GTCO FOOD AND DRINK: I WANT TO INTRODUCE JOLLOF RICE TO THAILAND – THAI CHEF, JUTAMAS THEANTAE
By Oki Samson, Trek Africa Newspaper
The experience at the just-concluded GTCO Food and Drinks Festival 2023 is one that will be relished for years to come by the speakers, vendors, international tourists, and local attendees at the event. This feeling was expressed by a Thai chef, Jutamas Theantae who spoke at a masterclass with the theme ‘Cooking with Thai Spices’.
Speaking with pressmen attended by Trek Africa Newspaper on the sidelines of the event, Theatae said: ‘I have been cooking for 25 years using Thai foods and spices. I am here to spread the knowledge. I will like to introduce jollof rice and afang soup and boiled plantain to Thailand because I have enjoyed it. I am in love with what you have here.’
Jutamas Theatae advised other chefs to ‘put your heart into what you do. It is about your happiness. Cooking is like painting, it is nox fixed to one formula. Be free to express yourself.’
Jutamas Theantae
The annual GTCO Food and Drink Festival commenced on Saturday 29th April 2023 and ended on Workers’ Day, Monday 1st May 2023. The masterpiece tourist event featured food, fun, music, dance, games, and masterclass sessions.
Drawing over 200 vendors from within and outside Nigeria, Trek Africa Newspaper can report that the GTCO Food and Drink Festival featured various local dishes, continental cuisines, finger foods, cocktails, assorted drinks, and more. There was also a playground for children of all ages in the massive GTCentre Lekki Lagos venue of the food event where children were treated to non-stop games, fun, and entertainment.
