
1 The Friday morning kickoff event for the Cayman Cookout is always José Andrés's beachfront demo, for which he prepares some type of spectacular entrance. This…

2 José Andrés, Eric Ripert, and Tony Bourdain follow the samba dancers with pisco sours already in hand

3 Daniel Boulud enjoys himself watching from the sidelines, and immediately becomes the butt of most of José's jokes.

4 The large paella pans are oiled down and waiting to go on the wood fires contained by rings of cinder blocks

6 Today's demo is fideuà, a variation on paella that substitutes short toasted pasta instead of rice. Sauteing the lobster is the first step.

7 Oh no, horrors! José suddenly realizes that there is not enough lobster for the larger than anticpated crowd, so.....

8 José Andrés, thinking fast, races down to the beach where he manages to pull freshly caught lobster out of a kayak that happens to be conveniently nearby. Kinda…

10 While the fideuà is cooking, time to do a quick demo of making gazpacho, if only the blender would cooperate

12 Video of José Andrés kicking off the 2015 Cayman Cookout with an entertaining take on making lobster fideuà on the beach with gazpacko and pineapple pisco…

13 Daniel Boulud watches with his newborn, as José Andrés strips out of chef jacket, pisco sour in hand

14 The lobster was first cooked half way and then reserved. Next the sofrito and fideuà pasta was started. Once that has cooked sufficiently, the lobster is…