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10/05/2024

Arrival at A:shiwi Tribal Colllege at Zuni--President Hayes Lewis, wonderul, friendly faculty, students and staff, and a Zuni dinner, including tamales and Zuni pudding. We're off to a great start!

09/05/2024

Heading off to Zuni at noon with Chef Mhlelusizo Ncube and diplomat Thembi Silundika. Hayes Lewis, the Executive Director of A:shiwi College and Career Readiness Center at Zuni has invited us for a very full and exciting visit with culinary students at the school—a Zuni meal, a tour of the village, a presentation to the Zuni Senior Center and working with the culinary students to prepare a contemporary Zimbabwe dinner for the College’s Board of Trustees, guests and staff. Stay tuned!

02/05/2024

I want to share some good news with you:

Chef Mhlelusizo Ncube is speaking about "Revolutionizing African Food" at Santa Fe Community College on Tuesday, May 7 beginning at 6 pm.

Chef Ncube has 17 years of exquisite fine dining experience with Renowned Hotels and Lodges, Victoria Falls Safari Lodges, Asara Wine Estate & Hotel, Singita Pamushana (Zimbabwe), Singita Lodges (South Africa), Royal Caribbean International (Independence of the Seas and Rhapsody of the Seas) sailing the Caribbean Islands, Europe ,America, and Israel.

She has a strong passion for Indigenous African Foods with the use of moringa currently in her dishes. She is a strong advocate for rural tourism.

Her accomplishments include:

Leading African Women in Food Fellowship 2024, African Top Chefs
State Department Mandela Washington Fellow, University of Nevada at Reno, 2022
Events & Networking Coordinator, Young African Leadership Initiative (YALI) Southern Africa Region, Zimbabwe Chapter
Founder of Stir-Up African Chefs

In addition, Chef Ncube comes from a rural village. She and her family raise cattle, goats, sheep, and chickens.

We hope that you can join us for this exciting evening. The event will be held at:

Santa Fe Community College
6401 Richards Av
Santa Fe NM 87508
West Wing
Room 212

PLEASE NOTE: Santa Fe College is NOT sponsoring this. If you would like more information, please contact me directly. There will be no one to answer calls that evening, There is no registration - just show up!

Chef Ncube’s visit to New Mexico is sponsored by:

Talin Market
Jambo Cafe
A:Shiwi College and Career Readiness Center
Three anonymous donors
and IndigeNOW!

We look forward to seeing you there!


Thank you.


Gordon Bronitsky, PhD
President
Bronitsky and Associates/IndigeNOW!
216 Edith SE
Albuquerque, NM 87102
USA

Web: www.indigenow.com
Email: [email protected]
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02/05/2024

The New Mexico tour of Zimbabwe chef Mhlelusizo Ncube is off to a great start. Coming up—meeting with Isleta Pueblo stock raisers, speaking in Santa Fe about Revolutionizing African Food and three days at Zuni with A:Shiwi Tribal College culinary students.

And now I’m beginning to work towards bringing the next Indigenous chef to New Mexico—Guatemalan Maya chef Santos Canel.

Here is some information about him. The ultimate goal—an annual international Indigenous culinary festival and trade show which will showcase Indigenous chefs and Indigenous food producers from around the world.
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Guatemala—Chef Santos Canel
Date and place of birth: February 12, 1982 Caserío Jaibalito, Santa Cruz La Laguna, Sololá
Cell: 4050-0500- 56920807
Email: Languages:
Kaqchiquel
Spanish
Basic English

Academic and professional training:
• National Cuisine Diploma, Santorini culinary academy, Guatemala City.
• Professional chef title, Santorini culinary academy, Guatemala City
• Professional chef certificate, Santorini Culinary Academy and Ministry of Education, Guatemala City.
• Basic Food Preparation Diploma. INTECAP, Sololá, Sololá.
• Bachelor of Legal and Social Sciences (Closure of pensum) at the Mariano Gálvez University of Guatemala.

Work experiences:
• Executive Chef, La casa del Mundo Hotel, Santa Cruz La Laguna, Sololá.
• Chef instructor of the Culinary Program, Training Center (CECAP) Santa Cruz La Laguna, Sololá, NGO.
• Qualifying jury on the reality TV show Culinary Challenge, chef Mirciny Moliviatis.
• Ethnographic research and preparation of recipes. Recipe Book "THE ROUTE OF SABOR. Gastronomy of Lake Atitlán. Prosol-ACDI-CECI-SOCODEVI
• Research and assembly of recipes for the "Cocina al día" program of Guatevisión. With eleven groups of women from 8 municipalities in the department of Sololá.
• Chef instructor of the Culinary Program, Training Center (CECAP) Santa Cruz La Laguna, Sololá, NGO.
• Internship advisor for cooking students of the culinary program, Centro de Capacitación CECAP Santa Cruz la Laguna.
• Consultant and facilitator for healthy cooking and native plants, healthy schools and school gardens, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock MAGA, Sololá.
• Creative cuisine diploma, South Coast Youth Meeting.
• Consultant and Facilitator in the gastronomic area. With eleven groups of women from 8 municipalities in the Lake Atitlán basin. Prosol-ACDI-CECI-SOCODEVI
• Qualifying jury in several municipalities and departments of Guatemala for gastronomic festivals.
• Bachelor of Legal and Social Sciences (Closure of pensum) at the Mariano Gálvez University of Guatemala.
• healthy cooking television programs, NIM TV Community Channel.
• Founder and director of the community center for young people, Nuevo Día, Caserío Jaibalito Santa cruz la Laguna.
• Youth for Justice and Artists Diploma, Guatemala City

28/04/2024

Chef Mhlelusizo Ncube has arrived!
Chef Ncube’s visit is sponsored by:

Talin Market talinmarket.com
Jambo Cafe https://jambocafe.net/
A:Shiwi College and Career Readiness Center https://www.facebook.com/ashiwicollegecareerreadinesscenter/
two anonymous donors

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