I love cooking low country, South Carolina style of Gullah foods.
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Receive Text UpdatesMy grandmother, great aunt, Edna Lewis, Mashama Bailey, Chef Cliff Rome and geechie cuisine in general. The favorite food memories of planning the menus as a kid with my family. Knowing that we’d have oysters in our dressing for thanksgiving and a pork roast to nibble on while cooking for the holiday. Helping to prep the sweet potatoes for pies.
What's your all time favorite dish to make?Low country gumbo with a side of cornbread and carolina rice.
What would you do with the $25,000?I’d open an affordable state-of the-art (cloud kitchen) in the south side of Chicago community of Chatham. So that my fellow local chefs of color still catering from their homes and basements. Will have a professional facility available for them to come and create and nurture their craft and businesses.
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