Joyce is a culinary professional passionate about African cuisine, its documentation and preservation. She works as a food consultant for most of Ghana’s production companies and global agencies on recipe development, production, event curation and strategy (European Union, First National Bank, Afrochella, Blue band and Nestle). Her continuous work has earned her endorsement by CNN Africa and BuzzFeed and appearances in the Marriott traveller, Brussel inflight magazine, Reuters and Tastemakers for her authentic food stories. Her partnership video with American food blogger Mark Weins has garnered over 9.2 million views on YouTube.
Joyce runs the Culinary for Social change To create an opportunity for underprivileged and unskilled women to achieve their full potential through the power of food, by providing access to education, skills, and resources that foster self-sufficiency, health, and prosperity.
The NGO empower unskilled women from underprivileged communities by providing them with the skills and resources they need to succeed in the culinary arts and food industry, with the ultimate goal of improving their quality of life and promoting food justice and sustainability.
With over 500 women trained across the country in different forms, Joyce is building the first culinary training center where free training will be given to underprivileged and unemployed especially women.
With a background in TV production, and marketing, Joyce leads the food event company that curates ‘The Jollof Festival’, ‘The Food Business Seminar’, ‘Eat Accra’ and is the founder of the ‘Culinary for Social Change’. She uses her experience to share recipes, food history, and stories through her cooking masterclasses, market tours and food seminars, catering to a broad section of Africans, diasporans, Michelin star culinary entrepreneur Claus Meyer, and the past three years, students of the University of New York.
Joyce is also an esteemed member of the Mandela Washington Fellowship and the International Institute of Gastronomy. She is passionate about crossing boundaries in food tourism. Her experience and interdisciplinary background position her well to pursue such work. To help increase diversity, inclusion, and empathy across Ghana, Africa and the U.S.
- European union
- Fnb
- Afrochella
- Afronation Puerto Rico
- Blue band
- Nestle Ghana
- Nestle Switzerland
- Maggi GHANA
- Ideal milk
- Frytol
- Fortune rice
- Tasty Tom
- Royce
- Knorr
- Plan International
- Melting Pot international
- Tatale

