The Art of Flavor.
Chef Chantal's Table is a small, independent kitchen in Trinidad built around a simple idea: make something worth gathering around.
Created by Chantal Sooklal-Boynes, the Table is an expression of curiosity, bold flavor and a genuine love of cooking for people.
Chantal cooks across cuisines, drawing inspiration from food and techniques from around the world, particularly the flavors of Asia and the Caribbean.
But at the center of the Table, you'll almost always find one thing.
Chicken.
In Pursuit of the Perfect Chicken
Of all the things Chantal loves to cook, chicken is the one she returns to again and again.
Roasted. Fried. Charred. Glazed. Spiced. Marinated. Slowly cooked or blistered over high heat. Finished with a sauce, buried beneath herbs, lacquered until sticky or kept beautifully simple.
There isn't one perfect chicken.That's the point.
The perfect chicken might be aromatic and sweet one weekend, fiery and deeply spiced the next. It might draw inspiration from Thailand, China, India, the Caribbean, France or somewhere Chantal hasn't explored yet.
Chef Chantal's Table is, in many ways, the ongoing pursuit of all those different versions of perfect.
Made in Small Batches
Everything is prepared in limited quantities from our home-based kitchen, with an emphasis on generous portions, carefully developed sauces and the small finishing touches that make a meal feel special.
Menus are released in advance and prepared by pre-order. Keeping the Table small allows us to concentrate on what matters most: making the food as good as we possibly can.
The Table Changes
This isn't a traditional restaurant with a permanent menu.
Instead, the Table changes.
A particular flavor, technique, ingredient or craving becomes the starting point, and a menu is built around it.
The chicken takes center stage. The sauces, vegetables, noodles, rice, relishes and accompaniments are created to complete the experience around it.
Menus are released in advance and prepared by pre-order. Keeping the Table small allows us to concentrate on what matters most: making the food as good as we possibly can.
Come to the Table
Chef Chantal's Table isn't about doing everything.
It's about taking something familiar and asking how much further we can push it.
A different chicken.
A different flavor.
A different Table.
Again and again.
Welcome to Chef Chantal's Table.