Jesus heard my prayers! There’s an actual festival dedicated to Creole food coming to New York City! My family is from Louisiana and South Carolina, so you know I’m headed straight for the gumbo station. But technically creole cuisine is actually style of cooking that blends French, Spanish, West & North African, Amerindian, Haitian and Portuguese. So there will be a lot of dishes I’ve never heard of or tasted!
A few of the featured chefs include:
- Chef Ejhadji Cisse (@chef_gason – Senegal); finalist on the Food Network’s Chopped.
- Chef Gason Nelson (@thechefcisse – New Orleans); two time James Beard Foundation Scholar, finalist in Food Network’s Chopped; voted one of the best new chefs in NOLA in 2017
- Chef Janelle Pitterson (@chefjanellep – Panama) has worked with the Jean-Georges Restaurant Group: Mercer Kitchen, Perry Street, and Jean George
- Chef Keilaliz Pizarro (Puerto-Rico); worked at Lupa Osteria Romana under Mark Ladner and Mario Batali and continued raising her skills at Kittichai under Thai food connoisseur, Ian Chalermkittichai.
The event will be held Saturday June 9, 2018 from 3 PM to 8 PM at The DL, which is located at 95 Delancey St, New York, NY 10002. Oh, and one of my favorite DJs will be spinning – DJ Commish (from South in the City, Hav Plenty Brunch and Fetecini)!
Tickets include the following:
- 2 Tasting Tickets
- Access to other creole dishes for sale
- 1 wine or beer drink ticket
- Live Creole Entertainment
- Access to cash bar
- Cultural Dance performance
- 1 hour Wine & Beer Open Bar (VIP only)
- 6 tasting tickets (VIP)
- 1 hour of pre-tasting before General Adm (VIP)
- Live beats from our DJs spinning Creole and African hits
Click here to purchase a ticket! And if you’re not sure yet, scroll down…
“My daughter said she was hungry. So this is what I hit her with just now. ” –@chef_gason
His daughter is winning. See you there!
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