1st Annual Jerk & Jollof Cookoff
Sat, Sep 27
|Madison
Join us for an unforgettable cultural celebration centered around food, music, and community. The Jerk & Jollof Cookoff brings together cooks from across the world to battle for bragging rights — and your taste buds will be the winners.
Time & Location
Sep 27, 2025, 3:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Madison, 2352 S Park St suite 101, Madison, WI 53713, USA
Guests
About the event
1st Annual Jerk & Jollof Cook-off
📅 Saturday, September 27, 2025 📍 The Hub – 4th Floor Event Space | 2352 S. Park Street, Madison, WI
Join us for an unforgettable cultural celebration centered around food, music, and community. The Jerk & Jollof Cook-off brings together cooks from across the world to battle for bragging rights — and your taste buds will be the winners.
Jollof rice is a beloved West African dish with roots in the 14th-century Wolof Empire, made from rice cooked in a rich tomato-based sauce with spices, vegetables, and stock. It spread across the region through trade and migration, evolving into a unifying yet highly contested culinary symbol, with each country passionately claiming to make the best version. Similarly, jerk cooking in the Caribbean—originating in Jamaica through a fusion of Indigenous Taíno techniques and African culinary traditions brought by escaped enslaved people (Maroons)—features meat marinated in a spicy…