Chef Lula Ranta carves a pineapple in the back of her fine fine-dining restaurant, The Quarry, in Monson, Maine.

STILL PINCHING MYSELF

When Lulu wanted to bring fine dining to her town of 600, people said it wouldn’t work. Five years later, she is a James Beard Award-Winning chef and owns her restaurant, The Quarry. With her culinary journey beginning with what she calls, “farm-to-table to survive,” this queen of hospitality’s success is anything but ordinary.

This story was published in Down East magazine, August 2023 edition.