Angela Lawrence with a career that has spanned the media and marketing worlds, Angela Lawrence, chief culture officer at Gusto 54 Restaurant Group, is tasked with managing the growth of the Gusto brand’s footprint as well as that of its employees. She was instrumental in shaping the direction of Chubby’s Jamaican Kitchen, its Caribbean-centric spot that celebrates its second anniversary this year, and is set to introduce a line of at-home hot sauces soon. In anticipation of the group’s newest Toronto boîte, Gusto 501, which is set to open this winter, Lawrence sat down to discuss what it means to preserve cultural integrity in the development of a restaurant.