It’s not every day you meet someone as self-assured and positively infectious as Rashad Frazier. The chef and professional outdoorist boasts a zeal and thirst for adventure so strong it led him to launch Camp Yoshi, a luxury adventure travel company for Black and brown folks. Since we last caught up with Rashad in early 2021, he hasn’t slowed down one bit. From Tanzania to Baja California, the father of three is constantly leading the most epic adventures––he and his co-founders have even more unbelievable trips planned for 2023.
After graduating from Howard University in '09, Frazier cut his teeth in New York City, first in banking and then in the culinary world. “I pretty much spent most of my career in food service as a chef,” he says. “I had a catering company for a long time, almost eight years.” As the food industry, and the rest of the world, shut down in early 2020 due to Covid, Frazier was left asking himself, what’s next? A quick pivot found Frazier curating experiences outdoors for childhood friends and family.