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Fleer and Shanti had similar culinary interests: celebrating African and African American culinary traditions. Fleer hired Shanti serve as chef de cuisine and to help create the menu at Benne on Eagle, the restaurant at The Foundry Hotel in Asheville. [2] The restaurant opened in December 2018. [9] [10]
Shanti has served as the executive chef at Benne on Eagle, competed on Season 19 of Bravo’s reality television series “Top Chef,” and cooked for diners at numerous special events across the ...
Benne on Eagle was established in December 2018 in an area known as "the Block" in Asheville, and was once a flourishing African-American community known for Appalachian cuisine. [8] The restaurant was designed to celebrate Black cuisine, and Fleer who is White, hired chef Hanan Shabazz, and chef de cuisine Ashleigh Shanti who are Black to help ...
Shanti, former chef at Benne on Eagle downtown where she was named a James Beard Award Finalist for Rising Star Chef in 2020, has worked in establishments including Minibar in Washington, D.C.
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Benne seeds first came to the U.S. via ships carrying enslaved Africans. Enslaved peoples would grow benne plants in their own small gardens on Lowcountry plantations. The plantation owners also grew benne with the intent that its oil could be used as a cheaper alternative to imported olive oil. [1] [2] [3] [4]
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