Gambia has been adjudged the winner of the Jollof Rice Competition organised by the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) as part of activities marking the Jollof Festival at the weekend.

The competition, which featured Ghana, Gambia, Nigeria and Senegal,formed part of the “See Ghana, Eat Ghana, Wear Ghana, and Feel Ghana”campaign being championed by the GTA, under the auspices of the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts to promote local tourism on a global scale.

Gambia prepared the jollof rice without tomatoes but with mustard, fish and other ingredients, making their jollof yellowish-white as compared to Ghana, who used tilapia, tomatoes and other ingredients to make their jollof attractive and tasty, giving it a reddish colour.

The Nigerian and Senegalese chefs used ingredients they believed could make their jollof super and delicious but, unfortunately, they could not win.

the judges, who were drawn from Mexico and the Netherlands, said thejudgment was based on criteria including presentation, aroma, and taste.Mr Jan van der Veer, the lead Judge, told the GNA that the Gambians had “a fine presentation and a better taste for their jollof as compared to that of Ghana, Nigeria and Senegal.”He lauded the Tourism Ministry and the GTA for the innovative event adding that it was a great avenue to sell Ghana to the world.

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A well deserved win, they own the dish. And when a certain minister said that Gambia owns Jollof rice, Nigerians wanted to cut his head off.

Really?


They Actually competed for that in The world's 2017?


Africans and their love for Mediocrity sha.

Our representative must have done this

Nonsense as far as Ghana did not win I'm satisfied

On your own turf with judges you paid draw sef no way

Lai Mohammed will not like this! U don't mess with his Senegalese jollof!

Op, names of d reps abeg, very important

We wee nor take it

The person who cooked the Nigerian jollof rice must be sued

Like seriously

Gambian Jollof way i don chop before way dey taste like fermented tomato and smells like mess.....

Lai mohamed choosed senegal rice anyways

I think a slay queen represented Nigeria. You do not cook real jollof with swags. Behind the scene of a delicious jollof is that serious lady who don't care of the smoke from the firewood but spent time to cook and burn the bottom pot..

So rice is now a subject of competition.

so?....shuld we suck bread??

Incase....
Maybe na to dey enter Gambia to chop jollof o?
NOT UNTIL A NAIRALANDER TELL ME HE TASTED IT


I won't believe it

I don't think people from outside Africa should judge such competitions. They will be more suited to mustard taste. Whereas, how can you cook jollof rice without tomatoes?

I blame Goodluck..

This Na ojoro

Reallyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

Africa I hail oo

at least the argument will stop now.

Joblessness.

Imagine....a small country like Gambia.