Ghetto Gastro
{{short description|New York based food and art collective}}
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Ghetto Gastro is a New York based collective of chefs and food enthusiasts with deep ties to the Bronx that was formed in 2012. The founding members are Jon Gray, Pierre Serrao and Lester Walker.{{cite news |last1=Gordinier |first1=Jeff |title=Food Lovers Aim to Give the Bronx Its Due |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/27/dining/ghetto-gastro-food-the-bronx.html |work=The New York Times |date=26 January 2016}}{{cite news |last1=Passy |first1=Charles |title=Dinner With Martha Stewart and Ghetto Gastro |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/dinner-with-martha-stewart-and-ghetto-gastro-1476653327#:~:text=Martha%20Stewart%2C%20Lester%20Walker%20and,York%20City%20Wine%20%26%20Food%20Festival. |accessdate=10 June 2020 |work=Wall Street Journal |date=16 October 2016}}{{cite web |last1=Harris |first1=Chris |title=Meet the Boogie Down's Hood Chefs: Ghetto Gastro |url=https://www.vibe.com/gallery/meet-boogie-downs-hood-chefs-ghetto-gastro/ |website=Vibe.com |date=6 March 2013 |publisher=Vibe |access-date=August 31, 2021}}
History
Ghetto Gastro was founded in 2012 by Jon Gray, Pierre Serrao and Lester Walker.{{Cite web|title=Read In The Food World, Black Excellence is Ghetto on ChefsFeed|url=https://www.chefsfeed.com/stories/1076-in-the-food-world-black-excellence-is-ghetto|access-date=2020-07-18|website=ChefsFeed|language=en}}{{cite web |last1=Harris |first1=Chris |title=Meet the Boogie Down's Hood Chefs: Ghetto Gastro |url=https://www.vibe.com/gallery/meet-boogie-downs-hood-chefs-ghetto-gastro/ |website=Vibe |date=6 March 2013 |access-date=August 12, 2021}}
In March 2018 Ghetto Gastro collaborated with Marvel Studios to present "Taste of Wakanda" at New York Fashion Week, a food event which promoted the superhero film Black Panther.{{Cite magazine|title=Welcome to the 'Black Power Kitchen' of Tomorrow|language=en-us|magazine=Wired|url=https://www.wired.com/story/welcome-to-the-social-media-black-power-kitchen-of-tomorrow/|access-date=2020-07-18|issn=1059-1028}}
In 2019 they opened the Labyrinth 1.1 space on the north shore of the Harlem River in the Bronx.{{cite news |last1=Kahn |first1=Howie |title=Ghetto Gastro Opens Labyrinth 1.1, Their New HQ in the Bronx |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/ghetto-gastro-opens-labyrinth-1-1-their-new-hq-in-the-bronx-11546877031 |work=Wall Street Journal |date=7 January 2019}} The collective teamed up with the Bronx Oaxacan restaurant La Morada and the non-profit Rethink Food to distribute free meals to Black Lives Matter protesters during the George Floyd protests.{{Cite web|title=Bronx Food Collective Ghetto Gastro Wants Everyone To Know What Freedom Tastes Like|url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/arts-and-lifestyle/article/ghetto-gastro-juneteenth|access-date=2020-07-18|website=British Vogue|date=19 June 2020 |language=en-GB}} By June 22, 2020, Ghetto Gastro had served 35,000 free meals, and announced that it planned to serve at least 75,000 meals.{{Cite web|last=Cooper|first=Wilbert L.|date=2020-06-22|title=Ghetto Gastro is fighting against racism with new merch and free meals|url=https://i-d.co/article/ghetto-gastro-is-fighting-against-racism-with-new-merch-and-free-meals/|access-date=2020-07-18|website=i-D|language=en}}
References
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External links
- [https://ghettogastro.com/ Ghetto Gastro official webpage]
Category:American artist groups and collectives