Wired

WIRED25: Ghetto Gastro Sees Food as a Weapon

The tenets of Ghetto Gastro are as follows: Be the catalyst. Empower the community. And “vibes.” For Jon Gray, one-third of the Bronx food collective, it’s simple: “We’re storytellers. We use food and ...
The Root

Ghetto Gastro Makes Food That Has People Talking

Food has the power to bring people together and get them talking. No one understands that better than the guys who make up Ghetto Gastro, a Bronx-born culinary collective that is using food to create ...
Eater

Ghetto Gastro, in Its Own Words

Bettina Makalintal is a senior reporter at Eater.com, covering restaurant trends, home cooking advice, and all the food you can’t escape on your TikTok FYP. Previously, she worked for Bon Appétit and ...
Today

The words ‘ghetto’ and ‘hood’ were once looked down upon. Now, Black chefs are reclaiming them

In his smash debut album “Long. Live. ASAP,” musician A$AP Rocky raps about being in the pages of Vogue in his track “Ghetto Symphony.” In the remix to Doja ...
KOIN 6

Ghetto Gastro in Portland to ‘drop gems’ on food and culture

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Ghetto Gastro is a culinary collective of three Black men from the Bronx. In 2022 alone, the group has been featured on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, collaborated with ...
The Root

Ghetto Gastro Launching A Black Power Breakfast Line at Target

Now, Ghetto Gastro is one step closer to global kitchen domination with an exclusive line of breakfast items for Target. Their new mouth-watering collection includes a sweet potato pancake and waffle ...
NPR

Ghetto Gastro's Jon Gray On His Journey From Hustler To Food Mogul

When New York multi-hyphenate Jon Gray set it upon himself to bring the Bronx to the world through food, he faced two battles: establish a successful business at the tail end of a recession, and ...
W magazine

Chef Collective Ghetto Gastro Uses Food as a Weapon Against Oppression

From left: Jon Gray, Pierre Serrao, Malcolm Livingston II and Lester Walker. Photograph courtesy of Jake Jones. Ghetto Gastro, the Bronx-based chef collective founded by Jon Gray, Pierre Serrao, ...