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The Daily Show: Ears Edition

Ghetto Gastro - Food to Nourish the Mind, Body & Soul

The Daily Show: Ears Edition

Comedy Central

Comedy, Daily News, News

4.413.5K Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2022

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

“We break bread to build bridges.” Bronx-based culinary collective founders Jon Gray, Pierre Serrao, and Lester Walker – otherwise known as Ghetto Gastro – discuss making high vibrational dishes, using food as a vehicle to tell stories, and why conscious cuisine is the future of food.

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0:00.0

You're listening to Comedy Central.

0:02.5

BAM!

0:03.5

Welcome to the show, gentlemen.

0:05.5

Thanks for having us.

0:06.5

We in a building.

0:07.5

You know, it feels like it's been too long.

0:10.5

It's great.

0:11.5

I remember meeting you and my mind was blown.

0:14.0

Not just by the food you cooked, but by the stories that you told, the way you encapsulated

0:18.7

people's cultures, the identities, everything into something we take for granted every day,

0:22.7

which is food.

0:23.7

Let's start with the very beginning, the inception of it all.

0:26.7

Getto, gastro.

0:27.7

So many people have a negative connotation when it comes to getto.

0:30.7

Oh, that's ghetto.

0:31.7

And then gastro has this culinary idea behind it.

0:33.7

But you took it and you flipped it.

0:35.7

I'd love to know why you chose that name.

0:37.7

Well, we know opposites attract.

0:39.7

And as a multidisciplinary business, we want to use food as a vehicle to tell stories.

0:44.2

You know, about culture, politics, empowerment.

0:47.2

You know, mainly we're using our creative energy to uplift black and brown communities.

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