#ambassadorscookoffzw
#AmbassadorsCookOffZW ,2025 -#Zvinyenze! #GoatTripe #GoatIntestines Good morning from my hospital bed, where I’m hooked up to a drip for a pesky bout of low blood pressure (nothing too serious, just enough to keep me off my feet for a bit). Even so, I couldn’t let this moment pass without reaching out to you all! Last year, I posed a question: "Beyond mastering linguistic and cultural skills, how many ambassadors serving in Zimbabwe 🇿🇼🇿🇼can whip up one of the country’s culinary classics? Have these diplomats learned to cook a good ol’ Zim staple without relying on their chefs?" From that curiosity, the #AmbassadorsCookOffZW was born. Thanks to eight diplomats who embraced the TeamFuloZim/Global challenge, they stepped up to the plate—quite literally—and prepared one of Zimbabwe’s beloved dishes: highfiridzi. By taking part in the 2024 #AmbassadorsCookOffZW, these eight ambassadors won over a whole new audience. They gained followers and connected with Zimbabweans—youth, elders, and everyday folks—they might never have otherwise met or spoken with. Now, it’s that time of year again. TeamFuloZim/Global is throwing down the gauntlet, inviting ALL ambassadors serving in Zimbabwe to participate in a #CookOff like no other. As announced on Sunday, March 2, 2025, this year’s challenge is to rustle up another Zimbabwean favourite: zvinyenze (goat tripe wrapped with goat intestines), alongside a separate dish of cow tripe, both served with the quintessential isitshwala/sadza/pap and greens such as kovho, rape, or nyevhe. Ambassadors, accept the challenge by replying with the hashtags #AmbassadorsCookOffZW and #TeamFulo 👍🏽. Follow TeamFuloZim/Global for updates, rules, and T&Cs. Start gathering your ingredients and share pics or videos of yourself shopping, chopping, and setting up your cooking space (but save the final dish reveal for a DM to TeamFuloZim/Global). Entries close on Friday, April 4, 2025, followed by LIVE polling. Ambassadors, check out the video below and keep an eye out for recipe cards from TeamFuloZim/Global’s Chef de Cuisine @VieMatongo and her deputy COOKING WITH LIA 👩🏾🍳🌱. TeamFuloZim/Global Family ! Tag the ambassadors you’d love to see take part. #DiplomatsCookForYou #TeamFulo #Graze #Banter #Friendship #CulturalImmersion PRESS PLAY▶️👇🏽
King Jay🇿🇼52,865 просмотров • 1 год назад
![Pane ziya, pane dovi. For the #AmbassadorsCookOffZW I’ve been learning about peanuts and making Dovi. [Part One..]](https://image.24vids.com/tw-1911670829949010364/amplify_video_thumb/1911670746478256128/img/erJ35W7KZmzyc0sM.jpg)
Tuesday was a profoundly moving day for TeamFuloZim/Global as I had the honour of joining Her Excellency Margret Verwijk Margret Verwijk, Ambassador of The Kingdom of the Netherlands to Zimbabwe, in handing over her prize from the 2025 #AmbassadorsCookOffZW to a cause close to her heart. Affectionately known as “Manyoni”, Ambassador Verwijk was crowned the winner of this year’s Cook-Off with her delicious #PeanutButterRice and #RoadRunnerChicken ,a true celebration of Zimbabwean flavours. But her real victory lay not in the kitchen, but in the kindness she showed afterwards. Her prize is a generous 250 litres of paint, donated by TK Chemicals, makers of Jordan Paints. Her chosen recipient is Jairos Jiri Children’s Home and School in Harare ,a place quietly carrying out the kind of work that should make headlines. The school is home to over 140 children living with disabilities, supported by a tireless team of educators, carers and physiotherapists. Their mission is simple but profound: to restore dignity, offer education, and give these young souls a fair shot at life. Their facilities, however, tell a tougher story ,walls in desperate need of colour and care. Experts tell us this donation can cover over 2,000 square metres. That’s hope applied one stroke at a time. Being there was more than humbling. It was a wake-up call. A reminder that there are institutions quietly doing the heavy lifting, far from the spotlight, often under-resourced, but still showing up every single day for the most vulnerable among us. To the Jairos Jiri team ,your work is sacred. Thank you for what you do. To TK Chemicals ,your generosity will leave a mark in lives. To H.E. @MargretVerwijk ,thank you for leading with heart and grace, and for choosing to uplift where it’s most needed. To all the incredible ambassadors who made this year’s #AmbassadorsCookOffZW so memorable ,Canada’s Adler ARISTILDE🇨🇦 Adler Aristilde, Australia’s Australian Embassy, Zimbabwe Minoli Perera, Pakistan’s Consul General Murad Baseer, Türkiye’s @BernaKasnakli, France’s Barets Paul-Bertrand and the UK’s Pete Vowles ,thank you for bringing diplomacy to the dinner table in the most meaningful way. And finally, to my TeamFuloZim/Global crew ,Chef Vie Matongo, Lia Larsen and Ish Rupanga ,thank you for being the engine behind this dream. Graze and banter brought us here . It’s was about community, compassion and the kind of collaboration that actually changes lives. TeamFuloZim/Global #Graze #Banter #Friendship #JairosJiri Chef Vie 💙 🇿🇼 COOKING WITH LIA 👩🏾🍳🌱 Ishmael Rupanga
