Agency to host native meals competition

A meals model, Firewood Rice Nigeria, has introduced the debut of its native meals competition aimed toward preserving Nigeria’s culinary heritage, significantly jollof rice cooked over firewood.

The Founder and Chief Government Officer of Firewood Rice Nigeria, Chizoma Chikwueke, stated the occasion, titled the “Firewood Jollof Pageant,” will likely be held on November 30, 2024, in keeping with an announcement.

“We’re right here to let everybody know that we’re having our inaugural Firewood Jollof Pageant on the thirtieth of November at Muri Okunola Park,” Chikwueke stated, noting that Firewood Jollof started in 2016.

“There was a necessity for Firewood Jollof. We took that bull by the horn and we launched Firewood Jollof on the third of Could in 2016. And from that time until now, I don’t assume there’s ever been a day we have now not cooked Firewood Jollof Rice.”

Chikwueke famous that demand for the firewood-cooked Jollof rice has been excessive, resulting in a fast enlargement of her enterprise.

“At present, we have now a workers power of over 120 individuals. We cater to over 50 corporates each day. We’ve got two working retailers, and we have now catered to over 3,000-plus occasions. Firewood Jollof has been in enterprise for eight years, and we’re taking it a step additional,” she added.

The businesswoman defined that the competition is greater than a celebration of meals however a dedication to the cultural preservation of what she believed captured the genuine style of the dish.

“We’re attempting to protect that tradition in order that generations after us will know there’s a strategy to cook dinner Jollof rice,” she stated. “There are different strategies of cooking Jollof rice, but it surely doesn’t provide you with that genuine firewood style. We wish to protect this tradition, this heritage, and never throw it away.”