Michelin Guide 2025: why was only one female chef awarded a star? Only one female chef, Emily Roux, was awarded a Michelin star this year Evening Standard · Feb 12, 2025
Dean Forbes tops 2025 Powerlist as UK’s most influential black person CEO of tech company Forterro, who was homeless as a teenager, replaces Edward Enninful in the top spot The Guardian - UK · Oct 24, 2024
OPINION - West African food is having a moment in London while Nigeria is in need — it deserves our support If I were to tell you that 2024 has already been a hugely significant year for West African food, then where would your mind immediately turn? Might it be Chishuru? The whirling firecracker of a West End restaurant where brilliant, Nigerian-born autodidact Adejoké Bakare (recently named Chef of the Year… Evening Standard · Jun 27, 2024
National Restaurant Awards 2024: The Ledbury named UK’s best restaurant The Ledbury in Notting Hill has reclaimed its title as the UK’s best restaurant at the prestigious National Restaurant Awards, highlighting a triumphant return after its 2020 closure The Independent UK · Jun 11, 2024
Adejoké Bakare named Woman of the Year at prestigious industry awards The self-taught founder of Chishuru accepted the award for Woman of the Year tonight at CODE Hospitality’s ceremony in Claridge’s ArtSpace Evening Standard · Apr 15, 2024
UK’s first black female Michelin-starred chef: ‘We’re at the forefront of west African food’ Adejoké Bakare, founder and head chef of Chishuru in London, says her achievement feels ‘quite surreal’ The Guardian - UK · Feb 6, 2024
Adejoké Bakare’s secret ingredient: plantain Mashed, boiled, baked, fried or as an ice-cream: nothing is more versatile, says the Chishuru chef The Guardian - UK · Nov 14, 2022