Marjorie Tenchavez
Powerhouse Lane was a celebration of the culinary and musical landscape of Western Sydney presented across four flavoursome nights on George Street at Parramatta Lanes in late October 2024.
As part of the festival, Powerhouse commissioned fbi.radio’s Snack Time team, led by presenters and food enthusiasts Ann Ding and Shivika Gupta, to conduct an interview series with Marjorie Tenchavez, founder of award-winning social enterprise Welcome Merchant, alongside four renowned local food vendors. Presented here is Across the Table: Majorie Tenchavez.
Powerhouse Lane is proudly funded by the NSW Government in association with City of Parramatta Council and Powerhouse.
‘From that little Instagram account, it grew into an online directory which is still running, and there’s been more than 150 merchants and artists featured since we started.’
Welcome Merchant is a social enterprise which gives a platform to entrepreneurs and artists from refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds. Together with Powerhouse, Welcome Merchant curated a dynamic line-up of food vendors for Powerhouse Lane, offering attendees delicious dishes from a range of cuisines.
![[Alt text] Three smiling people pose behind a stall with jars of beverages and a menu board featuring chrysanthemum iced tea and fried ice cream from ‘Sangee’s Kitchen’.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/wkgts1b4/production/b5c42900f7aa0f5830a157704dbbbfe6408648a7-6336x3564.jpg?fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&w=1920&h=1080&q=82&fit=crop&crop=focalpoint&auto=format)