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There’s always a lesson to learn from everything, even when I burn myself in the kitchen—Founder, culinary academy, Ikoyi

There’s always a lesson to learn from everything, even when I burn myself in the kitchen—Founder, culinary academy, Ikoyi

Chef Tiyan Alile is the executive chef of Tarragon Restaurant in Ikoyi, Lagos. She is the President of the Culinary Arts Practitioners Association in Nigeria and founder, Culinary Academy, Ikoyi, Lagos. As a lawyer with corporate background that spanned 15 years, she went into the food business, a passion that has materialised into something bigger than her expectations. Recently, she organised the African Young Chefs Competition ‘AYCC’, a platform that is billed to bring young and inspiring African chefs together to change the narrative about African indigenous food to international standards. In a chat with Saturday Woman, she speaks on emerging trends in the culinary and hospitality industry in Nigeria.

Herdsmen had a different agenda in Benue

Herdsmen had a different agenda in Benue

Mr Samuel Ortom is the governor of Benue State. In this interview, he spoke on the Anti-Open Grazing Bill he signed into law to address the killings witnessed in recent time following clashes between herdsmen and farmers.

LAGOS: People, Places in Smart-Cole’s Lens

LAGOS: People, Places in Smart-Cole’s Lens

The first black man that lived in Ikoyi was Dr. Ajose and he was given honorary white status because he married a white woman. That was why they allowed him to live there