How Kwame Onwuachi Went From Selling Candy to Becoming a Top New York Chef

Nigerian-American chef Kwame Onwuahchi takes us on a journey from his childhood years in Nigeria, to selling candy on the New York City subway, to being crowned one of the nation's top chefs with a world famous restaurant in Lincoln Center. Onwuachi sits down with Noah Callahan-Bever to discuss how he came up with the concept for Tatiana, his fears of failure and how he found inspiration from President Barack Obama.
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[@Wildfire_FX]

So dope. His hustle and hunger is relatable. Im on that same energy.

[@opeyemiaia]

"sacrifice.... putting a lot of hours, then attention to detail: paying attention to a lot of small details matter" Resonate with my 4 years of sacrifice in studying rural market for financial inclusion solution I've been working on.

[@urbanstrencan]

Great story, would love to visit his restaurant one time 😊

[@krizzay95]

My man's was a ghost chef

[@Laoriginal718]

Bro knocked up super head 🤢🤦🏽‍♀️

[@itsking2u]

That's wild 😂😂😂😂

[@selq-vs5iq]

And Cyn Santana! Crazy work!