MODU JAITEH
CHEF
Modou Jaiteh was born and raised in The Gambia, West Africa, and moved to the US in 2009. He started cooking in North Carolina, mostly because he missed home and his Mother's cooking. He worked in Kitchens in New York, Boulder, and New Orleans, and started Jacaranda, a restaurant illustrating the Africanization of American cuisine and agriculture in Colorado. Modou is now living in the Lowcountry, and is the Head Chef at Lowcountry Fresh, Market and Cafe, in Bluffton. His cooking explores relationships, especially the connections between the food he grew up eating in West Africa and the food traditions here in the South.