Today we’d like to introduce you to Bamby Dione.
Hi Bamby, we’d love for you to start by introducing yourself.
I am Bamby Dione 22 years young and I am from West Africa , Senegal. I am an aspiring model and chef. I started my modeling journey two years ago which is still baffling to me until this day because looking back to the younger shy and timid bamby back in middle school I’ve never thought that I would have gained this much confidence to even consider modeling. Which makes it more ironic is that back in high school I had culinary class with a good friend of mine named Sara and I will never forget the day that she looked at me and said “bamby I can see you modeling one day “I remember how I immediately scoffed at her words and responded with “oh please me? “so it’s ironic how her words came back full circle a couple years later in my life. The beginning Quarantine was a blessing and a curse but because of quarantine it liberated a talent in me which I didn’t know I had, which is cooking. As we all were bored in the house during quarantine I just started to cook and post my meals on my Instagram and I thought nothing about it, but then I started to get a lot of remarks about how my cooking is superior especially how I would plate my food and make it look alluring. So, after taking all these comments into consideration I started to take my cooking more and more vigorously. Every week I would post at least one cooking tutorial on my Instagram story and the incredible feedback I would get was shocking to me.
Eventually, I made a cooking page on Instagram which is @bambys_cusine that is now where I post my tutorials and recipes! I honestly love cooking it is very therapeutic to me and after many years of struggling to find what I’m talented at I feel like I’ve finally found my calling. I take my food plating very seriously and that’s what people know me for when it comes to my food. Cooking is an art. The plate is my canvas and I’m allowed full expression and creative freedom. I love cooking so much now that I plan on going to culinary school and becoming a traveling personal chef and starting my own catering business. In October 2020 I’ve sold a couple plates of my food to people in my community and they loved it! I was so overwhelmed by the support and recognition I acquired. I created my own logo and packaging for my food as well. I am honestly so proud of what I accomplished so far because I never thought I would have done any of this! The amount of self-doubt I would put amongst myself always made me feel like I would never amount to anything. But now that I know this is truly the beginning and with hard work and perseverance who knows what the future holds for me!
We all face challenges, but looking back would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
You know how they say that you are your worst enemy? That is Indeed true. I was my biggest obstacle because my thoughts about not feeling good enough and constantly overthinking and worrying tends to set me back and feel unmotivated for a long time. My biggest fear is failure so I tend to overthink constantly also mixed with anxiety and being shy which blocked me from stepping out my comfort zone. But I went through and still am going through a self-love journey! I started to train my mind and emotions to get stronger but most importantly I learned to let go and trust God! Ever since I started to trust God and not worry so much I’ve seen a lot of personal growth within myself which I’m ever so grateful for.
Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next you can tell us a bit more about your work?
Right now I want to focus more on my cooking and content creating. I want to start a YouTube channel so I can make more in depth cooking videos and entertaining of course. I also want to take my modeling more serious and get out there. For my cooking I’m mostly known for my plating at the end of my cooking tutorials I would post plating videos to show my process of how I plate and I always caption it with “do not disturb me while I’m plating “!
Are there any important lessons you’ve learned that you can share with us?
I’ve learned that you need to stop pressuring yourself too much and that your journey is different from everyone! For years I would always be so scared of what’s to come and felt like I would always fail but you just have to learn how to let go and trust the process!
Contact Info:
- Email: Bambyd1998@gmail.com
- Instagram: @african_bam
- Facebook: Bamby dione
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