Cap Maison's Chef Craig Jones Debuts Pop Up Dinners at City Grit in NYC

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. August 06, 2013

Cap Estate, Saint Lucia - August 6, 2013 - Chef Craig Jones has been the dynamic creative force at Cliff at Cap restaurant at Saint Lucia's Cap Maison since it opened in 2008. The restaurant just won its first Award of Excellence from Wine Spectator and Chef Jones has stretched the boundaries of resort cuisine by organizing Saint Lucia's first Pop Up dinners. In the past six months, he's cooked and entertained up to 40 guests at time at such venues as an 18th century fort on Pigeon Island and on board the tall ship Brig Unicorn, used in Pirates of the Caribbean.

Now Chef Jones is bringing his Pop Up style to Manhattan for two nights, the first Caribbean chef ever invited by City Grit, the culinary salon in NoLIta that is ground zero for the Pop Up movement. City Grit was founded by Sarah Simmons, who got her start with an underground supper club in her East Village apartment.

For Chef Jones, cooking at City Grit on October 11 & 12, 2013 will be "a chance for me to really let our Caribbean flavors come through. " He's created an ambitious menu that pays homage to the Caribbean while simultaneously turning island classics on their head.

The City Grit meal will start with pork belly in chick pea curry with mangos and avocados, and then go to five variations on a sweet potato: as a beignet, puree, crisps, powder and pomme frites, served along with foie gras. The seafood course is tortellini of spring lobster served with caramelized ripe plantain and a foam of star anise, lime leaf and lemon grass. That will be followed by Chef Jones' variation on classic West Indian pepper pot, made in this instance with Kobe beef, caramelized Scotch bonnet peppers, star anise, nutmeg and honey. Desserts include a chocolate truffle made from Saint Lucian chocolate, a banana beignet a la crème, and homemade avocado ice cream with local almonds, pistachios, pecans and pumpkin seeds that have been roasted with a Saint Lucian honey.

City Grit is located at 38 Prince Street, New York, NY 10012. Consumer reservations and price information for Chef Jones' City Grit appearance will be available in September.

Guests of Cap Maison will find Chef Jones' City Grit menu available in early October at Cliff at Cap before the New York event. For bookings and more information, guests may call Reservations toll free at 1-888-765-4985, email [email protected] or visit the website at www.capmaison.com.

About Cap Maison

Cap Maison, set on a stunning four-acre, cliff-top parcel of land just minutes north of popular Rodney Bay, features 50 artfully appointed suites and guest rooms. A member of Virtuoso and Preferred Boutique Hotels, Cap Maison has been a Conde Nast Traveler "Hot List" Hotel and was awarded TripAdvisor's Certificate of Excellence for 2013, the third year in a row it has claimed the distinction. Cliff at Cap, the resort's signature restaurant with breathtaking panoramic views of the Caribbean Sea, is where Executive Chef Craig Jones serves a French West Indian-inspired contemporary menu based on fresh local products and seafood. In 2013, it earned its first Award of Excellence from Wine Spectator. The resort features a 2,000 square foot serene spa with an adjacent garden that provides herbs for signature indigenous treatments. Cap Maison's private 46-foot luxury yacht, Cap Maison 1, is available for evening voyages, wedding parties, special events and day or overnight excursions to any of the nearby Windward Islands.

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