From its inception in 2012, Ghetto Gastro has made a point about standing out. Co-founded by Jon Gray, Malcolm Livingston II, Pierre Serrao and Lester Walker, the Black culinary collective has been dedicated to bringing the \u2018Bronx to the world, and the world to the Bronx\u2019.\nThey have since served...
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They have since served up their culinary flair and distinctive attitude through collaborations with Apple, Cartier, Instagram and Bank of America, creating food-focused experiences that verge on art. Gray serves as the firm’s CEO while veteran chefs Livingston , Serrao and Walker bring the gastronomical prowess.Admittedly, food is simply the vehicle to spark a larger cultural conversation.
Gray, Livingston, Serrao and Walker are all native to the Bronx. Gray, the only non-professional chef and self-professed dishwasher of the founding group, has a background in fashion , and ran his own denim label before he came up with the idea for Ghetto Gastro. The collective’s holistic, multidisciplinary approach is fuelled by his wide array of interests, which spans art, design, music, history, fashion and, of course, food.
In addition to driving Ghetto Gastro, Gray’s ability to ride the cultural zeitgeist has been tapped by institutions such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Cooper Hewitt, where he curated a show informed by explorations and interpretations of the museum’s collection of 215,000 objects for its ‘Selects’ exhibition series.
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