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'''Raquel Ervin''' (born [[1985]] in Mobile, Mobile County) is a chef, caterer and restaurateur who founded [[Panoptic]] catering company and [[Slide]] food truck and restaurants, and the [[RL Restaurant Group]].
'''Raquel Ervin''' (born [[1985]] in Mobile, Mobile County) is a chef, caterer and restaurateur who founded [[Panoptic]] catering company, [[Slide]] food truck and restaurant, and the [[RL Restaurant Group]].


Ervin was one of six children raised by Lenzie and Louise George in Mobile. Her older sister, Regina, owned the Red Bean Café where Raquel had her first job. After graduating from John S. Shaw High School she moved immediately into restaurant management.
Ervin was one of six children raised by Lenzie and Louise George in Mobile. Her older sister, Regina, owned the Red Bean Café where Raquel had her first job. After graduating from John S. Shaw High School she moved immediately into restaurant management.


Ervin worked in corporate food service before founding her catering company in [[2014]] and incorporating [[Panoptic LLC]] as an umbrella firm the following year. She opened her [[List of food trucks|food truck]] in [[2020]] and transitioned to a brick-and-mortar restaurant, soon renamed Slide, in [[Irondale]] in [[2021]]. After announcing a second location in [[Pelham]] in early [[2022]], she changed plans and opened a new [[Smoke Bistro]] at [[Pizitz Food Hall]] and relocated Slide to Birmingham's [[Parkside District]] in [[2023]]. She incorporated RL Restaurant Group as an umbrella for those ventures that same year.
Ervin worked in corporate food service before founding her catering company in [[2014]] and incorporating [[Panoptic LLC]] the following year. She opened her [[List of food trucks|food truck]] in [[2020]] and transitioned to a brick-and-mortar restaurant, soon renamed Slide, in [[Irondale]] in [[2021]].
 
A second Slide location at 2408 [[Pelham Parkway]] in [[Pelham]] was announced in early [[2022]]. Those plans were changed, however, and Ervin instead opened a new [[Smoke Bistro]] in the former [[Eli's Jerusalem Grill]] space at [[Pizitz Food Hall]] in [[2023]], and made plans to relocate Slide to a 4,000 square-foot space near the [[Denham Building]] in Birmingham's [[Parkside District]]. She incorporated RL Restaurant Group as an umbrella for those ventures in June 2023.


Ervin has appeared frequently on [[List of reality show appearances#Design/cooking/business competitions|televised cooking competitions]] and her recipe won 1st Place at the [[2018]] [[Magic City Mac & Cheese Festival|Magic City Mac + Cheese Festival]]. She is a member of the [[Les Dames d'Escoffier|Birmingham chapter of Les Dames d'Escoffier International]] and president of the [[American Culinary Federation|Birmingham chapter of the American Culinary Federation]]. She was listed in the {{BBJ}}'s [[2021]] "Top 40 Under 40".
Ervin has appeared frequently on [[List of reality show appearances#Design/cooking/business competitions|televised cooking competitions]] and her recipe won 1st Place at the [[2018]] [[Magic City Mac & Cheese Festival|Magic City Mac + Cheese Festival]]. She is a member of the [[Les Dames d'Escoffier|Birmingham chapter of Les Dames d'Escoffier International]] and president of the [[American Culinary Federation|Birmingham chapter of the American Culinary Federation]]. She was listed in the {{BBJ}}'s [[2021]] "Top 40 Under 40".

Revision as of 19:31, 14 October 2023

Raquel Ervin (born 1985 in Mobile, Mobile County) is a chef, caterer and restaurateur who founded Panoptic catering company, Slide food truck and restaurant, and the RL Restaurant Group.

Ervin was one of six children raised by Lenzie and Louise George in Mobile. Her older sister, Regina, owned the Red Bean Café where Raquel had her first job. After graduating from John S. Shaw High School she moved immediately into restaurant management.

Ervin worked in corporate food service before founding her catering company in 2014 and incorporating Panoptic LLC the following year. She opened her food truck in 2020 and transitioned to a brick-and-mortar restaurant, soon renamed Slide, in Irondale in 2021.

A second Slide location at 2408 Pelham Parkway in Pelham was announced in early 2022. Those plans were changed, however, and Ervin instead opened a new Smoke Bistro in the former Eli's Jerusalem Grill space at Pizitz Food Hall in 2023, and made plans to relocate Slide to a 4,000 square-foot space near the Denham Building in Birmingham's Parkside District. She incorporated RL Restaurant Group as an umbrella for those ventures in June 2023.

Ervin has appeared frequently on televised cooking competitions and her recipe won 1st Place at the 2018 Magic City Mac + Cheese Festival. She is a member of the Birmingham chapter of Les Dames d'Escoffier International and president of the Birmingham chapter of the American Culinary Federation. She was listed in the Birmingham Business Journal's 2021 "Top 40 Under 40".

Ervin has two sons, Ethan and Aidan.

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