Rice and Spice: As Told By Chef Selasie Dotse (S5/E4)

With formal culinary training typically centering on European techniques, bringing distinctions of African culture to fine dining takes skill and heart, and with the West African-centered pop-up E Le Ade Test Kitchen, Chef Selasie Dotse is serving up both on a well plated platter!

This week, Kahja talks with Chef Selasie about growing up at the intersection of vastly different cultures and customs, not watering down your culinary aesthetic, leveraging community to start initiatives that focus on telling Black food stories, and using your craft to create a path to a global stage!

We also want to congratulate Chef Selasie on the amazing opportunity to head to Amsterdam as a Sous Chef at Restaurant Momi to show the world what we've been fortunate to have access to here in Oakland!

Recorded on location at Oakland Public Library

E Le Ade Test Kitchen

Chef Selasie Dotse

Restaurant Momi
 

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