Cultural Cuisine: Taste of Creole

Can't make it to NOLA for Fat Tuesday? Celebrate in Charlotte! Experience a chef-curated tasting menu paired with an open bar featuring beer and wine, as we bring the spirit of the Crescent City to the Queen City.
Dress in your favorite Mardi Gras-inspired outfit or cocktail hour attire, adorned with colorful beads and masks, as we escape into a night of music filled Mardi Gras-themed fun. Chef Reyaña Radcliff, a New Orleans native based in Charlotte, will take your palate on a journey through vibrant food stations offering Creole classics and creative twists.
Bring your appetite and dancing shoes and join us in a toast to the night as we bring a taste of Bourbon Street to Charlotte. Laissez les bon temps rouler—let the good times roll!

MENU:

• Mini Crawfish Pies
• Mini Red Beans & Rice bowls (vegan/gf/df)
• Chicken Gumbo Shooters
• Vegan Jambalaya
• Mini Blackened Shrimp Po Boys w/ Remoulade
• Warm Mardi Gras Bread Pudding
• Praline cheesecake (shooters)
• Vegan Earl Grey Tiramisu
• Open bar! Beer and wine will be included with the price of your ticket and mixed drinks available to purchase on-site.
  About the Chef:
  Chef Reyaña Radcliff, (@your_braisen_chef IG), celebrated recipient of the prestigious Who's Who Award, is an accomplished culinary professional whose passion for food began in her hometown of New Orleans. Influenced by her father and grandmother's Creole and Cajun traditions and her mother's comfort food classics, she knew by fifteen that she was destined to be a chef.
  To achieve her dream, Reyaña attended Johnson & Wales University, often called the "Harvard of Culinary Arts", earning both an Associate Degree in Culinary Arts and a Bachelor's Degree in Food Service Management. She trained at prominent resorts, catered at the U.S. House of Representatives, and advanced through every station in country clubs and corporate kitchens before attaining the title of Executive Chef. In 2020, she founded Your Braisen Chef, LLC, a catering and culinary services company. Blending fine dining expertise with creativity, she provides bespoke catering, culinary demonstrations, and cooking classes both in person and online.
  Chef Reyaña has been a featured guest chef at several food & wine festivals, featured chef on all Charlotte news broadcasts, a guest on various podcasts, a consultant for restaurant groups and the public face for food manufacturers.

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