Black Star Barbados is a cultural platform rooted in Caribbean identity and diasporic brilliance.
Chef Pierre Serrão — known to most as Chef P — is a co-founder of Ghetto Gastro, the Bronx-born culinary collective merging food, art, fashion, and activism. His work now expands through Black Star Barbados, a world-building initiative reimagining Caribbean creativity, sustainability, and independence.
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Chef Pierre Serrao is a culinary force redefining food through heritage and futurism. As co-founder of Ghetto Gastro, he reshaped the way culture eats. Now with Black Star Barbados, he's coming home. Melding classical training with Caribbean soul, and building a movement at the edge of cuisine, design, and Black imagination.
From Milan to the Bronx to Bridgetown, Pierre has cooked for the Oscars, collaborated with Union on Jordans, and turned meals into manifestos. Black Star is his next chapter: a space for radical creativity, rooted in Barbados.
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Black Star Barbados operates under a U.S.-based nonprofit model designed to support cultural preservation, youth mentorship, and environmental sustainability across the Caribbean. For impact investors, this is an opportunity to back measurable change and cultural legacy.
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In 2026, we open our first culinary design studio in Bridgetown.
The studio will celebrate Caribbean culinary heritage, support local talent, and build a sustainable model that fosters pride, opportunity, and innovation.
Black Star will operate at the intersection of food justice, local economic empowerment, and cultural preservation. The studio blends a seasonal restaurant, chef residencies, immersive workshops, and product R&D with a powerful storytelling strategy.
