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MasterChef alum and her daughter now serve jerk chicken and chop cheese tacos at Brooklyn Children’s Museum

Chef Shelly Flash calls it "a beautiful full-circle moment." She and her daughter Jataun run the café as 2 Girls & a Cookshop on Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., through Jan. 31.

By Bushwick Daily News Desk

Nov. 9, 2026 · 3 min read

Two images: the Brooklyn Children's Museum's green wall with its name in silver letters under a yellow tiled facade; inset, two smiling women in black JAMAICAN TACOS T-shirts, one with long green braids, the other in a green, yellow and black headwrap flashing a peace sign.
Shelly and Jataun Flash of 2 Girls & a Cookshop (inset) and the Brooklyn Children's Museum in Crown Heights, where the mother-daughter team now runs the café through Jan. 31. Photos: Bigtimepeace via Wikimedia Commons, public domain (museum); courtesy of 2 Girls & a Cookshop (inset). Composite by Bushwick Daily
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MasterChef alum and her daughter now serve jerk chicken and chop cheese tacos at Brooklyn Children’s Museum

Chef Shelly Flash calls it "a beautiful full-circle moment." She and her daughter Jataun run the café as 2 Girls & a Cookshop on Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., through Jan. 31.

Crown Heights · · 3 min read
MasterChef alum and her daughter now serve jerk chicken and chop cheese tacos at Brooklyn Children’s Museum
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2 Girls & a Cookshop, the Jamaican mother-daughter team of Shelly and Jataun Flash, began a culinary residency at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum café in Crown Heights on Saturday, November 7, serving Jamaican tacos and street food through January 31 as the newest vendor in the Museum’s Culinary Residency Incubator & Support Program.

The residency runs from Saturday, November 7, 2026, through Sunday, January 31, 2027, with regular service at the café on Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays from 11 a.m. to…

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