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Sarig Agasi

Chef Sarig  is a graduate of the California Culinary Academy in San Francisco. During his career he has worked with David Bouley at his restaurant Bouley, Gray Kunz of Lespinasse and with Scott Howell at his Durham restaurant, Nana’s.
In 1999, Sarig along with his wife Nancy opened Butterflies located in North Raleigh. After a few years in North Raleigh, Sarig decided to move to the more trendy and popular Glenwood South area with a new concept that was more casual and had a greater selection of dishes to choose from.

In 2004, Chef Sarig and Nancy teamed up with local technology entrepreneur and long time customer Richard Holcomb to create Zely & Ritz.

Chef Sarig’s food is “innovative French with Mediterranean and Middle Eastern flavors.” He calls it French because he uses classical French techniques but you could just as easily call it New American with regional influences since so much of the ingredients are local to North Carolina.



Sarig is also an active runner who manages to put in almost 50 miles per week in additional to all the time he spends preparing the best food in Raleigh .  Sarig’s secret is that he takes his time in the kitchen, but he doesn’t waste anytime on the road.  Sarig ran the New York marathon and the Boston marathon in 3 hours 1 minute, making him one of the fastest runners in the country for his age group.  His goal was to beat the 3:00 time and he recently accomplished this by turning in a time of just 2 hours and 55 minutes.  As a runner, Sarig knows that athletes need a special diet while training.  Ask your server for the Chef Sarig Athlete’s Special if you’re in training when you dine with us.

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