Ginger Pig Owner Natascha Hess On Expanding to Boulder and Competing on Beat Bobby Flay

“I had so much fun — I had no idea it would be fun,” admits Natascha Hess of competing on the Food Network show Beat Bobby Flay, in an episode that will premiere at 7 p.m. on Thursday, August 11.

Her restaurant, Ginger Pig, at 4262 Lowell Boulevard (our 2022 pick for the Best Corn(flake) Dog), will host a watch party to celebrate. But that’s not the only news the team is excited about: Ginger Pig is also planning a comeback in Boulder later this year.

Hess took a winding path to the kitchen and restaurant ownership, from hockey player to sports television to becoming a lawyer before she decided to open a food truck and landed her first restaurant job as an intern under Top Chef alum Carrie Baird, after meeting her by chance during a dinner at Brazen in 2015.

When she first launched…