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With the recent trend of Hilda who broke the record of the longest cooking marathon, the quest to know more about Nigerian chefs has become higher. All over the Internet today, it’s either the search keyword reads “Nigerian chef so-so-so” or simply “Nigerian chefs.” Perhaps this is because most people love anything food-related.
Let’s have a quick overview of Nigerian culinarians and their online presence.
The Advent of Nigerian Chefs: From Being a Cooking Freak to Building an Online Base
Food is life. Healthy foods provide the essential nutrients we need to carry out our daily activities. However, nowadays, food is more than a substance that quenches hunger. The taste, aroma, recipes, as well as aesthetics, are parts of what make a delightful cuisine.
Over the years, food content has grown beyond cookbooks. Many food lovers in Nigeria have taken advantage of social media platforms to create food blogs and vlogs. There are several professional Nigerian chefs with over one million followers across various social media platforms.
These passionate chefs share interesting content such as food hacks and different recipes for local and intercontinental dishes on platforms such as YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and Facebook, etc.
If you’ve been scouting the internet for local or international recipes and some kitchen hacks for a while now, then our list of top Nigerian chefs with the best social media content is definitely for you.
Top 7 Nigerian Chefs with the Best Social Media Content
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Sisi Yemmie
According to Amazon, Yemisi Odusanya is an award-winning Nigerian chef listed among the “women who have struck social media gold” by CNN Africa in 2018. Sisi Yemmie started her blog in 2011. Later that year, she added visuals to her content, making her one of the top Nigerian chefs with over 925,000 YouTube subscribers.
Sisi Yemmie shares diverse content on Nigerian local dishes on her Instagram and TikTok pages. She also shares live videos of foods she cooks with certain ingredients. Sisi Yemisi is a family woman and her content is tailored towards motherhood or parenting, relationships as well as lifestyles.
If as a mother, you are stuck on what to cook for your kids, SisiYemmieTV is your go-to page for different meal ideas.
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Ify’s Kitchen
Besides being a multi-award-winning culinary expert and TV cooking show host, Ify’s Kitchen is one of the Nigerian food content creators with the largest fan base across all social media platforms. She has over 1.4 million followers on Instagram alone.
Ify Mogekwu is a Nigerian chef and lawyer who pioneered recipe content on Instagram and is still doing well in the business. Chef Ify shares unique recipes for Nigerian meals and some useful kitchen hacks with her followers. Since she started food content creation, Chef Ify has won several awards as well as ambassadorial roles from numerous local and international brands.
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Diary of a Kitchen Lover (DOKL)
Tolani Tayo-Osikoya, also known as Chef T, is a Nigerian chef who got her culinary certification from the Italian Chef Academy in Rome, Italy. DOKL started her journey as a food content creator in 2018. Over the years, she has become one of the top Nigerian chefs with the best social media content. She is famous for her catchphrase, “Hi Besties” on her social media pages.
Chef T has over 1.1 million followers on Instagram and over 435,000 followers on TikTok. DOKL is popular for her colourful Fried rice recipe and several other Nigerian and intercontinental dishes. Moreover, DOKL has a way of carrying her followers along while trying out recipes and oftentimes invites celebrity guests into her kitchen.
She is a lover of kitchen aesthetics and has excellent ways of organising her pantry. Chef T has bagged quite many ambassadorial roles, both indigenous and international brands such as Cadbury, Maggi, Arla, Buchymix, Morning Fresh, and lots more.
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Zeelicious Foods
With over 640,000 and 870,000 followers on Instagram and TikTok respectively, Winifred Nwania is one of the most popular Nigerian chefs with the best social media content. Chef Winnie is a food consultant, a recipe developer and a cooking show host.
She has a passion for healthy living, thus, shares content on how to make healthy, yet mouthwatering meals. She creates different food recipes even with local ingredients. One of her most famous recipes is the “Dodo pizza”. Moreso, Chef Winnie shares numerous kitchen and food tips with her followers and TV audience.
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Chef Cupid
Nelson Michael, popularly known as Chef Cupid, or “Mr Love on a Plate,” is a self-taught pastry chef who found his kitchen inspiration from his mother who was a caterer. Chef Cupid is one the top Nigerian pastry chefs with over 190,000 and 675,000 followers on Instagram and TikTok respectively.
Over the years, he has grown from being just a self-taught pastry chef to a professional chef that teaches various pastry recipes. Chef Cupid is known for sharing food recipes that are perfect for dates and other romantic occasions. His social media pages are your go-to pages for all kinds of pastry and intercontinental dishes recipes.
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TSpices
TSpices is quite popular among social media food content lovers for her giggles while making food videos. Tolani Samuel became one of the most popular Nigerian chefs with the best social media content with over 350,000 followers on Instagram and almost 300,000 TikTok followers.
In 2020, TSpices gained popularity on social media when her plantain frittata recipe video on Facebook (made with overripe plantain) went viral. She shares numerous content on how to make low-budget foods and select the right ingredients for recipes.
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Kiki Foodies
You cannot go through Chef Kiki’s page without falling in love with food photography. She is a recipe developer, food photographer and videographer. She is one of the top Nigerian chefs with over 1 million followers on Instagram and Tiktok.
Chef Kiki has a passion for cooking visually appealing homemade recipes. She shares content on various recipes for local dishes, pastries, healthy drinks and intercontinental dishes. She has a unique style of presenting her dishes in minimalistic yet colourful ways.
