Guerrilla Cuisine mixes food and art

It's clear that jimihatt enjoys what he does. He loves food, he loves art and he is passionate about his hometown of Charleston. And he's always looking for the next thing to keep his "guerrilla lifestyle" going.

Meet his newest venture: Guerrilla Gallery. He describes it as a more pared down version of his underground restaurant, Guerrilla Cuisine, with fewer courses and fewer available tickets.

The next Guerrilla Gallery is slated for Saturday, and it will feature the works of Scott Debus, a well-known local artist who has been featured previously at Scoop Studios and Kulture Klash. Dubus' style often is graffiti-like and pop-culture laden, and he works in mediums from colored pencil to silkscreen.

And for the first time in three years, jimihatt is doing the cooking, along with the team he calls his "All Stars."

"Part of the art is that the chef plates in front of people. I want to convey that food is art," jimihatt says. "And we're really trying to convey that the art on the wall transcends to the art of the plate."

Guerilla Gallery isn't the first time art has been included in a jimihatt event. Actually, numerous past events have included artists, many of whom have generously donated art to Guerilla Cuisine. Jimihatt counts those donated pieces as part of his private collection, and although he has ideas in the future to show them by appointment only, he has no firm plans as of yet.

Artist Lisa Shimko has participated in multiple GC events, and she is slated for another one March 13. She has donated art to GC each time she has participated, even going so far as to be inspired by the guerrilla grenade concept in her work.

"It is great to be part of that energy and creatively interesting, letting go of the reins and seeing what happens," she says.

And as for the idea that Guerilla Gallery has changed somewhat from its first concept?

"Jimi changes his mind, but that is just part of the fun, part of the guerrilla experience," she said.

It is promised to be an underground experience after all.