Journey via Culinary Character
My road to Culinary Character hasn't always been an easy one, but it’s an important part of my journey with food that will last a lifetime. I’m so thrilled that you’ve decided to join me, enjoy the ride.
I’ve always considered myself to have this special ability of being able to backtrack many stages of my life through food.
I was raised in a Jamaican household in the city of Philadelphia where there was never a dull time or plate.
My preteen years/middle school years was a changing time for me, this was my introduction to the beauty of both Habesha culture and Sudanese cuisine simultaneously, what a time.
My transition from a young adult to adult was the pivotal moment when I decided it was all or nothing with food and somehow. I ended up on a journey to travel the world plate by plate.
“What kind of food do you make?”
My plate tour consisted of stops to Spain, Italy, India, Japan, Thailand, Liberia, Morocco, Peru, Mexico, Trinidad, and back to my home in Jamaica. When I founded Culinary Character, the most common question that I would get is “what kind of food do you make?” I could never come up with an answer that would accentuate my culinary objective. I love food that is homey but not heavy, simple yet attractive, complex but clear in its intention to reach you and tell my story. So, today, when asked that same question my answer is gourmet fusion food.
Food = Technique + Science+ Time.
I never attended culinary school, not because I didn't think it wasn't a great idea or because I didn't get in but because my vision was already too far in place. I already knew the kind of food I wanted to put out to the world and so I became my own student in doing just that. Through countless research, acquiring a library of textbooks, testing equipment and hours in the kitchen I realized the formula to food is simple: Technique + science + time.