Still in awe of @ghettogray and @ghettogastro after interviewing him for @wallpapermag's 2022 Design Awards. By using food as a vehicle to spark a larger cultural conversation, @ghettogastro has harnessed a power like few others. ‘What I love about what we’ve been able to build is the respect and adoration for what we do, which is very Black. [We’ve] been able to put a premium on Blackness, especially in this vernacular that we have that’s really coming from being a product of divested communities,’ says Gray. ‘We take the reference points and collective experiences coming from these underestimated, urban neighbourhoods, like the Bronx, and build a platform [that is] received and respected as a luxury offering. We wanted to make sure we made a space, took a space – in America, especially when you’re Black, nobody’s giving you anything, you gotta take it – [so that we can] break down the current table as it is and rebuild our own, and make it inclusive with a capital I.’ Read the full story at the link in bio and at @wallpapermag. #wallpaperdesignawards #ghettogastro #jongray 📷: @myeshaevongardner ✨: @jessedsmiley @jess.diah