{"id":333383,"date":"2017-07-02T12:00:49","date_gmt":"2017-07-02T12:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=333383"},"modified":"2017-07-02T12:00:49","modified_gmt":"2017-07-02T12:00:49","slug":"ghanaian-chef-to-cook-waakye-for-queen-elizabeth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/07\/ghanaian-chef-to-cook-waakye-for-queen-elizabeth\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghanaian chef to cook \u2018waakye\u2019 for Queen Elizabeth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ghanaian chef, Chef Elijah Amoo Addo has accepted a request by Queen Elizabeth to cook for her.<\/p>\n<p>Elijah Amoo Addo, a food stylist, was in the UK to receive the Queen\u2019s Young Leaders Award for his contribution to community development in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe most fascinating of it all is having to meet the Queen and for the Queen to ask me if I\u2019ll love to cook for her which obviously I said yes. I\u2019m going to cook one of our favourite dishes in Ghana, Waakye,\u201d he said in an interview after receiving the award.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-333389\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Elijah-Amoo-Addo.jpg\" alt=\"elijah-amoo-addo\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Elijah was recognized at the event in Buckingham Palace last week for his Food For All Program which is built on advocacy against food wastage.<\/p>\n<p>Through the program, he scouts for leftover foods from restaurants and food vendors to feed mentally challenged persons, and the needy.<\/p>\n<p>Elijah is among three Ghanaians who received the award among 60 young leaders in the Commonwealth.<\/p>\n<p>The other two are Winnifred Selby who provides bamboo bicycles and sanitary pads for deprived school pupils in the country and Efua Asibon.<\/p>\n<p>The recipients of the Queen\u2019s Young Leaders Award spent some days receiving mentoring and training from the University of Cambridge\u2019s Institute of Continuing Education in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Jonas Nyabor\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghanaian chef, Chef Elijah Amoo Addo has accepted a request by Queen Elizabeth to cook for her. 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