Tiyan Alile

Tiyan Alile is a Nigerian-American celebrity chef and restaurateur. She established Culinary Academy, the first culinary school in Nigeria. A few of her former restaurants include a grill at the Ibadan Golf Club and a modernized Nigerian restaurant. Quotes I don’t have any professional chef in my family. My mum is a lawyer retired as a chief magistrate. My father is a doctor- a veterinary surgeon. My mum loves to entertain us with food. She finds time to cook despite her profession as a lawyer. I definitely picked a lot from her kitchen experience. Going to culinary school for me was to brush up, design and educate myself because I believe knowledge is power that can never be taken away, and it’s always good to educate yourself. When I came back from sojourn abroad, I noticed that it was quite obvious, because of the way I ate and dined, that there was definitely that gap in eating habits and style in Nigeria. Dining out here does not really meet ones expectation. We have quite a number of people in the hospitality industry in the country, as fast as it is growing, but these brands ought to have international standards. Then the chefs we have within hardly meet the human resource demands. I said to myself, I know what I am going to do. I then decided to get a good curriculum to teach culinart art, start to train chefs. It’s not only training chefs but also recreational training to train staff who will be relevant in the industry. This is because some people just love to cook and there are some who want to do it professionally. We train children also – catch them young. It is within this context that I found the African Young Chef Competition (AYCC) Our objective is to create a platform where all the industry can come together, build a synergy and help to educate each other; have the camaraderie that the industry needs and help make the industry a better space. Memberships comprise so many young and talented chefs and others. External links Category:Chefs Category:Living people Category:Businesswomen from Nigeria