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Number 1 on the 2024 list
Adejoké Bakare is a chef and founder from Nigeria, named to the AFN 100 in 2024 for being named UK Chef of the Year as Chishuru entered the UK top 100.
In June 2024 Adejoké Bakare was named Chef of the Year at the UK's National Restaurant Awards, and Chishuru, her West African restaurant in London, entered the UK top 100 at number 31. In September 2024 BusinessDay reported that she is the UK's first Black female chef to be awarded a Michelin star. Chishuru began in Brixton Village in 2020, and BusinessDay counted it among three Nigerian restaurants on the UK's best 100 list.