Adejoké Bakare

Adejoké Bakare
Born
Kaduna State
EducationKaduna State University
Years active2019–current
Culinary career
Cooking styleWest African
Rating(s)
Current restaurant
Award(s) won
  • Brixton Kitchen, Amateur category, 2019
    Time Out magazine’s “Best London Restaurant”, 2022
    100 Most Influential Women in Hospitality, 2022
    Chef of the Year, National Restaurant Awards 2024

Adejoké "Joké" Bakare is a British Nigerian-born chef specialising in West African cuisine. Largely self taught, in 2024, she became the first Black woman in the United Kingdom to be awarded a Michelin-star. Later that year, she was named Chef of the Year at the National Restaurant Awards.