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Fired UpAuthor: Dapo Kolawole / Citispoon
From Citispoon, It's Fired Up. A show that highlights the best chefs, restauranteurs, eateries, and everything in between that Chicago has to offer. Discover the stories behind their businesses in the restaurant industry and different foodie neighborhoods in Chicago and Chicagoland. Language: en-us Genres: Arts, Business, Entrepreneurship, Food Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Fired Up with Mitzi Coaker Chef of M Catering
Episode 5
Monday, 29 March, 2021
Chicago may not have a “Little Haiti” neighborhood like the one in Miami but Chicago has a unique connection to Haiti. Chicago's first non-Indian settler was Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, a black man who was born in Haiti. ... He settled along the northern bank of the Chicago River near Lake Michigan, where he built a successful trading post and farm.As Haitians migrated to Chicago, they brought with them cooking traditions and practices from Haiti. The Haitian cuisine, is a Creole cuisine, that originates from a blend of several culinary styles that populated the western portion of the island of Hispaniola, namely the African, French, indigenous Taíno, Spanish and Arab influence.And this brings us to today’s story. A story for the search of a better future passed down from generation to generation. When Mitzi Coaker launched M Catering after graduating from the Joseph Business School, in Forest Park Il, she set her mind to do just that. But her story didn’t start there. During the the unrest in Haiti, Mitzi’s parents moved the family to the US when Mitzi and her siblings were young and they settled in Chicago. As with most immigrant parents, they wanted her to pursue a stable, safe, prestigious career, so Mitzi as you would hear, became a Chemist, which of course didn’t last long.