King Jay🇿🇼34,670 просмотров • 1 год назад
Little tour of Domboshova town today & ShowGround market. Came home with fresh tomatoes, onions, tsunga, sugar beans, wisdom & smiles. #AmbassadorsCookOffZW is a full cultural experience! 🇨🇦Chihwa not playing games. Roadrunner & I both ready to cook😁🇨🇦💪🏆 🎵credit: O. Mtukudzi
Adler ARISTILDE🇨🇦32,370 просмотров • 1 год назад
#AmbassadorsCookOffZW Please Repost. Last year the #AmbassadorsCookOffZW ended with great food ,bragging rights, and most importantly it ended with something far more meaningful. When the Kingdom of The Netherlands Ambassador to Zimbabwe Margret Verwijk ,winner of the 2025 #AmbassadorsCookOffZW , handed over the first of 200 litres of paint donated by TK Chemicals manufacturers of Jordan Paints to the Jairos Jiri Children’s Centre in Southerton,Harare, it became a moment none of us in the room will forget. 😊 The centre, which houses children living with disabilities, welcomed the donation as a chance to brighten and refresh the buildings. Representatives from Jairos Jiri, TK Chemicals, and colleagues from the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Dutch Embassy Harare 🇳🇱 and myself, gathered for what turned into a deeply emotional handover ceremony. What started as a fun diplomatic cook-off had come full circle directly touching lives in our community. I must say I was cutting onions,eyes welling up 🥲 As we move closer to #AmbassadorsCookOffZW 2026, this video is a reminder of what happens when partners and sponsors step up. Together we can turn a friendly competition into real, visible impact. If your organisation is looking for a meaningful way to elevate your brand while supporting a worthy cause, this is your moment to come on board. Let’s cook,and give back. Let’s make an even bigger difference this year. Massive respect and thank you to all the ambassadors who participated in the first and second editions Pete Vowles (Samaita) Australian Embassy, Zimbabwe (Amai Manyama,H.E Minoli Perera) 🇦🇺Berna Kasnaklı Türkiye 🇹🇷 Barets Paul-Bertrand 🇫🇷 Consul General Murad Baseer 🇵🇰 (Redployed) Adler ARISTILDE🇨🇦 🇨🇦(Chihwa) First Edition in 2024 H.E Jobst von Kirchmann represented the EU. and C Mendes then Deputy Director of the WFP Zimbabwe won the inaugural #AmbassadorsCookOffZW. If you’d like to partner TeamFuloZim/Global in this year’s edition. Drop COOKING WITH LIA 👩🏾🍳🌱 a DM. #AmbassadorsCookOffZW #CookingForACause #CommunityImpact
King Jay🇿🇼10,463 просмотров • 4 месяцев назад
Why chase🏃💨a random chicken😜, when we can get the best choice huku yekumusha chaiyo chaiyo #paDust and support the local market paHatcliffe! Ichoo!! 🇦🇺💪🏽 TeamFuloZim/Global #AmbassadorsCookOffZW #Australia *Music copyrights: Mokoomba🇿🇼 “Bakalubale”
Australian Embassy, Zimbabwe24,637 просмотров • 1 год назад
After much consideration, the Ambassador of #Canada to #Zimbabwe, Adler ARISTILDE🇨🇦, confirmed to Chief Koti—on the sidelines of the recent Diplomat Awards—that he will be participating in this year’s edition of the #AmbassadorsCookOffZW! Let the culinary diplomacy begin! S/O sponsor TK Chemicals #VukaUgezeUbangene #TheChiefKotiShow #DiploEngagements Pete Vowles Consul General Murad Baseer Australian Embassy, Zimbabwe Margret Verwijk Berna Kasnaklı Barets Paul-Bertrand Jobst von Kirchmann Adler ARISTILDE🇨🇦 U.S. Embassy Harare Embassy of Japan in Zimbabwe /在ジンバブエ日本国大使館 Sweden in Zimbabwe 🇸🇪 Russian Embassy in Zimbabwe Zhou Ding Dutch Embassy Harare 🇳🇱 Embassy of South Africa in Harare, Zimbabwe Amb. Paul Amoru
Chief Koti23,318 просмотров • 1 год назад
🇳🇱 Preparing for #Zimbabwe 45 years of independence cooking up a 🇿🇼 classic 🐔🥜#RoadRunnerChicken with #peanutbutterrice for the #AmbassadorsCookoffZW. Lesson from last year: bigger portions! Here we go - for the win! Pete Vowles King Jay🇿🇼 TeamFuloZim/Global Barets Paul-Bertrand Australian Embassy, Zimbabwe
Margret Verwijk20,168 просмотров • 1 год назад
Zvimwe zvibikwa tatenga 🥬🍎and we loved every bit of our visit to the market #paDust! Tirikunyatsodzifambira nyaya dzacho!!😎😌 #AmbassadorsCookOffZW #RoadRunnerChicken #PeanutButterRice TeamFuloZim/Global #Australia🇦🇺 *Music copyrights: Mokoomba 🇿🇼 “Nzara Hapana”
Australian Embassy, Zimbabwe19,890 просмотров • 1 год назад