James Beard Award Profitable chef and proprietor of Compère Lapin and Bywater American Bistro in New Orleans, Nina Compton has introduced the joint ShaSha Lounge: the Social Support and Pleasure Membership.
Established between herself, her husband and enterprise accomplice Larry Miller, Candy Administration Group and Dolphin Leisure. The ShaSha Lounge serves as a membership cocktail membership and lounge in Crescent Metropolis.
ShaSha will provide unique memberships to the membership by way of the acquisition of Non Fungible Tokens (NFTs), permitting members to unlock elevated entry to the lounge, particular occasions and distinctive content material. A portion of all membership and lounge gross sales shall be reserved to assist help future catastrophe aid within the area.
“When enthusiastic about our subsequent idea in New Orleans, Larry and I wanted to ensure no matter we created gave again to town we love, which is likely one of the many causes we’re so enthusiastic about ShaSha,” mentioned Compton. “As a substitute of being reactive every time a pure catastrophe hits the area, we’re selecting to be proactive and lift funds now, so we are able to disperse instantly on the time of want.”
As a way to help this effort, Compton and Miller enlisted the award-winning cooks – Marc Forgione, Michelle Bernstein, Rodney Scott, Tiffani Faison and Stephanie Izard as companions in ShaSha. Every of those cooks will contribute quarterly to the membership’s line-up of latest cocktails, whereas collaborating in reside and digital occasions for its members.
Together with serving its group, ShaSha Lounge will provide a choose vary of memberships to be bought as NFTs, permitting them to be verifiable and transferable blockchain-based memberships.
Possession of those membership NFTs will present the holder with a myriad of distinctive and one-of-a-kind experiences and alternatives, together with entry to personal areas and occasions at ShaSha, digital occasions with chef companions, unique content material and nationwide eating perks.
As a way to guarantee experience and safety, ShaSha partnered with Valence, which specialises in devoted NFT experiences and structure for creators and types.
Compton and Miller are at the moment evaluating a number of places in New Orleans and plan to open the membership in 2023. ShaSha Lounge will embrace a bar, intimate lounge and personal areas for particular occasions, uncommon tastings, and cocktail lessons. Gentle bites created by Compton shall be accessible, in addition to musical performances.