Rashe Malcolm began developing her signature style of Caribbean Southern fusion as a child by helping her great-grandparents cook. Her mom’s career in the Air Force took the family around the world, from Connecticut, where Rashe was born, to North Carolina, Oklahoma, Spain, Germany, and Jamaica. At each stop, Rashe learned about the region’s culinary culture and incorporated the flavors and techniques into her own cuisine. Today, Rashe incorporates all of these influences and life lessons into a cuisine that fuses flavors, warmth, and love for family and community. The result is food that nourishes body and soul.
As a teenager, Rashe provided healthy, cultural-based meals to the elderly and to families that couldn’t afford catering services. She taught young women and latch-key kids how to prepare quick, nutritious meals for themselves and their families. Although Rashe has been a culinary entrepreneur her whole life, in 2014, she officially opened her first brick-and-mortar restaurant, Rashe’s Cuisine: Specializing in Foods Near and Far. Today, you can experience Rashe’s Cuisine as take out, personalized home meals, or catering services, as well as at vendor pop-ups, events, and on the official Rashe’s Cuisine food truck.
Through her combined love of food and community, Rashe realized a dream in 2018 when she became the founding director of The Culinary Kitchen of Athens (CKA). The CKA is a non-profit organization whose mission is to support the local food industry, made up of farmers, vendors, and entrepreneurs. The CKA vision is to create a vibrant and diverse community of food entrepreneurs in Athens and provide opportunities for that community, including shared commercial kitchen space, market events, access to resources, and partnerships. Rashe wants to provide a path for creative entrepreneurs to be successful and connect small business owners with opportunities to grow their businesses, while helping them to realize their goals.
Rashe’s passions include family, entrepreneurship, economic improvement, social injustice, and her community as a whole. Her motto is “If we support each other, then we’ve already made it.” In addition to being a loving wife and mother, Rashe serves on the boards of The Culinary Kitchen of Athens, Northeast Georgia Business Alliance, Foodshed UGA Executive Board, Peach State Federal Credit Union, Clarke County Community Board, Athens-Clarke County Industrial Development Authority, and the Food Truck Association of Georgia. She is a graduate of Methodist University and University of Phoenix and a member of Phi Alpha Delta International Fraternity.
