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Celebrate plant based ingredients with this bright and colourful Carribbean Quinoa, Mango and Tofu Salad from Chef Ace Pachuau☀️ 🥗🥭

"It’s named Caribbean because of its sunny colors and its traditional Caribbean flavors of mango and curry. Bonus points because it’s vegan... and high in #protein and #fiber."

Link in bio for the full #recipe

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#September opportunities are here 📣 You know the drill! DM us to get involved - want to highlight YOUR WORK 🙌

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What a day it was at the #SouthAfrica Chefs’ Manifesto Action Hub! An enthusiastic gathering of chefs, culminating in a bountiful array of knowledge and perspectives.

The highlights:

👉A warm welcome from Dr Hema from FERL, Vice President Coovasham Pillay from SA Chefs ...Association, and Chef @lornamaseko
👉Cooking demonstrations: @chefmokgadi_itsweng and @chefpinkydread - ingredient swaps to bring indigenous foods back into our homes
👉Decolonising our food system to harness the power of our Indigenous foods for Food security and Planetary health - An incredible panel featuring Dr Hema Kesa, Dr Brittany Kesseman, Chef @eat_to.thrive, Josephine Katumba @gcwalisa_sa and Siphiwe Sithole from @africanmarmalade
👉A fantastic display from @gcwalisa_sa and the local ingredients they have in their community-focussed retail store that aims to re-introduce indigenous ingredients back into homes.

Thank you to everyone involved, it was incredible to see the passion in #SouthAfrica to drive change towards sustainable food systems transformation together!

Stay tuned for more on the exciting dishes! 👀 #ChefsManifesto

Today we are at the @university_of_ johannesburg partnering with @FERL_research, South African Chefs’ Association and Blue Water Group Africa, to launch the #ChefsManifesto Action Hub in South Africa! 🙌🏽

We have amazing chefs, researchers, farmers, policy makers, retailers and many... other key voices in South Africa’s food system to look at how best we can work together to drive change through the plate. Looking forward to some inspiring and empowering conversations, celebrating indigenous ingredients and crops! #SouthAfrica #Africa

Yesterday was such an inspiring day at #AFSForum2024, Culinary Village! Today served as a melting pot of #flavours and ideas, with our #chefs demonstrating

👉 How High-Iron Beans can be utilised in school meals
👉 Farm to fork philosophy and the power of culinary storytelling to ...highlight sourcing from local farmers
👉 The diversity of indigenous ingredients in African cuisine

A special thank you to Chefs @chefpinkydread @chef_bigayim @chefkiranjethwa @moyo_rb and @dieuveilmalonga for their amazing efforts showcasing underutilised ingredients and treating the attendees to some delicious dishes 👏

We look forward to what today brings in building a more #nourishing and resilient future. 🌍

Stay tuned for more flavorful adventures ahead.

#BeansisHow #GoodFood4All @agra_africa @afsforum

What’s in store for the #ChefsManifesto at the Africa Food Systems Forum this year? Here are some clues 🫘🌍🍔⏲️ Keep watching to find out 👀👉 #GoodFood4All #BeansisHow #reels #kigali #afsforum24

Here we are in September! It’s Thematic Area 6: A focus on plant-based ingredients🍅🍆🫘🌽

This month, consider making vegetables, beans and pulses the centre of your dishes and champion plant-rich proteins on your menus and in your restaurants!🌿

🌍Make sure to ...share with us what you love about plant based ingredients and how you use them! Let’s make positive food systems change together. #Goodfood4All #ChefsManifesto #Beansishow #beansonthemenu

#reels

We are excited to be attending the Africa Food Systems Summit in Kigali, Rwanda🇷🇼 with a fantastic group of chefs! @moyo_rb @chefpinkydread @chef_bigayim @chefkiranjethwa
Join us at the Culinary Village for 3 days of conversation & inspiration! We’re putting African cuisines front ...and centre with Recipes of Change, with delicious recipes showcasing underutilised ingredients to feed an appetite for transformation. 🌍

We all need to come together to drive solutions that positively transform our food systems.

2-6 September
Follow along with us through the week!👀

#GoodFood4All afsforum
#AFSForum2024 #InnovateAccelerateScale

What an enriching month it's been celebrating local and seasonal food with you all! As we continue to champion diversity in diets and with the month coming to an end, we asked 5 chefs from around the world, what local and seasonal meant to them.🌏 🌱

SWIPE for more👉 and comment... below local and seasonal means to you 💬👇 #ChefsManifesto #GoodFood4All

#sustainable #chefs #ecofriendly