Pelham Bayite slices up the competion
on the History Channel’s ‘The Butcher’
MPBID,
Patsy’s Host
Graduation
Celebration
The Morris Park Business Improvement
District and Patsy’s Pizza sponsored a
Morris Park Graduation Celebration on
Tuesday, June 25 at the corner of Morris
Park and Radcliff avenues ‘Pop-Up
Plaza.’ The end of the academic year
celebration included free face painting,
balloon animals and pizza by Patsy’s.
BRONX TIMES R 14 EPORTER, JULY 5-11, 2019 BTR
(top left) Damion Muniz (r) gave Evan
Mason an interesting face paint design.
(top right) Magician Pete Seda fashioned
a horse with balloons.
(bottom left) Eva Mason was excited to
color.
Magician Pete Seda (front, l) and clown
and facepainter Damian Muiz (back, 3rd
from r) with MPBID’s (back, l-r) Camelia
Telepus, Khaliyah Jackson, Mary Marimon,
Marylou Papa and Theresa Hefter.
Photso by Silvio Pacifi co
BY PATRICK ROCCHIO
A ‘foodie’ tested her butchery skills
against seasoned opponents on a new
cable series to take away the $10,000
weekly prize.
Competing against three other
experienced butchers on The History
Channel’s new television and
streaming program ‘The Butcher,’
Jullenne Cunningham ‘held down
the fort’ as the only African-American
women among four contestants,
showcasing her self-taught butchery
skills.
Cunningham, who is a chef with
Caribbean roots, hails from Pelham
Bay, and is known as a ‘grill-master’,
completely disassembled a large piece
of meat during the show, holding her
two and half years of butchery experience
up against competitors who have
been at the craft for at least three decades.
“I surprised myself during the
show,” she said. “Not only did I measure
up, I went toe-to-toe with a competitor
who has 35 years of experience.”
At times, she used a device on the
show that looked like an oversized
hacksaw to cut through a huge chunk
Jullenne Cunningham, who comes from Pelham
Bay, appears on The History Channel’s
new show ‘The Butcher.’
Photo courtesy of Arcadian Pastures
Competing for a $10,000 prize was Jullenne Cunningham (second from r) as she put her
butchery skills to the test in a competition with three others that was a part of a new The
History Channel show ‘The Butcher.’ Photo courtesy of Arcadian Pastures
of meat.
“It takes a lot of patience and skill
just to move the muscles around,” she
said, adding “I have studied anatomy a
lot and butchery….was a skill that really
matched to me.”
Cooking comes natural to her, she
said, adding that her mother was a
cook as well.
Butchery, which she said she picked
up after learning more about the importance
of using grass-feed non-GMO
(genetically modifi ed organisms) meat
products, may be an culinary art she
plays a role in reviving as she and her
business partner Louisa Mathis bring
more organic meat and other healthy
goodies to dinner parties throughout
the area via their business Arcadian
Pastures.
She said she learned a lot about
butchery from a farmer in Sloansville,
NY who she meet through her company,
which currently does pop-up
shops and private events and is planning
on an expansion.
Her assembly of traveling chefs and
butchers offer a wide range of non-
GMO products.
He episode of ‘The Butcher’ aired
on The History Channel on Wednesday,
June 26 and is now available for
streaming online.