Nigerian cuisine needs better promotion - Sabi Chef 2023 contest winner, Olaoluwa
"Nigerian cuisine is not well appreciated and celebrated. Many times, I see people trying to be classy by eating foreign foods. We need to change that."
Olaoluwa Akintayo emerged as the overall winner of the first-ever Sabi Chef competition on the night of Friday 8, December 2023. He received a 1.5 million cheque after two cooking rounds with 9 other contestants at the Muri Okunola Park where the event took place.
Before this competition, Olaoluwa had pursued his childhood passion for cooking by actively participating in culinary competitions as an undergraduate at the prestigious University of Ibadan (UI) where he studied Archaeology. He entered for the Sabi chef competition to advance his culinary interests.
The Sabi Chef competition, curated by Newspread.ng, was organised to celebrate the street food culture and empower street food vendors who contribute immensely to Nigerian cuisine and gastronomy traditions. In this exclusive interview, Olaoluwa talks about his journey leading up to the event, during its unfolding, and the afte…
