August 4, 4:00 P.M. Tea Party: Jamaican High Tea with Camari Mick

James Beard 2024 Pastry Chef Semifinalist Showcases Her Sweet and Savory Side

25 11th Ave, New York, NY 10011, USA

Join three-time James Beard Award semifinalist Camari Mick of the Michelin-starred Musket Room and Raf's for a Jamaican high tea. In celebration of Jamaican Independence Day, chef Camari will be sharing this tradition of her heritage as she showcases her sweet and savory pastry prowess. Expect bites like oxtail danishes, ackee and saltfish croissants, cocoa tea, rum cake, jerk chicken tea sandwiches, mini roti with curried créme fraiche, caviar and more. And of course, tea and champagne will be flowing.  

General Admission: $95

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Monogram Fraciacorta Blanc de Blancs NV 

Oxtail Focaccia
Contains wheat 
Beef Patty Croissant
Contains wheat 
Jerk Biscuits with Smoked Honey Butter
Contains dairy and wheat 
Curried Salmon Rillettes with Salmon Roe on Roti
Contains wheat 
Petit Fours> Rum Cake with Sorrel Glaze, Spiced Coconut Baklava, and Pastis de Natas
Contains dairy and wheat 

Assorted Teas> Green Tea with Citrus and Ginko; Black Tea with Oolong; Mint Verbena; Rooibos Chai’ and Hot Cinnamon Spice 

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Demo and Dine: Slurp, Sip, and Shuck with Mothershuckers and Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey

Dinner: Rowdy Rooster X Pecking House Collaboration

Class: Ice Cream Cake Decorating and Drinks with Noona's

Beverage Seminar: Mezcal Education with James Beard Award Nominee Bar Clavel

About Camari Mick: 
Camari Mick is the executive pastry chef at The Musket Room, a Michelin-starred restaurant in Manhattan’s Nolita neighborhood, and executive pastry chef/partner at Raf’s, a French and Italian bakery, restaurant and all-day café from the same owner.
Camari was a Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree for 2024 and made Eater’s 2023 roster of “New York’s New Guard of Pastry Chefs,” punctuating an incredible string of accolades and successes. In 2023, she received her third consecutive James Beard Award semi-finalist nod for Outstanding Pastry Chef, and she’s been honored as one of Dine Diaspora’s distinguished Black Women in Food ‘Culinarians.’ With Camari leading the pastry team, Raf’s and Musket Room have both received glowing New York Times reviews, with Musket Room receiving a nod as one of best restaurants in America by the same paper.  Prior to The Musket Room, Mick honed her pastry experience in some of New York City’s finest kitchens including Thomas Keller’s TAK Room, Le Bernardin and Daniel Boulud’s db Bistro Moderne, including a two-month stage at Eleven Madison Park. 

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James Beard Foundation events permit guests age 21 years and older to attend events where alcoholic beverages are served. 

Dietary/Food Restrictions Policy:

Events at Platform by JBF are special one-night-only menus and we do not offer a la carte menus. If you have serious food allergies, we will work with the visiting chef team to do our best to accommodate but cannot guarantee that alternate options will be available for every course.