C
hef Paxton
Lanning is
not new to
the food scene in
Parker County. This
self-taught chef has
been helping out
his family since he
was a teen in his
mother’s and step-
father’s kitchen at
Whistle Hill. They
started him in his
career path, and he
is forever thankful to
them for it.
•Small Animal
•Large Animal
•Boarding
•Grooming
Ryan E. Cate, DVM
819 Santa Fe Drive | Weatherford, TX 76086
(817) 594-0216 | Metro: (817) 596-8808
Mon-Fri: 8am–5:30pm | Sat: 8am–12pm
• Emergency calls after hours •
1421 FM 1189 Ste. 4 | Brock, TX 76087
(817) 599-8085
Mon-Thur: 7:30am–6pm | Fri: 7:30am–5pm
“I was raised in this environment
and they gave me a commitment
and love for something that I did not
know that I already had, that I didn’t
even know was there,” Lanning
explained. “When I was a kid, I kind
of took it for granted. For me it was
just another normal day. But looking
back on it, a lot of kids don’t get to
walk around or learn how to cook at
13. They’re very supportive and give
me advice and are always there to
help if I need it. If I’m doing some-
thing wrong, they’ll tell me where I’m
messing up. No one is going to care
as much as they do.”
When he looks back on his life
and thinks about the future, he said
that one book that changed his
perspective early on was The Nasty
Bits by the late Anthony Bourdain.
The book is a collection of essays
and stories centered around food and
the restaurant business, something
that Lanning knows all too well.
“It talks about life as a dishwasher
and moving all the way to the top. It
is relative to different steps and cycles
along my career. He says it how it is.
I got to meet him one time and it put
Now Serving Two Locations
25