Nationwide Jamaican Patty Day Falls on Aug 2nd & Jerk Shack is Celebrating all Weekend!
To have a good time Nationwide Jamaican Patty Day this Saturday, August 2, James Beard–nominated Chef Nicola Blaque is inviting the group to indulge at her latest Michelin Bib Gourmand awarded restaurant, The Jerk Shack, with a particular $12 field meal that honors one among Jamaica’s most iconic avenue meals.
The field might be accessible Friday, August 1, via Sunday, August 3, giving friends the entire weekend to hitch within the celebration. The limited-time field consists of:
Two Flaky Beef Patties made by Royal Caribbean Bakery
A Coconut Honey Butter Roll
Selection Of One Flavorful Facet: Masala Fries, Mac N Cheese, Pineapple Slaw, Loaded Potato Salad, sautéed cabbage and carrots, Brown Sugar and Orange Yams, Creamy Cheese Grits, Collard Greens and Rice & Peas
WHERE:
The Jerk Shack
10234 TX-151, Suite 103, San Antonio, TX 78251
About Chef Nicola Blaque
Lattoia Nicola Massey, identified professionally as Chef Nicola Blaque, is a restaurateur and chef based mostly in San Antonio, Texas. Chef Blaque is the manager chef and proprietor of the Jerk Shack, a Jamaican-inspired restaurant in San Antonio. The restaurant that gives fare like jerk rooster, braised oxtail, and extra shortly turned a staple after opening in 2018. In 2024, The Jerk Shack was awarded a Bib Gourmand designation from the distinguished Michelin Information. In no matter she does, Chef Blaque is keen about making meals that tells a narrative. In early 2024, she opened Freight Fried Hen on the standard Pearl district in San Antonio – a restaurant that pays homage to previously enslaved ladies that bought fried rooster as a technique to assist themselves in post-Civil Warfare Virginia.
Along with operating profitable ideas which have been acknowledged by GQ, Eater and extra, Chef Blaque is an Military Veteran, a graduate of The Culinary Institute of America in San Antonio, a non-public chef for members of the San Antonio Spurs, a two-time CultureMap San Antonio Chef of the 12 months, a James Beard Award nominee, a spouse, mother and extra. She additionally serves on the board of Go to San Antonio in a culinary advisory function. Having been born and raised in Jamaica till she was 5 years outdated, Chef Blaque is keen about introducing folks to the flavors of the Caribbean. Although she’ll be the primary to let you know that the dishes she’s serving up aren’t all the time conventional Jamaican dishes, she’s keen about infusing these flavors into delicacies her patrons know and love.
ABOUT THE JERK SHACK
The Jerk Shack is an idea by Chef Nicola Blaque and her husband Cornelius Massey. After serving ten years within the Military, Blaque started working as a non-public chef to discover her ardour for cooking. She relocated to San Antonio from Hawaii to pursue a level on the Culinary Institute of America the place she graduated in 2016. Blaque returned to her Jamaican roots and started specializing in Caribbean delicacies, working to deliver the distinctive flavors to South Texas. In 2018, the staff launched The Jerk Shack, a restaurant impressed by the flavors of Jamaica and the Caribbean. The Jerk Shack has acquired nationwide reward together with being featured by Eater as one of many 2019 Prime 16 New Eating places in America in addition to being included in GQ’s 2020 Greatest New Eating places in America. In 2024, The Jerk Shack was awarded a Bib Gourmand designation from the distinguished Michelin Information.
