Africa

Jeremy Chan: "Ikoyi will be the ultimate eating experience"

15-Dec-2022 By Joe Lutrario

The two-Michelin star restaurant is doubling down on its distinctive, ingredients-led approach having moved from its diminutive original site in St James's to a much larger site within the 180 The Strand building.

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Ikoyi duo: “To come back as we were felt insensitive”

10-Aug-2020 By Joe Lutrario

The pair behind celebrated London restaurant Ikoyi have described the operational changes to their restaurant as a ‘cultural response’ to the pandemic.

Ikoyi to re-open later this week with new a la carte offering

15-Jul-2020 By Joe Lutrario

Jeremy Chan and Iré Hassan’s celebrated West End restaurant Ikoyi will re-open this Friday (17 July) with a new a la carte menu that’s also available for pick-up and delivery.

Kitgum Kitchen secures first bricks and mortar site

16-Jan-2020 By Finn Scott-Delany

East African-Indian-inspired pop-up Kitgum Kitchen has secured its debut restaurant site, in Brighton.

Lost in translation: is Ikoyi London's most misunderstood restaurant?

20-Mar-2019 By Joe Lutrario

Almost universally misunderstood at launch, Ikoyi nearly didn’t make it. But a change of menu and attitude has seen it become one of the capital’s most distinctive and exciting places to eat.

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Ikoyi founders: "We want to change perceptions of west African cuisine"

14-Jul-2017 By Joe Lutrario

School friends Ire Hassan-Odukale and Jeremy Chan open a permanent home for their Jollof cuisine restaurant concept Ikoyi in London’s St James’ Market later this month.

The World's 50 Best Restaurants donate meals to Farm Africa's Christmas auction

18-Nov-2013 By Emma Eversham

Twelve restaurants within this year's World's 50 Best Restaurants list have donated meals to a special Christmas auction held by charity Farm Africa.

Bruno Loubet and Paul Foster join Ashley Palmer-Watts to raise more than £25k for Farm Africa

21-Nov-2012 By Peter Ruddick

Ashley Palmer-Watts has announced he is to climb Mount Kilimanjaro for Farm Africa and has challenged other chefs to join him as Bruno Loubet and Paul Foster joined the Dinner by Heston Blumenthal head chef last week to help raise more than £25k for the...

Chef Africa: Hospitality industry encouraged to play its part in helping African communities become self-sufficient

20-Sep-2012 By Peter Ruddick

Ahead of Ashley Palmer-Watts's forthcoming trip to Kenya, members of the hospitality industry are being encouraged to follow his progress and get involved with the Farm Africa charity, which aims to give aid and knowledge to African communities to...

Alex Renton looks at whether sub-Saharan food could be the next big thing for restaurateurs

20-Jun-2007 By Restaurant

After a trip to Malawi, Alex Renton ponders whether sub-Saharan food could really be the Next Big Thing I was just back from Malawi – an impoverished former British colony that's located, unhelpfully, between the even worseoff Zambia and ...