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Making Zambian food visible.

Clara Kapelembe Bwali
Nutritious peanut butter porridge, the recipe featured by Chefs' Manifesto
Chef Clara named a Culinary Innovator alongside Jenny Morris and Greg Henderson at the Good Life Show
Clara Kapelembe Bwali at the U.S. Embassy's American Spaces Zambia
The Contemporary African Kitchen, the cookbook featuring Clara's recipe
Clara Kapelembe Bwali speaking on a panel

Chefs' Manifesto

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January 2026

Recipe feature: Nutritious Peanut Butter Porridge

A traditional Zambian porridge recipe featured through the UN SDG2-aligned Chefs' Manifesto and Good Food For All initiative.

Wine Enthusiast

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Buka fish with rape

A Zambian fish and leafy-greens recipe featured by the international wine and food magazine.

Contemporary African Kitchen

Recipe feature in Chef Alexander Smalls' Contemporary African Kitchen cookbook

A home-cooking recipe contributed alongside chefs from across the continent, published by Phaidon.

Embassy of the Republic of Zambia, Ankara

Recipe features in the Embassy's quarterly newsletter

Two recipes commissioned for the Embassy's newsletter in Turkey: a fish curry (October 2024) and curried chicken drumsticks (March 2025).

U.S. Embassy in Zambia

27 September 2024

Speaker at a U.S. Embassy-supported entrepreneurship talk

Spoke on "Building Your Future: Navigating Career Growth and Entrepreneurship" at American Corner, Copperbelt University.

Uptime

November 2024

Content handpicked for the Uptime app's global creator platform

Selected for the app's global creator showcase, reaching an audience of over 12 million users.

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