GRIOTS REPUBLIC - AN URBAN BLACK TRAVEL MAG - SEPTEMBER 2016
September's issue is all about GLOBAL FOOD! Black Travel Profiles include Celebrity Chef Ahki, Soul Society's Rondel Holder, Dine Diaspora and Airis The Chef.
September's issue is all about GLOBAL FOOD! Black Travel Profiles include Celebrity Chef Ahki, Soul Society's Rondel Holder, Dine Diaspora and Airis The Chef.
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and that takes a chef a long way. I’m<br />
happy with what I do and how I do it,<br />
but my man, Patrick Clark, definitely<br />
inspired me. He was the first celebrity<br />
chef of African decent.<br />
GR: You have amassed thousands of<br />
followers on social media. How does<br />
that feel?<br />
Chef Jesse: It feels great. I was told<br />
many years ago that I bring charisma<br />
and character to the kitchen and that<br />
always stuck with me. I don’t try to sell<br />
myself. My food is an extension of me.<br />
My food is ‘me’ on a plate, nothing more<br />
nothing less.<br />
GR: So from a Global Food perspective,<br />
what is your favorite food?<br />
Chef Jesse: Apart from elegant neo<br />
soul food, French food is what I would<br />
love to delve into next. My next journey<br />
will, no doubt, land me in Paris real<br />
soon to learn more about French cuisine<br />
and the art of it all. Even now, when I<br />
plate my own food, I have French cuisine<br />
in mind as I arrange it. French food<br />
is appealing to all the senses. It’s nice<br />
to look at, smells great and it doesn’t<br />
take mounds of it to satisfy your tastes.<br />
That’s what I hope to achieve with my<br />
food, only with a little more punch.
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