Currently, she works six days a week, no fail.Ģ:00 p.m. Right now, they're also testing recipes and saving them digitally, so everything will remain uniform, even if Ashleigh is off.
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"We're prepping all day." Page's has 15 Southern sides on the menu, plus specials, so the production of beans, mac and cheese, collards and much more is nearly constant. That's a project that will take about two and a half hours to finish.ġ1:30 a.m. "I like to have everything baked and out of the ovens by 2:00 p.m." Today she's made more than a dozen Oreo cakes, which all need to be frosted. Lunch starts at 11:00 sharp, so at this point Ashleigh's checking on the food to make sure all the sides are "hot and ready to go." She says she likes the freedom her job gives her, and how it affords her a chance to be creative.ĩ:00 a.m. The to-make list is an assortment of cakes, like chocolate, hummingbird, carrot and "tons of coconut cake." There are also pies, bread pudding, cobblers and pudding in the rotation. On the days when there's another set of hands, she's baking away in the morning. The nine-to-fivers of the world haven't stepped in their offices yet, but in Ashleigh's kitchen at this hour, "it's non-stop back there." Sometimes, she has help with production, but other days she's on her own, making massive amounts of Southern sides (think: 20 pans of macaroni and cheese, 10 gallons of butter beans). "Some days we're smoking a lot of meats outside, so I rub down the meats and get the grill started."Ĩ:00 a.m. People love Page's smoked chicken, so Ashleigh likes to run it, along with pork butt and beef brisket, as a special. So, depending on what it is we're having for a special, I either start on that first, or I just start cooking our sides and things."ħ:30 a.m.
"We have our menu, but I like to do three specials every day for lunch and/or dinner. Then, it's on to writing down and cooking the specials for the day. Why her buttermilk treats are so beloved? "They're always fluffy."įorty-five minutes later, and the speedy chef is done baking off the biscuits. Making the 600 biscuits a day is one of the first cooking tasks Ashleigh bangs out. If they're not ready, the whole restaruant will go down."Ħ:00 a.m. "I make sure they're getting all their stuff ready to go. On weekends, the crew swells to eight or nine, and 1,000 guests will drop in for breakfast. On weekdays, the four line cooks arrive with an hour to prep for breakfast.
"I put my eyes on everything, to see what we've sold, what we haven't sold, what's leftover, what I have to use."ĥ:30 a.m. First task: see what the night crew has left for her. and 5:30 on each of the six days a week she works. Ashleigh arrives at Page's between 5:00 a.m. Here, Ashleigh walks Eater through a typical Wednesday morning at the restaurant.ĥ:00 a.m. Established in 2006, she works alongside her sister Courtney (the general manager), her brother Chase, their father, Tony, and her aunt Linda.
She's also in charge of much of the production-from baking to smoking meat to creating specials-at the Page family restaurant. on a recent weekday, head chef Ashleigh Page of Page's Okra Grill in Mount Pleasant had already baked 15 cakes, 600 biscuits and tested a few of her recipes to ensure the restaurant's Southern sides still met her standards.
Page’s plans to have its food truck serving takeout lunch and dinner starting Monday with seating in its heated patio and bar.By 9:30 a.m. The renovations will include bathroom plumbing improvements, expanded women’s bathroom capacity, sprinkler system inside and outside, all new hood systems that will provide conditioned air in the kitchen, and a new roof.” “We have struggled with plumbing issues and poor ventilation and temperatures in the kitchen for years and we must take corrective action now. “Hey folks, we really do not like having to shut down operations but there are several improvements we need to make to our 50+ year old building to ensure we can keep making our guests and team happy in the years to come,” the post states. (WCSC) - Lowcountry favorite Page’s Okra Grill will temporarily close for renovations that could take through the end of January, the restaurant announced on its Facebook page.īut the restaurant says it has a plan in place to still serve its customers starting on Monday, according to a post on its Facebook page
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