Hendersonville man combines varied influences to create delicious food
Tony Schlarb recognized as the Chef of the Week by GoUpstate.com.
By LINDA CONLEY linda.conley@shj.com
Tony Schlarb’s cooking experience can be compared to a great dish made with just the right amounts of everything.
He received a pound of experience watching his grandmother and mother in the kitchen. While serving four years in the Navy in Italy, he got another measure of training by starting a catering business with his former wife.
Schlarb returned to the U.S. and added the right mix of work by establishing a catering business in Palm Springs and later opening a bread-baking company in Sacramento, Calif. He left cooking and went into retail before retiring to Hendersonville, N.C., in 2002.
The aroma of the kitchen lured him back in recent years, and he is topping off his career by teaching monthly cooking classes at Rabbit & Co. in downtown Hendersonville.
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One of the great things about Western North Carolina is the diversity of experience that people moving into the area have brought with them. It appears that Tony Schlarb is one such example. For such a small area the quality of restaurants, artisans, and entrepreneurs is amazing. I am not sure there is a place anywhere else in the southeast that enjoys the same overall quality of life. To learn more about living in Hendersonville or any of the other areas in Western North Carolina don’t hesitate to use our, Beverly-Hanks & Associates customer service as a resource.
