Interview with Chef Ahki
Celebrity chef and blogging sensation, Chef Ahki, reveals the story behind her journey to a plant based lifestyle; her celebrity clientele, and how food can ‘curse or cure’
Photograph taken by Michael Reese
“With Every BITE you’re giving Life or taking it AWAY”
How long have you followed a plant based diet and why did you decide on it?
I’ve followed a plant based diet for about 20 years now, I transitioned at the age of around 17- 18. At the time, I was very heavily involved in the Methodist Christian church and the guy I started to date – though he was not a Christian – was very aware of the bible verses that express that we should be eating plants; so the conversation started from that relationship, really. I was fascinated about the information in the bible and started to conduct my own research around it. So, from day one, my journey was not only about diet, but was a spiritual journey, too.
Did your heritage (being raised by four generations of medicine women) influence your ethos around food?