Zuri Camille de Souza

Zuri Camille de Souza’s inspiration comes from her childhood in southwest India. Born to parents from different regions and religions, a Catholic father from Kenya and Goa and a Hindu mother from Pune and Bombay, it is through food that she explores her identity. For Zuri Camille de Souza: ” Cooking is a way of paying homage to my family, to all the love my grandmother put into the meals she prepared, to the walks I took with my father to compare dishes from the local food stalls, to my mother who explained to me that the best pie dough looks like the wet sand along the beach, and to my brother, enthusiastic about perfecting every new recipe he discovered.

Having lived in Maine, the United States, Istanbul, Turkey, Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, Jericho, Palestine, Bombay, India, and currently in Marseille, France, I realize that the memories I cherish most are those linked to food, the meals I’ve shared, the impromptu dinners and the pleasure I’ve felt discovering new flavors.

My goal as a chef is to transmit these emotions to others, through revitalizing, inspiring and comforting meals. ” Zuri Camille de Souza also sees cooking as “a meditation, an end-of-summer dance, a never-ending challenge. It’s a love letter to nature and its abundance, and a reminder of the need to rethink our relationship with ecology.” Blending her experience in permaculture, ecology and design with her career as a chef, she founded Sanna Marseillea vegetarian catering service.