On this new episode of  " The Wave" we will be discussing how African cuisine is slowly shifting to gastronomy with a new generation of chefs promoting and developing a new identity of African cuisine.  

Host : Joan Murielle Yombo, is a media and communication professional, specialized in  African territories. She manages communication campaigns for 25 countries in Africa within Canal  International. In love with Africa stories, she created LE MIAMSHOW in 2019, a culinary media that  militates for a better valorization of Afro cuisines and their actors.  

Speakers : 

  • Tola Akerele: Nigerian interior designer Tola Akerele is a woman of many talents. With a  successful career in investment banking behind her, 16 years ago, she decided to shift gear  and move from London to Lagos. She now works as an established interior designer and hotelier, and most recently launched a cookbook dedicated to Nigerian cuisine entitled The  Orishirishi cookbook.  

• Ire Hassan – Odukale : As a restaurant Director, he opened IKOYI with his friend, Chef  Jeremy Chan in July 2017 . Located in London’s historic St James’s, Ikoyi is a unique  combination of the two men’s backgrounds – the bold tastes and rich flavours of Ire’s  childhood in West Africa and Jeremy’s chef experience in the great kitchens of Noma, Dinner  by Heston Blumenthal and Hibiscus. Together they have created an unrivalled dining  experience with a truly innovative cuisine that marries an intricate balance of flavour and  spice with a fearless enjoyment of the tastes and produce of the season.  

• Victor Okunowo: Victor Okunowo is the head Chef at London’s Talking Drum, a West  African fine – dining restaurant new to the South West of the capital. He took part in  Masterchef in 2020, a culinary TV show broadcasted on BBC, and he was one of ten semi finalists in the competition.