BASHIR MUNYE

CHEF | FOOD ADVOCATE | EDUCATOR

Chef Bashir Munye is part of a new generation of Toronto chefs who are inspired by global cuisine while creating the future of local and sustainable food ideas.

A true global child, Bashir’s experience of food embraces many geographical and cultural boundaries. Proudly born in Somalia, and raised in Italy, he has called Toronto home for the past 22 years.

Growing up in the Mediterranean, being surrounded by fresh, seasonal foods was the norm. Those sensory memories resonate until today and Chef Bashir continues this tradition through his farmer’s market operations. Here, he connects to the local farming and artisanal food business community and imparts his connection with terroir and the community.

Bashir’s approach to cooking is simple, yet beautifully complex. He is a passionate advocate for promoting diverse food representative of urban, multicultural communities. He believes and advocates for access to good quality food for all communities and its citizens.

Currently, Bashir is a culinary professor at George Brown College, food consultant, recipe developer and an academic researcher. He is the founder of the acclaimed “Nomadic Comfort Food” cooking series and is a sought after contributor for both publications and television including being a regular the popular program, The Social. Bashir is a well-respected culinarian and was named in the Globe and Mail’s list of “Canada’s Next Star Chef’s” for 2020.

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"Food is a vessel for understanding each other and coming together for social change. "

Chef Bashir Munye demos how to put those food scraps to good use

Celebrate Earth Month with these sustainable tea party ideas

A Letter To My Daughter

This letter of love affirmation is for all those nights I spent expediting service or behind the line cooking until midnight, only to come home to find you sleeping. I hope you grow to understand me and see the man I have become. This is a story about how food saved me.

How Bashir Got his Groove Back in Uganda

Bashir makes two Ugandan dishes to bring some flavour to your dinner table Take your taste buds on a journey without leaving your kitchen with CTV's The Social.

MarQuee Magazine Winter 2021, Page 28 - 32

"I advocate for the right of people to be food sovereign through public engagement, culinary and academic panel conversation, and creating direct relationships with farmers and cooking with food that is culturally appropriate." - Chef Bashir

Delicious international meals to add to your holiday menu

dishes from around the world that will make a great addition to the feast this year.

QUELL Chef Kitchen series at Stackt Market's COMEBACK Festival

Chef Marissa and Chef Bashir Munye feature a five course menu was designed to incorporate vibrant, diverse and local ingredients grown right here in the GTA from Foodshare Toronto, 100knm Food Inc., Afri-Can FoodBasket and Black Creek Community Farm

Loblaws Insider's Project | RIPE Eggplants

Steamed, stuffed and covered in chocolate, chef Bashir Munye is enchanted by eggplant at all stages.

Savour Ontario: Exploring the meaning of local food

Born in Mogadishu, Somalia and raised in Italy, the man destined to become a celebrated chef then travelled across Europe and moved on to the U.S. before coming to Toronto, Ontario.

Give leftover chicken and veggies new life with these delicious recipes | The Social

Four meals that reduce food waste while bringing all the flavour.

Celebrating Black & Asian Excellence

We’re celebrating unity through food with @trevorlui and @chefbashir of @nomadic.comfort.food. Trevor & Bashir discuss pressing topics affecting the Asian and Black communities through the unity of food.

Off Chef Duty: Cooking to find a place of belonging

As part of the PC Insider's project, Chef Bashir takes us on his journey to share how he uses cooking as vessel to find a place of belonging.

Thanksgiving alternatives on the Social

Bashir shares his delicious cultural alternatives to the classic Thanksgiving menu

Racism, abuse, low wages — what the restaurant industry’s ‘new normal’ needs to address

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Nomadic Supper on 'The Social'

Celebrate the heritage of Chef Bashir's home culture in this beautifully prepared communal African meal.

Nomadic Supper Club

'Nomadic Cooking' — food that explores Africa’s vast culinary regions mixed with his family’s Somali background, Italian upbringing and local ingredients.

Conflict and Food Studies

Kaalay oo ila fadhiso (Come and Sit With Me) - A conversation on the impact of colonization on food and culture