Chef becomes interior designer at VCUarts Qatar
The Peninsula
Doha: Charlene Mukite, along with her husband and three children, arrived in Qatar in late 2015. A year into her settling down in the country, she began soul-searching.
“Up until then, I had pursued careers that were convenient – convenient to train for, or convenient in terms of employability, or convenient for work timings. I had worked as a chef and administrative assistant in Dubai, and as a trainee chef in Kenya. But once I came to Qatar, and I watched my three girls grow up around me, I realized that in order to raise them to be true to themselves, I first needed to be true to myself – and that meant doing what I love. “I asked myself ‘When was the last time you did something that gave you a sense of accomplishment?’ And I immediately recalled the time I was involved in one fit-out and design project for a family-owned brand in Nairobi. That single experience had given me such joy and satisfaction, that years later, in Doha, I knew that was what I wanted to do.”More Related News