “I love to open the refrigerator, see what we have and create,” he says. His go-to weeknight dish is turkey tacos, and some of his favorite dishes include a barbecue turkey meatloaf and a fresh smoked whole chicken on the grill (recipe on following page). We asked him a few questions about his life in the kitchen. – Laura Zolman Kirk