Introducing Chef Mimi

http://www.thechefmimi.com/about/

Aminah Fatimah Robinson
Chef Mimi
Driven

The name Aminah means faithful, trust worthy and honest. These are a few words that

describe this, talented young woman. As a child many friends would call her Mimi and after

becoming a chef she took on the nick name Chef Mimi. Chef Mimi’s great worthiness is

shown through her passion for food, entrepreneurial sprit and light hearted personality.

 

Chef Mimi’s passion and love for Culinary Artsbegan at 12 after sending away for a

brochure from The San Francisco California Culinary Arts Academy, not aware, of the

demanding skills, cost, and age requirements. Upon graduating High School she applied, and

at the young age of 19 she was the youngest of her class to graduate from the prestigious

San Francisco, California Culinary Arts Academy.

 

Shortly after graduating she started a job asa Restaurant Consultant. Creating a new

concept for burritos called “Wraps” where the traditional burrito filling is substitute by the

great foods of the world. One year later, after successfully opening a 10 chain restaurant.

She moves on to become a Food Service Director for St. Albert’s College where she was

faced with revamping a lost kitchen with no structure. In less than 4 months she turned

it into a first class upscale kitchen. Where educated world travelers with sophisticated

palates get the chance to be amazed with her culinary flair.

 

Four years later she searched for a new beginning and started her own upscale fine dining

Catering Company (Top Hat Catering and Events). Catering exclusive wedding in Napa’s

finest estates and wineries, upscale dot COM’s for silicone valleys top Internet companies

and the Los Angeles Women Theatre Festival, yearly annual Champagne Gala’s. She also

extended her catering Company adding children’s lunch box program for upscale private

schools, and a dinner for two programs where couples can adventure off to secluded areas

and have a romantic fine dining experience, featuring white tablecloths, candle lights, fine

foods of their choice, along with tricolor chocolate dipped strawberries and their favorite

wines or champagne.

 

Mimi loves for sports and food lead her to study Nutritionwith an emphasis on Nutrition

for athletes. With a mixture of Nutrition, knowledge of foods, and physical training, she

collaborated with an experienced lab technician where they tested blood, salvia, and urine.

They developed a dynamic diet, nutritional plan, and through her Catering company she

assigned professional chefs to cook based upon individual body chemistry and needs. Clients

such as Grady Jackson #90 (defense linemen for the Oakland Raiders) says “that the food

is incredible” he never thought that food that’s filled with such nutrition can be great to

eat”.

 

Mimi also started the Catering and Event planning department for Ten billion internet

guru, WedVan where people order Groceries on line then conveniently delivered to their

doorsteps. She developed, catered and planned large events and luncheons for Top

Executives and V.P’s. such as Bill Gates, and Louis Borders. Unfortunately in 2001 WebVan

closed. Not losing a heart, beat Mimi kept running her Catering and event planning business.

Mimi is currently working on the first urban culinary competition ”Bringing it to the table” and her own reality show, “Chef Mimi more than a Chef” a reality show that follows her passion as a single mother to keep her family together, support pregnant and parenting mothers to reduce infant mortality and follow her dreams as she works to bring “Bringing it to the table” to TV. The show is set to inspire others to follow there dreams.

 

Not only is Mimi great at what she does. She’s a great person. She has so much charisma

and everyone loves her fun loving, bold and happy personality, which has a lot to do with her

success and she generally, cares about people having a good experience in everything she

provides. She’s businesses savvy, a hard worker and passionate about success.

 

On her off time you can find her at the zoo with her three favorite people her daughter Milan, son Sultan, and son Jamir, and her mother Kalimah Iman, she has a great supportive family that keeps her grounded and its always a par-tay at there house.