3Jun

Cookbook easy? HA!

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Spunky, colorful and full of life, The Afropolitan Chef, Yetunde Taiwo is set to awaken the culinary world with the spices, flavors and distinctive aromas of Africa, with unprecedented execution and an expressively refreshing culinary experience. Her believe in the power of food to bring people together will inspire experienced cooks and novices to enjoy cooking and inviting friends and family over to enjoy African-fusion dishes that are quick, tasty and healthy.
Yetunde’s personality engages you through every page – from her writing, which is as fun and spicy as her food, to the mouth-watering photographs that were all taken by Yetunde herself. You feel the vibrancy, love and excitement for cooking tasty and healthy African inspired meals.

Recipes in the cookbook include:

• Jollof Rice with baked Chicken

• Spinach Sauce with Eba (made with cassava)

• Sweet Potatoes and Pan Seared Tilapia fish

• Wine seared steak with cous-cous

• Yam and Eggs with fried peppers

• Suya (Grilled steak with a spicy dry rub)

• Baked Salmon with pan seared peppers

• Creamy sweet potato soup

• Ikokore (Water yam porridge)

 

GET YOUR COPY HERE!

3Jun

AC in Applause magazine

Good Morning Foodies. Yay, Afroplitan Chef in it’s FIRST print publication. Hope you grab a copy of Applause magazine featuring Afropolitan Chef. log on to http://www.applauseafrica.com/ for more.. Yay! loads happening for AC stay tuned.

 

Applause magazine Feature: Photo by Codis Inc, Styled by Taiece Lanier and make up by Nydia K.

 

official entry: March 25, 2012

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3Jun

Pilot for Afropolitan Chef on TV

Just finished shooting the Pilot made for TV for Afropolitan Chef. 2012 is going to be AWESOME. It was funntasic. Follow Afropolitan Chef on twitter @afropolitanchef

I sincerely did not see this till like years from now. I had just simply always thought of the cookbook. But my mentor, Dale Marshall saw what I had been doing and considered me crazy for hiding it for this long. Can I just say how excited and stressed I was at the same time? It was one of those “oh my gwad, my life is about to change” moments. I took in every minute of it. The good, the challenging and the “oh my gwad” of it all.

Fashion, Food, Style. It’s my life on a plate from the African Perspective. African inspired- Cosmopolitan

 

 

 

official entry: December 21, 2011

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2Jun

Branding for Afropolitan Chef

I have been working on the branding for Afropolitan Chef for a while now. It’s still a work in progress, but I can certainly say I am happy with the colors. It’s fresh, vibrant and engaging. Absolutely fitting of what the intention is. A special thank you to my friend and photographer, Tommy Chung. I have known Tommy for what seems like forever.  He was so busy that day, we did the shoot for all this in less than 45 minutes. Only an awesome photographer can make that happen. yay Tommy.!

official entry:  June 26, 2011

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2Jun

Since 2009

So I woke up one day and had a total Eureka moment. Since then, I have been working tirelessly to get this concept kicked off. Today, I opened my facebook page to let the world know about Afropolitan Chef. After 2 years of only 2 people knowing about the project, It’s time to let it be known. www.facebook.com/afropolitanchef. Been working on it for a while (yah I know sometime silence is golden). Under the radar. Seriously trying to come correct. 🙂 Consider this a soft whisper. Hoping to go live soon. phew! Thanks for the support everyone. It  means a ton. So I played with fonts, color and everything under the sun for over 8 months. And thanks to my fantastic friend Jad who has a background in advertising/branding.  Between his vision and mine, I got my perfect logo. He suggested I write the word Chef with my own handwriting, so I could feel more connected to it. It worked. After writing the word Chef over 100 times. I got it down. I can write it with my eyes closed lol.  I have a love affair with Kiwi. My mother exposed me to it and I have been in love with Kiwi ever since. So, I had to add my one slice to the logo. The colors oh! the colors. Orange and Green. Once I began the design process, I completely felt divine order with it.  It represented my vision, Africa and an engaging connection to food.

 

It’s Afropolitan Chef  Official Introduction. My life on a plate. a Hybrid of African and Western Meals.

official entry: May 17, 2011

Eat with your HEART ™