CULTURETECHLENSKwame Onwuachi
VERIFIED evidence grade — master store (canonical CSV)
Combined Graph record U-03494 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-P-1367. Master record source: User-supplied article 2026-10-16 (UrbanGeekz) — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
Chef of Nigerian, Jamaican, Trinidadian, and Creole heritage (Bronx & Louisiana roots); his restaurant Tatiana reimagines soul food and Afro-Caribbean classics — jollof rice, egusi dumplings, braised oxtails, jerk chicken
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Chef of Nigerian, Jamaican, Trinidadian, and Creole heritage (Bronx & Louisiana roots); his restaurant Tatiana reimagines soul food and Afro-Caribbean classics — jollof rice, egusi dumplings, braised oxtails, jerk chicken
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- Role(s): chef, author
- Known for: Chef of Nigerian, Jamaican, Trinidadian, and Creole heritage (Bronx & Louisiana roots); his restaurant Tatiana reimagines soul food and Afro-Caribbean classics — jollof rice, egusi dumplings, braised oxtails, jerk chicken
Relationships
- Diaspora Chefs — appears on
STRONG EVIDENCE - Tatiana — affiliated with
STRONG EVIDENCE
Sources
- https://www.ciachef.edu/cia-bios/kwame-onwuachi/ (verification source · master store)
Evidence note (master store)
Culinary Institute of America alumni bio (tier 3): James Beard Award-winning chef and author (memoir Notes from a Young Black Chef; cookbook My America); raised in New York City, Nigeria, and Louisiana, culinary journey began in his mother's Bronx apartment; My America draws on his family's history 'from Nigeria and the Caribbean to the South and the Bronx'; creator of Tatiana at Lincoln Center. The specific Nigerian/Jamaican/Trinidadian/Creole heritage wording and the jollof rice, egusi dumplings, braised oxtails, and jerk chicken dishes are confirmed by the fetched UrbanGeekz article (STRONG component)
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