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Number 25 on the 2024 list
Pierre Siewe is a chef from Cameroon, named to the AFN 100 in 2024 for opening Table Penja in Paris, his first restaurant, cooking with Cameroonian Penja pepper.
Pierre Siewe, a Cameroonian chef from Douala and the son of restaurateurs, had Table Penja open in Paris's 7th arrondissement in 2024, his first restaurant of his own after more than ten years cooking at Le Garde-Temps in Pigalle. Named after Penja, the Cameroonian town known for its pepper, it uses Penja pepper, pèbè, moringa and fonio. Time Out Paris reviewed it in December 2024 and gave it four stars out of five.