Mount Pleasant Magazine March/April 2020

LC 48 www.LowcountryCuisineMag.com | www.MountPleasantRestaurant.com | www.CharlestonRecipes.com lowcountry cuisine Join us behind the bar and in the kitchen to meet some of the people who make the magic happen at your favorite restaurants! In The KitchenWith… NIGEL DRAYTON. (In photo with his wife, Louise, fellow restauranteur.) Position: Owner and Executive Chef, Nigel’s Good Food, Nigel’s Good Food II, The Slaughter House BBQ and Brew. Originally from: Charleston. Favorite menu item to eat at Nigel’s: Louise’s hamburger steak, rice, gravy and corn. Go-to meal at home: Shrimp and gravy. Favorite ingredient to work with: Shrimp. Interests outside of work: Spending time with my family. MEGAN HUTCHINSON Position: Executive Sous Chef, Slightly North of Broad. Originally from: New Jersey. Favorite menu item to eat at S.N.O.B.: Carolina Gold Rice Bowl on the lunch menu. Go-to meal at home: Coconut curry. Favorite ingredient to work with: Butter beans, because I never had them before I moved to the South, and now I love to work with them... and eat them! Interests outside of work: Being outside as much as possible. SPENCERWILSON Position: Bartender, Halls Chophouse Nexton. Originally from: Annapolis, Maryland. Favorite menu item to eat at Halls Chophouse: Dry-aged ribeye with truffle butter. Go-to meal at home: Pizza rolls with ranch. Favorite ingredient to work with: Love flavored bitters, enhances Old Fashioned even more. Interests outside of work: Golf, kickball and wine.