Malonga becomes the first African chef to join Qatar Airways’ international culinary collaboration programme, ‘Flavours to Fly For’.
Chef Dieuveil Malonga has been selected as the first African chef to join Qatar Airways’ programme of collaborations with chefs from The World’s Top 50 and Michelin-starred restaurants. Through the partnership, Malonga, who has worked in six Michelin-starred restaurants, has created exclusive signature dishes for Qatar Airways customers travelling on selected routes, bringing African ingredients, culinary traditions and hospitality to an international audience.
The partnership is part of its ‘Flavours to Fly For’ programme, through which the airline partners with chefs to develop its in-flight menus.
Malonga utilises his journeys across 48 African countries to develop an Afrofusion approach to regional cuisines and combine traditional influences with contemporary techniques.
His commitment to developing Africa’s culinary sector extends beyond the kitchen. In 2016, he founded ‘Chefs in Africa’, a social enterprise supporting emerging culinary talent, followed by the ‘Culinary Innovation Village’ scholarship programme, which has grown to a community of about 4,000 chefs and received support from the World Tourism Organisation and UNESCO. More recently, he established ‘Meza Malonga’, an integrated farm, culinary centre and restaurant focused on African gastronomy and locally sourced, sustainable products.
His culinary work and efforts in representing the diversity of African cuisines have received recognition from Forbes, Travel + Leisure and the World Tourism Organisation, among others.
