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Chef Seth Saheli partially blind but creating your next recipe
COOKING BACKGROUND
As a young child my mom cooked on a daily basis, until she eventually opened a small but very popular restaurant. At home on the Caribbean island of St. Kitts, I would sit on a high stool in the kitchen observing her every move and taking mental notes. I was eventually able to help at the restaurant when I got older my love for cooking really grew. As I entered into adulthood, although I was always cooking, I never saw it as a career. I was focused on Business Management and Marketing, my preferred career path at that time, fueled too because of my father who was a salesman and business owner.
During my adult life, I held job titles such as General Manager and Marketing Manager. I was quite comfortable but always felt something was missing- I felt incomplete, until one day I woke up with a bright idea. Why not start a business based on my love for cooking- after all, I constantly received compliments from my family and colleagues!
So, this is where it began. I created Meaningful Mealz, a daily lunch delivery service targeting the business / working sector who had the challenges of the dealing with the lunch time rush, tight traffic, short lunch break etc. I had experience managing restaurants and was also kitchen manager, securing a wealth of experience from fast food operations to high end fine dining but as the business progressed, I improved my skills by taking online culinary courses and even shifted from the Management field and sought experience in more culinary-based businesses. My opportunities expanded to include corporate catering, private chef concierge services, and culinary consultancy. Over the years, my skills, experience and talents directed me into now becoming a cookbook author, which I am very honoured and grateful to have accomplished.
PARTIAL BLINDNESS
Over the past few years, even today, I ' m being plagued with eye challenges, from having to wear glasses to regular eye discomforts. I went through a variety of eye procedures and surgeries and it has been quite a bit of a struggle.
Late 2019, my vision was extremely bad and I was experiencing a series of eye pains. I was scheduled for laser eye surgery which would have helped my vision and my options were to either go overseas or book an appointment for have surgery done in St. Kitts as a team of