Chef Author Storyteller

Chef Nelson German

Flavor. Memory.
A world in motion.

01 The point of view

New York roots.
Dominican memory.
Oakland energy.

The work begins with memory.

But it does not stay in the past. Nelson builds food, drinks, and rooms where the diaspora feels alive, contemporary, and shared.

His table connects the discipline of a chef with the instincts of a host: layered, generous, unexpected, and always in conversation with the people in the room.

Meet Nelson

Chef Author Host Creator Chef Author Host Creator

Caribbean Cocktails: Drinks and Bites from the Afro-Latino Diaspora by Nelson German and Andréa Lawson Gray

02 The book

A love letter in recipes

Raise a glass.
Tell the story.

A spirited journey through the flavors, histories, and shared tables of the Caribbean and its diaspora.

60+ cocktails 20+ bites ∞ stories

Buy the book ↗ See the tour

03 On the road

Meet Nelson.
Taste the book.
Stay for the story.

Select appearances, conversations, dinners, and signings.

18JUL

Brooklyn, NYBooks Are Magic

Conversation + Signing Tickets 26JUL

Washington, DCBold Fork Books

Cocktails + Stories Details 08AUG

Oakland, CASobre Mesa

Homecoming Dinner Waitlist 21AUG

Los Angeles, CANow Serving

Conversation + Signing Tickets View all dates

04 Restaurants + projects

Places with
a pulse.

Restaurants and rooms built for flavor, culture, and connection.

Oakland, California

Sobre Mesa

Cocktail bar + cultural room

Explore ↗

Oakland, California

alaMar

Seafood + Dominican soul

Explore ↗

San Francisco, California

Meski

Ethiopian + Afro-Latino

Explore ↗

Guests gathered beneath the Come Sober, Left Sobre sign at Sobre Mesa

05 Open invitation

Bring Nelson to the table

Let’s make
something felt.

For brands, stages, screens, and tables that want more than a name on the menu.

01 Brand + culinary partnerships
02 Speaking + media
03 Private experiences
04 Creative consulting

Collaborate ↗ Media inquiries →

06 In the conversation

Stories, profiles, and conversations from Nelson’s world.

Forbes A chef expanding the language of Afro-Latino hospitality Feature / 2026 Food & Wine The cocktails carrying memory forward Books / 2026 Eater Where Oakland gathers after dark Restaurants / 2025

Roasted bone marrow with toast and cocktails at Sobre Mesa — At the table · Sobre Mesa

Chef Nelson German inside Sobre Mesa — Chef Nelson German · Sobre Mesa

Guests gathering around a table in a lively dining room — A room in motion

Cover of Caribbean Cocktails by Nelson German and Andréa Lawson Gray — Caribbean Cocktails · The book

Chef Nelson German

The work begins with memory.

Raise a glass.Tell the story.

Meet Nelson.Taste the book.Stay for the story.

Places witha pulse.

Sobre Mesa

alaMar

Meski

Let’s makesomething felt.

Stories, profiles, and conversations from Nelson’s world.

Stay closeto the story.

Raise a glass.
Tell the story.

Meet Nelson.
Taste the book.
Stay for the story.

Places with
a pulse.

Let’s make
something felt.

Stay close
to the story.