Gabrielle E.W. Carter | |
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Occupation | Historic preservationist,
cook, filmmaker
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Gabrielle E. W. Carter is a cultural preservationist[ clarification needed], artist, co-founder of Tall Grass Food Box, and creator of Revival Taste Collective. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] She is one of the main characters on the Netflix documentary series High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America that debuted on May 26, 2021. [7] [8] She was also the subject of a short film documentary The Seeds We Keep by the Oxford American. [9]
Carter was born around 1990. [3] She attended the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. [1] Before she got into the food business, Carter had a career in fashion and marketing in New York City. [1] She started helping her friends' food businesses and various food charities and even became a line cook while doing research with chef JJ Johnson on Oryza glaberrima. [1] [4]
In 2018, Carter moved to Apex, North Carolina to live with her great-grandfather on their family farm so that she could record family's stories. [1] At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Carter alongside her partner Derrick Beasley, and friend Gerald Harris founded the Tall Grass Food Box to support Black farmers. [1] [3] [10] Tall Grass Food Box is based on a community-supported agriculture model (CSA). [1] [4] She created a supper series called the Revival Taste Collective, where she hosts guest on her family farm and features foods from local Black farmers and stories about their agricultural traditions. [6]
Carter was featured as one of the 12 Under 35: Breakout Talent to Watch by the Specialty Food Association in 2020. [11] In 2021, Carter's work and her family's own farming history is highlighted on Netflix's television series High on the Hog. [1] [12]
Gabrielle E.W. Carter | |
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Occupation | Historic preservationist,
cook, filmmaker
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Gabrielle E. W. Carter is a cultural preservationist[ clarification needed], artist, co-founder of Tall Grass Food Box, and creator of Revival Taste Collective. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] She is one of the main characters on the Netflix documentary series High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America that debuted on May 26, 2021. [7] [8] She was also the subject of a short film documentary The Seeds We Keep by the Oxford American. [9]
Carter was born around 1990. [3] She attended the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. [1] Before she got into the food business, Carter had a career in fashion and marketing in New York City. [1] She started helping her friends' food businesses and various food charities and even became a line cook while doing research with chef JJ Johnson on Oryza glaberrima. [1] [4]
In 2018, Carter moved to Apex, North Carolina to live with her great-grandfather on their family farm so that she could record family's stories. [1] At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Carter alongside her partner Derrick Beasley, and friend Gerald Harris founded the Tall Grass Food Box to support Black farmers. [1] [3] [10] Tall Grass Food Box is based on a community-supported agriculture model (CSA). [1] [4] She created a supper series called the Revival Taste Collective, where she hosts guest on her family farm and features foods from local Black farmers and stories about their agricultural traditions. [6]
Carter was featured as one of the 12 Under 35: Breakout Talent to Watch by the Specialty Food Association in 2020. [11] In 2021, Carter's work and her family's own farming history is highlighted on Netflix's television series High on the Hog. [1] [12]