Just Call Me Chef® is a call to action movement, highlighting Black Women Chefs. Founded by Culinary Socialite Catina Smith in 2018, the vision of JCMC includes having members travel to different cities, connecting with other chefs, hosting panels, and demos. JCMC is a sisterhood, a professional networking organization. ​

There are many black chefs that have "made it", but it is rare that we see them in the spotlight. Representation matters and Just Call Me Chef® is looking to change the narrative, breaking not only glass ceilings as women, but also shatter stereotypes of what it means to be a Black chef. 

On a journey to connect and inspire, we give our followers a look into our stories as black women chefs. 

Chef Catina Smith, or "Chef Cat" as she is affectionately called, is one of Baltimore’s well known and impactful chefs. She is the founder of Just Call Me Chef®

Most recently Catina bought a 3 story building with her partner Kiah Gibian, and converted it into a commissary kitchen, and community hub; that hosts over 26 small food businesses.  “Our Time Kitchen” is an affordable, safe space with  women of color and marginalized genders owned businesses in mind.

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Advisory Council

  • Takeema Johnson

    Harford County, Maryland

  • Kimberly Walker

    Miami, Florida

  • Tatiana Wingate

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  • Kisha Washington

    Winchester, Virginia

  • Letrice Howard

    California

  • Tommi Vincent

    Virginia