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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.
(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 of
meat.
“It takes a lot of patience and skill
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
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.
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