Mali Hunter’s World Famous Dinner Introduces Toyota Green Initiative at Tree Sound Studios Monday 30 October, 2017
Seems like the world is going green am I right? I think its an awesome thing to go green with our living and especially our eating and I went to an event that highlighted this in Atlanta. It was different because it was located in an Atlanta studio and it blended the love of music and holistic green living into a great night with great vibes.
Chef Mali Hunter, Atlanta very own Chief Operating Officer/partner of Tree Sound, hosted one of her world famous dinners calling it “Green” Eats & Dope Beats” — in collaboration with Toyota Green Initiative program. I have been going to Mali’s private dinner party for years, but this event was exclusively different from her others as we were introduced to food in a holistic way. I love holistic everything so I was excited to attend this special dinner!
Mali’s Collaboration with Toyota
Mali Hunter’s Tree Sound studio is known for being the COO of Tree Sounds which is famous for producing albums from some of your favorites in the music industry such as Beyonce, Backstreet Boys, B.o.B, David Banner, Elton John, Gwen Stephani, Jamie Foxx, J.Cole, Justin Bieber, Kendrick Lamar, Lil Wayne, Nas, Outkast, T.I., TLC, and so many more! She also cooks for her celebrity friends/clients such as Lenny Kravitz, T.I, Cee-Lo Green, Woody Harrelson, Billy Bob Thornton, Rosie Perez, Ne-Yo, Drake, Wiz Khalifa!
As you can see musically Tree Sound studios is the place to be and Mali has always been an amazing host for celebs and media alike and we can always mingle over good vibes and food. A very unique place, but this collaboration was even more unique as Mali hosted this “Green” Eats & Dope Beats” with a new generation who is introducing health, wellness and food in the most holistic way.
Toyota Green Initiative Coalition Members
The Toyota Green Initiative (TGI) is an environmental stewardship platform designed to educate and empower the African-American community on how to adopt sustainable habits. Since 2010, TGI has created experiences demonstrating simple ways to live a ‘greener’ lifestyle . With active HBCU campus ambassador programs and a coalition of sustainability experts and influencers, TGI is powered by Toyota to help our communities decrease their environmental impact.
Featured Toyota Green Initiative Coalition Members:
Mali Hunter:COO/Partner, TreeSound Studios
Stic (Dead Prez;Rapper)
Robert aka “Rob Veggies” Founder & Exec Director of Trap Garden
Yoli Ouiya: Sustainability Expert
They all spoke of the importance of healthy food options, teaching the new generation on health and wellness and exposing their own initiatives and programs on how to bring health consciousness more into communities across the nation. Toyota has been working with all of these coalition ambassadors for TGI and helping them along the way in different cities by hosting different events and road tours. AfroPunk was their next event.
Mali’s Dinner
Entrees
baked lemon pepper tilapia; a slow-cooked sustainable sourced lamb with tomatoes, okra and potatoes; and a vegan-veggie stuffed zucchini roasted with vegan cheese.
Sides
baked macaroni and cheese, and quinoa with seasonal roasted vegetables.
Desserts
Southern-style peach cobbler and fresh in season sorbet with seasonal berries.
Mali fed us, and all of the food was farm raised from her personal farm/garden that she goes to to harvest the food and serve her meals. All food items were prepared using locally grown and sustainable sourced ingredients. So not only is all of this food delicious, but it farm-to-table organic meals! This is what make Mali’s world famous dinners so famous!
This dinner was delicious and also very informative. I am on my own holistic journey, and this is amazing that this dinner highlighted locally sourced and farm organic produced meals. I am definitely trying to eat better and be more conscious of living a better and greener lifestyle.
Chef Mali Hunter
Mali Hunter is also a regularly featured chef on “Atlanta & Company’s” morning television show on channel 11 with her Cooking with Mali Huntersegments which are always showcasing festive recipes!
Thanks Mali for having me for another successful + delicious dinner. Me + close friend Kesh at Mali’s Green Eats & Dope Beats event
So in honor of “Green Eats & Dope Beats” event at Tree sound Studios, Toyota was a title sponsor for the very popular music fest Afro Punk. I was gifted with tickets as a plus one with my friend The Sistah Chick, to attend my 1st Afro Punk concert, as I drove to both days in the new Toyota Corolla iM! Stay tuned for next post on how I drove to Afro Punk in this Toyota and my stylish festive getup for that weekend! Toyota is doing a better job of producing cars that are good for the environment and eco-friendly.
Learn more about the Toyota Green Iniative (TGI) program here and also about Tree Sounds Studioshere.
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The food looks amazing and it sounds like a great dinner! What a great initiative! It is amazing that brand producing polluting products try as much as they can to limit the impact on their environment and try to be more environment friendly!
Green eating and living is very important to me. I’ve recently started to look for organic foods, and I’ve been doing what I can to reduce my carbon footprint.
I love what they’re doing to promote green living and helping our environment. I do my best to live as green as possible, but I’m always open to learning better ways to do that.
This sounds – and looks – like such a fun event! That’s great you were able to attend. I like that the food was healthy and they talked about the importance of eating well.
The Toyota Green Initiative is such a good idea. The holistic approach to this year’s dinner party sounded really cool. I’m definitely impressed with the dishes!
I agree with being eco/green friendly and I love that tree sound studios helped teach its community. Plus I love the sound of the baked Macoroni cheese mmmm!
