After 17 successful years in the advertising, film production and music licensing world, Sarah Gavigan made the shift many dream of: to become a chef. In 2010 she relocated with her family back to her native Nashville, and in in the transition found she desperately missed the Japanese food culture of Los Angeles. In 2012, she took the plunge and taught herself how to make the famed and beloved RAMEN. With lines around the block for each of her pop-ups it was clear what came next. In 2015 POP Nashville, a pop-up restaurant and space for culinary innovation, was born. In 2016, Otaku Ramen opened, and in early 2019 the group followed with Bar Otaku, an Izakaya and pub. In November 2018, Sarah published her first cookbook, RAMEN OTAKU: MASTERING RAMEN AT HOME. Gavigan’s mission is to bring ramen to the ramenless.