A Zimbabwean is cooking up a storm as she chases the most sought after prize in the culinary industry in America.
Rue Rusike is competing on the reality show, Food Network Star where the winner gets their own show on the food Network. Rue, 26 (Brooklyn), is a private chef who has lived all over the globe. She is passionate about southern African cuisine and believes good cooking comes from love, patience and a happy soul.
Rue is ready to introduce her favorite dishes and heritage to a bigger audience by taking away some of the mystery and making the cuisine approachable to the everyday home cook.
She said she was ready for the show. “Honestly, I think every day, every five minutes, I was like: "Oh my, gosh. I'm going to be on Food Network." That was part of the preparation 'cause I was trying to prepare my mind for it. But I also called my mom and my sister and asked them what their favourite recipes were when we were growing up and the things they remember about the foods that they liked to cook and what they liked to eat. I thought that was important for me: to get in touch with what my family really loved about southern African food.
She added :”Win or lose, I just want to take away from this experience that it doesn't matter whether you have a different point of view or outlook when it comes to cuisines, because southern African isn't something that people really know very well in America. I want to take away a confidence within myself to say: "It doesn't matter what people think about what you do and the point of view you have if you go at it with your heart and your soul. You're going to come out on top one way or another."
Rue Rusike is competing on the reality show, Food Network Star where the winner gets their own show on the food Network. Rue, 26 (Brooklyn), is a private chef who has lived all over the globe. She is passionate about southern African cuisine and believes good cooking comes from love, patience and a happy soul.
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| Rue Rusike |
She said she was ready for the show. “Honestly, I think every day, every five minutes, I was like: "Oh my, gosh. I'm going to be on Food Network." That was part of the preparation 'cause I was trying to prepare my mind for it. But I also called my mom and my sister and asked them what their favourite recipes were when we were growing up and the things they remember about the foods that they liked to cook and what they liked to eat. I thought that was important for me: to get in touch with what my family really loved about southern African food.
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| Rue Rusike |
She added :”Win or lose, I just want to take away from this experience that it doesn't matter whether you have a different point of view or outlook when it comes to cuisines, because southern African isn't something that people really know very well in America. I want to take away a confidence within myself to say: "It doesn't matter what people think about what you do and the point of view you have if you go at it with your heart and your soul. You're going to come out on top one way or another."
