Mutiny Island Vodka Hosts Award-Winning Chef Sam Choy on St. Croix

The Mutiny Island Vodka Distillery and the Mill on the Christiansted Boardwalk were filled with St. Croix foodies on Monday and Tuesday.

Both crowds were eager to meet the James Beard award-winning Chef Sam Choy, taste his culinary appetizers and get a copy of his breadfruit cookbook.

Mutiny Island Vodka owner and award-winning chef Todd Manley and “Godfather of Poke” Choy have enjoyed a partnership with breadfruit since Choy tasted Manley’s first batch of distilled island vodka created in 2017. “It was the perfect distillation using the precious ingredients of breadfruit and Caribbean rainwater achieved together with award-winning master distiller Chris Richeson,” Manley said.

Choy took Manley to Hawaii and American Samoa and taught him everything [he] now knows about breadfruit, also known as ‘Ulu and pronounced (ooh-loo). “Sam took me in the right direction to learn of the opportunities for the production of breadfruit on this island with such uses as flour, pasta, pizza and more.”