 What's up everybody? Welcome to the Svembas. My name is Liz Jackson and I'm back again with another interesting interview. So I do have a gentleman on my right. I know most of you know him, but I'm going to let him introduce himself. Hey, what's up guys? Good morning, good afternoon, good evening. This is Kinte. You're one and only. Alright guys, this is Kinte. You're a fan of food. You definitely know him. Kinte, briefly tell us what you're doing. Well, apart from cooking and creating stupid and crazy contents, I have an 8 to 5 job. I'm a 90 specialist. I work with a certain NGO which I can't mention. Alright, so the chef here, we don't know him yet. So Kinte, you have a very unique way of cooking. You invite rather guests to you, show some content creators. Most of them actually are content creators. And out of all the content creators that you've cooked to it, who can you say is your favorite? Ha, what? My favorite. I don't want to be biased, but they are all good. They are all doing fantastic job. To not know much is unsafe, but there is this particular one that actually went viral. Na apondondili kwa Julia, you and Yvette Obura. Mama Mweni. Briefly tell us, were you guys friends or did you reach out to her? How did you go about it? We've been friends for a very long time. More than I think since 2014. We've been friends for a very long time. It's not like it's someone that's a randomly met or anything. And what do you say to the allegations that are saying you guys are a couple? No, no, we are not. We are just good friends. Alright, let's go back to cooking content. You've been creating cooking content for possibly how long? Actually, actively. Since last year of October, yeah, since last year of October. Other than that, I was just shooting videos. I was, I had to say, nili kwa nili masculiniti, nili kwa nili kipost, nili kipost uta semanini, nili kipost uta semanini. So I started last year of October, nili rusha moja, nili kaone kapa tereaction po. And that's when it's kicked off. Do you feel the audience is sort of biased that they mostly think that content creators who do cooking content are women? Yeah, mostly. Yeah, mostly. And there's this small narrative that men who cook, mostly men who cook are, you know, are rimbos, you know. That's uh, tkona umama and all, tkona umama and all, baka, you know, food, food is life. Yeah, food is life. It doesn't matter if it's a woman cooking or it's a man cooking. And the best chefs nuwana ume at the end of the day. Yeah. Um, so for your niche cooking, can you say the industry up to content creators who base their content around cooking? Oneeza se maiko strong ko sababu, um, in our industry, you can mention chefs, but see wengi. Like, is it growing or you're not really concerned about it where to create content? Yeah, it is, it is growing. Everyone nowadays wants to cook because at the end of the day, the only content that will Instagram or whichever platform will push its food. Food, food in Akimbia, food in Akimbia. So nowadays, I see a lot of people trying to cook, you know, trying to do different things, which is a very good thing. I, I love competitions. I love seeing people doing good things. Yeah. Talk of competitions, Chef Maliha attempted to break the Guinness world record for the longest cooking marathon at home, I guess. I'm not sure whether the Guinness world record will confirm your attempt. Did you go to support her? Were you there or will kuna support kumbali? No, I went, I went. I went, I went with a friend of mine. Uh, we jama general loasenali. Uh-huh. Yeah, yeah, tuli hand. Idioty. Yeah, idioty. Yeah, tuli hand and I approach, I met her, we talked and apparently there are some other people there whom I personally knew. Ya kama hu, kula ki janana inferia muna namusedi. Ya hul konamusedi aku kupika. Ya, those are people that I personally knew and I was, I've lived in Mombasa too. So those are kind of my people. So I had to go. Do you feel she got enough support or we could have done better? We could have done better, including everyone, even the government could have supported us, whichever the cause. Alright, so do you attempt on breaking in this world record? No, not necessarily. That's not my path. It's not your path. Yeah, that's not my path. But it's not my path. But it's not my path. But it's not my path. But it's not my path. But it's not my path. But it's not my path. But it's not my path. Yoku pikan ama demoing. Eh? So can you say, based on your content, you said that you have an 8-5 job, do you see yourself fully going into cooking or it is just something that you do as a hobby not necessarily to monetize it? Yeah, I have a profession and cooking is a hobby and it's a self taught. I didn't go to school for it. And I can't be doing it. I can't fully focus on it. Yeah, it's a hobby that I'm doing. And maybe who knows if it's time for me to make a vision. So now I want you to cook. I will cook. Apale kwa bai umendi kakuking lessons at a cost. Do you offer cooking classes or do you send recipes? How do you go about it? It's on both ways. I offer cooking lessons. I advise new businesses. Some hotels also want to be younger, to share recipes on how to make certain meals or how to navigate, how to govern their businesses. Yeah. All right. So kintatukenda kukumalizia. Are you fully into the entertainment industry na kwa nga na like Mambo Mob and you've been able to collaborate with different creatives? Can you say that when you collaborate with Watu, are you really keen on building the kinte brand? When you want to pick up, I know that cooking is a hobby. But are you so focused on growing your numbers and growing your brand? Yeah, yeah. That's another thing that I'm planning on doing. Oh, I've been doing. I've come a long way. And it's good collaborating. I tell people every day, the table is too big for everyone. Okay, but I'm too come a content creator to approach. He or she wants you to do something. Aina jom nime. Because at the end of the day, both of you will gain. You know, kuna followa zwa kuwata niyona. Kuna followa zwa kuwata kuwana. And that's how people build each other. A kuna jelia wave. Kuna yi gina ujona. Uum sayana taka followa zwa nini. It's just creating content and giving people something out there to watch. So it's a good thing. It has helped other people. And I intend to keep on doing it. Because it's a good thing. If you're a content creator, if they approach me, they want to do something. I agree to it, we do it. And so far so good. Have you got any partnership? Yeah, a lot of pending. I can't mention. And there are others that have also done. Kuna deal ziko. They are cooking. They are cooking. All right, kinti. So before we close, I want you to plug your social media. Handles mahalitu neza kuwata. And also kama kuna umtume, try kukauki, reach out and reply to them. Nikuna list in defu. To some, a list, kinti. I've always wanted to work with Wabosha. Wabosha, Maxine. Yeah, Maxine. Yeah, I... Atyatun niya mazina. But you've DM'd her? Yeah, I reached out. Niwenki, list niwenki. Kwanza ampia buti chanta katupike? Buti chanta CEO. Asko nila maskuliniti enye. Anoma nobopaku pika. It's just cooking. Yeah. All right, so my CEO definitely is going to see this video. So Wabosha, as well, we hope that you're going to accept his request. You guys cook. My name is Liz Jackson. I was talking to the one and only kinti, but kinti before we finish, gplug Instagram, TikTok, whatever. I'm only on Instagram and TikTok. It doesn't get no kind of internet, but it's kinti and double underscore on both TikTok and Instagram. All right guys, my name is Liz Jackson. See you on the next one.