Congratulations Suffolk County Community College Alumnus Justin Kyle Ranghell ’20 Featured in The Northforker!
“Meet Justin Ranghell, the chef taking the helm at Montauk Distilling Co. in Riverhead” by Tara Smith on April 7th, 2022
Riverhead native Justin Ranghell has been hired as the first-ever executive chef at Montauk Distilling Co. in Riverhead. (Credit: Tara Smith)
You’ll soon be able to grab a bite to pair with cocktails at Montauk Distilling Co. in Riverhead.
Local chef Justin Ranghell, 26, is set to start up a food menu at the distillery as their first-ever executive chef.
“It’s definitely a big step for me. I’ve never had the keys to drive a food operation before,” Ranghell said. “I’m young in this industry to be doing what I’m doing. It’s a picture that I get to paint and I’m super thankful for the opportunity they’re giving me.”
If you have a sweet tooth on the East End, you may recognize Ranghell as the man behind Papi’s Pastries, an Instagram-based dessert business he launched out of his apartment kitchen last year.
But his passion and love for the culinary world began much earlier.
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A 2014 graduate of Riverhead High School, Ranghell eventually attended culinary school at Suffolk County Community College before he was hired to work under chef Stephan Bogardus at the Halyard in Greenport. Working with Bogardus showed him new levels of cooking and the chance to work with someone he now considers his greatest mentor…
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