Originally form the Democratic Republic of Congo, Jeanne Kisimba is a talented chef who moved to cape town in South Africain where she initially graduated in building and civil engineering before deciding that she had to pursue what she was naturally gifted. Chef Jeanne has always loved the culinary arts, a talent inherited from her family, who already succeeded in the restaurant business. She knew the work would be hard, but she felt she just had to follow her dream and passion; becoming a Chef!

So armed with determination and passion, she went on and enrolled at Capsicum culinary studio in cape town where she graduated in food preparation and culinary arts in 2016 Chef Jeanne has worked at some fine restaurants, including Bistro 13 in stellenbosch vineyards, owned by chef Nic Van Wyk . She also worked as a chef consultant to open up few restaurants and create recipes, which motivated her to follow her passions further, realizing her dream of ownership, and established her Baking and Catering MALAÏKA'SKITCHEN in 2017 By creating personalized custom catering menus to corporate, residential, and private accounts.

In 2019 Chef Jeanne decided to moved back to Lubumbashi where Malaïkas's kitchen has grown and is well known for its unique taste and originality. Additionally, malaïka's kitchen also focus on event planning and sales of Baking goods. Chef Jeanne cherishes the opportunity to do charity events. She has volunteered to give cooking courses to out-of-school and unemployed girls as well as young mothers and housewives for a financial autonomy and socio-eco-professional reintegration