This is the story of how a girl from a small village in Zambia became Woman of the Year for one of the most prestigious hospitality associations in the world. Her name is Aggie Maseko, a woman now crowned Relais & Châteaux’s Woman of the Year 2023. Aggie was born in…
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Royal Chundu’s Aggie Wins We Are Africa’s SHAPE AFRICA Award 2020!
WOW WOW WOW!!!! We are so beside ourselves and overflowing with love, pride and joy for Aggie’s INCREDIBLE We Are Africa SHAPE AFRICA AWARD! You are our Queen, Aggie! Aggie says, “I grew up in a small village in Chipata! May this award be an example to inspire all young…
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George the Legend & Dom the Somm ~ A Relais & Châteaux Get-together
The message for much of the recent part of Africa’s history has been that local is not good enough and that anything across the pond is right and proper. The unravelling and debunking of this notion doesn’t happen overnight. It happens through independence, through opportunity, through empowerment and education. And…
Meet one of the true stars of our culinary family at Royal Chundu John Siantuba… How did you start working as a chef at Royal Chundu and what is your role today? I started working as a chef de partie in 2012 and today I am a chef de tournant. My…
As I sit with my laptop before me, both connecting me with the world and getting between the two of us, I am more and more aware that while modern life may let us know more people, it does not necessarily let us know them. We get to follow the lives of…
As the saying goes, it takes a village to raise a child. And our village, that of Mushekwa, alongside us on the banks of the Zambezi, has many children. Even the children help in raising children. Young boys that reach only to my hips walk with a child propped upon…