Catina Smith Says Just Call Her Chef

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4.6 • 592 Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2020

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Catina Smith was looking to create a sisterhood of Black chefs in Baltimore when she had the idea to launch a calendar to raise money and awareness. The photographer came up with the name and a movement was born. Today, Just Call Me Chef is a close-knit group that highlights and uplifts Black women chefs through professional networking, mentorship, and more. We sat down with JCMC founder Cat to hear about her plans for expanding nationally, her vision for a “historic” Just Call Me Chef conference in 2021, and what’s next for her life and career. Cat’s worked in “every crevice of culinary,” as she describes it, and she’s about to give birth to her third child! Listen for ways that you can help Just Call Me Chef achieve its goals and mission. Visit justcallmechef.co for merch and donation options and to be notified of the upcoming membership enrollment.

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0:00.0	Hey, boys and girls are all fired up.
0:07.0	I'm the world chicken, baby, and we're all about it. Hey everyone, welcome to Radio Cherrybaum, the number one female-focused food podcast in the universe.
0:23.9	I'm your host, Carrie Diamond, coming to you from Brooklyn, New York.
0:28.3	Today's guest is Katina Smith. She's a Baltimore-based chef and activist and is the force behind Just Call Me Chef.
0:35.1	As Kat describes it, Just Call Me Chef is a sisterhood of black chefs,
0:39.1	a professional networking organization, and an opportunity for its members to provide help and
0:43.7	mentorship to each other. The group launched in 2018, with chefs from the Baltimore scene,
0:49.5	and ever since, Kat's been busy laying the groundwork to turn it into a national organization.
0:54.9	Where Happy Chef Kat was able to join us, because Kat is taking a short pause this summer
0:59.9	because she's about to give birth to a baby boy. Wonderful news. Congratulations to Kat and her family.
1:07.0	Let's do some housekeeping. Thank you to Breyer's Carb Smart for supporting today's show.
1:11.6	I love those mint fudge bars.
1:13.5	And we have a new sponsor, Sonos.
1:16.2	Welcome to the Bomb Squad Sonos.
1:18.2	The folks at Sonos sent me their new Sonos move speaker to test out, which was very exciting.
1:23.3	So stay tuned.
1:24.7	Also, the Radio Cherry Bomb Summer tour continues next week. Our tour celebrates
1:28.8	Padma Lakshmi's new Hulu series, Taste the Nation, and we've been stopping by the city
1:33.3	she celebrates in each episode. On Tuesday, July 7th, we're celebrating Peruvian cuisine
1:38.8	in Patterson, New Jersey, and on Thursday the 9th, it's sushi and pokey in Honolulu. On each stop, we're talking
1:46.1	with women from the local immigrant and indigenous communities about their culture and cuisine,
1:51.3	and some members of the crew join us, too. We've had beautiful conversations, so don't miss the last two.
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