Dieuveil Malonga
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Podcast Appearances
The good thing with food, like food bring people together, food on the border.
I believe the new generation really are pushing now to promote the amazing food heritage we have in the continent.
My name is Jovay Malonga and I'm a chef.
I've worked in many restaurants from Paris, from Germany, U.S., Japan, Thailand.
My experience in a fine dining restaurant around the world was amazing.
I've learned amazing technique.
I've met amazing people.
I realized myself that I wanted to know more about Pan-African cuisine.
And I took the initiative like to go back to the continent.
I wanted to learn.
I wanted to go back to school, to the grandmother school.
I took two years just traveling in Africa.
I've learned about food, about culture, and also about the continent, the history.
And I go to learn by grandmother about Africans' cuisine.
First, it's not just African cuisine.
It's countries.
cuisine.
Africa is a continent with 54 countries.
I've visited more than 48 countries.
I started with Cameroon.