Green living and eating is so important to me. I would have loved to go to this. I try to buy all my produce locally. It is smart to support our local farmers.
The food looks amazing and really healthy! I also love the campaign of Toyota. Although it will take years before they finally accomplish their goal, it is still great to know that they are working on it.
This all sounds so good! What a great place to go to. Eco-friendly products are so important, especially these days! Loving these pictures, so awesome!
It’s great to teach our younger generations that they can make a difference through their choices. Love the green initiative Toyota is sponsoring. We can make a difference!
This sounds like a cool event. I love how our people are teaching us ways to eat healthy. Its important to provide tastings for healthy food as people often say they don’t like things with out actually trying certain foods.
The food looks amazing and it sounds like a great dinner! What a great initiative! It is amazing that brand producing polluting products try as much as they can to limit the impact on their environment and try to be more environment friendly!
Green eating and living is very important to me. I’ve recently started to look for organic foods, and I’ve been doing what I can to reduce my carbon footprint.
Yum, that food looks tasty! I’m always open to trying new things. And that vehicle is really gorgeous. I love the color.
I am not green at all, but that dinner you ate looks amazing. I love that car, too 🙂
I love this initiative – I hope more companies will follow their lead! The food sounds absolutely delicious too 🙂
That food looks amazing! What a fun event. Music and good food are always a good combo.
I love what they’re doing to promote green living and helping our environment. I do my best to live as green as possible, but I’m always open to learning better ways to do that.
This sounds like such an awesome event, live music and delicious food – you just can’t beat that at all!
The food looks so good and making me think of a more healthy spread for the holidays. Will take a look into the initiatives you worked with.
This is my kinda event! I’m all about sustainable living I loved that they made it into a fun filled event.
This sounds like such a great event and this fooooooooooooooooood! GIRL! LOVE IT! Great pictures!
This sounds – and looks – like such a fun event! That’s great you were able to attend. I like that the food was healthy and they talked about the importance of eating well.
-Lauren
The Toyota Green Initiative is such a good idea. The holistic approach to this year’s dinner party sounded really cool. I’m definitely impressed with the dishes!
Admittedly, I am not worried enough about eating green. I am a little, and am inspired to improve!
It looks like you had a really great time. I would have loved to be at this.
I have always thought that Toyota was a great company. They have only proved me right!
I am a big fan of farm to table and sustainable food. All of that food looks so good!
Way to go Toyota! Not only do they produce great vehicles, I love the idea of hosting a dinner as a way to educate others and promote sustainability.
I agree with being eco/green friendly and I love that tree sound studios helped teach its community. Plus I love the sound of the baked Macoroni cheese mmmm!
Green living and eating is so important to me. I would have loved to go to this. I try to buy all my produce locally. It is smart to support our local farmers.
The food looks amazing and really healthy! I also love the campaign of Toyota. Although it will take years before they finally accomplish their goal, it is still great to know that they are working on it.
Wow this initiative sounds wonderful. And all of that food looks amazing!
What a fab collab! I bet it was ah-mazing just like that incredible looking mac n cheese (OMG)
Dinner looks so good. Such a nice place to visit eat well and listen to great music.
That sounds like a really nice place. It’s really good for people to aim for products that are eco-friendly, I hope more and more of us do that.
The food looks delicious and it sounds like a great place to relax and enjoy life. Thanks for sharing.
Who wouldn’t want to be part of an event like this. So glad that Toyota is partnering with a place that supports going green. It’s perfect.
Way to make this event even better with good food! This is so nice, good music and food together, that’s the best idea!
This all sounds so good! What a great place to go to. Eco-friendly products are so important, especially these days! Loving these pictures, so awesome!
It’s great to teach our younger generations that they can make a difference through their choices. Love the green initiative Toyota is sponsoring. We can make a difference!
Looks so much fun! Those food are making me hungry! 😀
Wow! That food looks amazing! It is awesome you all are trying to live a greener lifestyle! Kudos!
The appetizers and food look superb. Yummy. This event really looks like something I would enjoy attending.
This is really cool. The food looks amazing.
This looks like something I would have loved to attend. The food looked great and it was great info for everyone. WIn WiN!
This sounds like a great event. The food looks delicious and the place is amazing!
The food looks so good and yummy! Great initiative too! Thanks for the cool photos!
Good thoughts, good music, good food & good people is truly the essence of an amazing event! Sounds like you had it all! 🙂
That’s such a great initiative by Toyota. It looks like a fun event with good food and music.
This all looks amazing! Your pictures are BOMB!!! Great Initiative!
Defintely yes. I love eating green foods, they are healthy. Your food pictures looks deliciously good.
Looks like a great event. I would definitely the food and the space.
This looks like a great event. Seems like you had an amazing time. The food looks delicious
This event sounds amazing! Mixing a dope vibe with good healthy food, you can’t go wrong.
Looks and sounds like a great event! The food looked so good, and even better knowing it was all farm raised!
Good idea and how many members you consists of
Love the color of that toyota. Also that mac and cheese looked really good.
Wow, what a super fun event! I LOVE the name they gave it.
This sounds like a cool event. I love how our people are teaching us ways to eat healthy. Its important to provide tastings for healthy food as people often say they don’t like things with out actually trying certain foods.
Wow, this is indeed a great initiative. I love that Toyota has this now. We really need to be responsible citizens and join the go green projects.