Back To Basics An Article by Chef Gerard Jesse in the AMI Sun

Humility, a word that I have known all along, but have just recently understood in my life. As a young chef working in high-end, fine-dining establishments, I was full of “piss and vinegar” as they say. No one could tell me anything and I knew it all. But I couldn’t have been more wrong. I…

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For The Love Of Food & Wine Forconi Winemaker Dinner

On January 12, 2017, The Seafood Shack was honored to host Riccardo and Silvia Forconi, of Tuscany’s Tenuta Forconi winery, in our Hunter’s Point room for a very special producer dinner… Riccardo and Silvia were joined by an intimate group of 40 guests, as well as our very own Chef Gerard Jesse, who prepared an…

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Chef Talk: Gerard Jesse of The Seafood Shack Featured in the Herald Tribune

Abby Weingarten | Herald Tribune | December 26, 2016 The Seafood Shack, on the Intracoastal Waterway in Cortez, has been a local favorite since 1971. Gerard Jesse, the executive chef at The Seafood Shack on the Intracoastal Waterway in Cortez, has been cooking professionally for the past 15 years. Originally from Hamburg, Germany, he studied…

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