Reinventing Caribbean Cuisine in Brooklyn...
Chef Shorne is classically trained in French cuisine and creates with a disregard for rules, infusing Caribbean cuisine with flavors and techniques from around the globe.
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CHEF SHORNE
Founder, Executive Chef
Chef Shorne is a visionary in the kitchen and fierce competitor. Career highlights include an annual presentation at the James Beard House and competing against Bobby Flay on the Food Network’s Beat Bobby Flay. Chef Shorne is a regular participant at the Annual Wine and Food Festivals in NY and South Beach, and U.S. Open / Citi’s "Taste of Tennis" events in NY, D.C., and the British Virgin Islands.
Chef Shorne has appeared on TV as a guest chef on NBC’s “6 In the Mix” and WGN-TV Chicago’s “Midday Fix” cooking segments. In 2017, he won the Grace® Jamaican Jerk Festival Celebrity Chef Throw Down. Chef Shorne gained international acclaim as a guest chef at Mimo’s in London; featured chef at the British Virgin Island’s Food Fete; semi-finalist in the 11th International Iron Chef Competition in Toronto; participant in the 2015 and 2016 Food & Spirits Festivals in Haiti; and the inaugural chef for the 2016 Celebrity Guest Chef Series at the award-winning Cliff Restaurant located at the Five Star Cap Maison Hotel & Spa in St. Lucia.
“As a chef you evoke feelings in someone when you prepare a dish. For me, I put my heart into every dish, which has led me to become the chef that I am today... You have to respect the food and the art that it brings.”
As Seen On…
Forbes—
Spotlight
This St. Lucia-born chef had the nerve to almost beat Bobby Flay—and we Caribbean-philes were so here for it. Fresh off his appearance on the Food Network’s Beat Bobby Flay, Chef Shorne Benjamin continued to wow international palates with what he calls “new age Caribbean cuisine,” served up at pop-up events and promotional dinners. Read more….
Caribbean News —
Interview
From his grandmother’s kitchen in his native St. Lucia to some of New York City’s most celebrated restaurants, chef and culinary ambassador Shorne Benjamin has had plenty of experience with the traditional, and not-so-traditional, techniques and bright flavors of island cuisine. Since early childhood, he’s enjoyed cooking for many people with diverse tastes and culinary preferences. Read more..
Travel Noire—
Interview
Brooklyn-based chef Shorne Benjamin is proof that life is not necessarily linear. The St. Lucian born chef left the island in his late teens to study finance at New York’s Mercy College in 1998, eventually making his mark as a successful stockbroker. But the trajectory of his career soon changed after the global financial crisis in 2008. Read more….
Food Network —
TV Appearance
Actress Emilie de Ravin and Beach Bites' Katie Lee aren't joking around as they try to take down Bobby Flay. They hope the punch line is in their favor as North Carolina's Jamie Lynch and New York City's Shorne Benjamin compete to face Bobby and have the last laugh. Episode: Joke’s on Bobby Flay.
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