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Events

By West Africa Cooks, 25 September, 2017

New York African Restaurant Week starts on Sunday October 1st and runs until Sunday October 22nd. Visit a participating restaurant, in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Harlem, Bronx and take advantage of the deals they are offering. Celebrate the best of African cuisine and culture in New York, America. Produced by Panla and A Taste of Africa USA, two leading culinary events companies reinventing the way African food is consumed and discovered, the New York African Restaurant Week features lunch and dinner options.

By West Africa Cooks, 31 August, 2017

Applications for a stall at Africa on the Square 2017 are now closed. The deadline for October 2017's event passed in July. The below text is for information only and it provides a guide for all market traders in the future.

Africa On The Square 2017

The Mayor of London’s events programme includes cultural festivals and major events such Diwali, Africa on the Square, Eid and New Year’s Eve Fireworks. Other events supported by the Mayor of London include the Notting Hill Carnival.

By West Africa Cooks, 13 April, 2017

"The continent of Africa has such a diverse food offering" say Zoe Adjonyoh who at the forefront of shaking things up in the UK foodie scene has now published a cook book called Zoe's Ghana Kitchen.

By West Africa Cooks, 18 February, 2017

The London taste of Africa meetup group members had a meet and greet at the Black Cultural Archives in Brixton, London in February 2017. This is the report on what happened.

By West Africa Cooks, 10 February, 2017

Here is a q&a from Carine Ottou, the Cameroonian chef who founded Inspiring Chefs, co-hosting the sold out *Soul Makoss a pop-up at The Pill Box in Bethnal Green with **Eat Off The Menu.

Where are your family from?

I was born in Cameroon and moved to France at age 14.

What African country do you visit the most and why should other people visit that country?

By West Africa Cooks, 18 October, 2016

This article is about the panel discussion, progress made in a year and next steps we should make to promote African Cuisine.

By West Africa Cooks, 23 September, 2016

This is the biggest and best competition in the African and Caribbean domestic cooking scene. You have to enter. With the rise in African and Caribbean art, music and fashion we see a rise in African and Caribbean street food stalls, supperclubs and cooking recipes. To inspire a nation and the world, the capital London gets its second ever Jollof rice competition and much more. Here is what is happening we have a prize money pool of £6,000 which is for eight competitions. It will be equally shared. There will be at least 3 runner-up cash prizes per competition.

By West Africa Cooks, 2 September, 2016

The Southbank Centre Food Market featured the following stalls in 2014 Zoe's Ghana Kitchen; Chale Let's Eat; Pepper and Stew; Ethiopian Coffee and Zigni Sauce and Spice (Eritrean). Now more African foodie entrepreneurs are entering the market. Included from Africa and the Caribbean we now have Ghanaian, Liberian, Nigerian, Sierra Leone, South African, Ethiopian and Jamaican foods.

Here are the African foodie brands at the African Street Food takeover 2016

By West Africa Cooks, 25 August, 2016

You have sent your emails out, you have a lovely flyer, the date is booked and your menu is set. It is three weeks till your event date and you have only sold a few tickets. You ask yourself. What am I going to do? Why are my African supperclub tickets not selling?

So the questions we are going to ask are where are your

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