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BY TERI R. WILLIAMS PHOTOS BY LOGIC4 DESIGN
small community of Johnson Corner. It would be incorrect
to assume his childhood was lacking anything a young boy
might need. If anything, the impact of his grandmother’s
love and attention gave Lorenzo an advantage. As he
learned from her the old-fashioned basics of culinary
wisdom, he developed his own sense of culinary creativity.
By the age of ten, Lorenzo was his grandmother’s right
hand. While she turned the batter for biscuits in an oblong
wooden bowl, he would stand at the stove and fry the
chicken or make some other main dish for the meal. The
kitchen was his favorite place to be.
After high school, Lorenzo traveled for a time. Every
place he went was a new experience with different types
of cuisine. When he returned home, he took a position as
manager of the deli bakery at Bi-Lo. After eleven years, he
went to work for Food Lion where he managed their bakery
for the next ten years.
In 2008, Lorenzo made plans to leave Toombs County
and start a new venture in life. After working for others, it
was time to make his own way. As he considered different
options in the food industry and interior design, another
talent he’d developed, he noticed a vacant building for
rent in downtown Vidalia on East Meadows Street. Unable
to shake the pull the location seemed to have on him,
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