Kwame Onwuachi

Kwame Onwuachi is a James Beard Award-winning chef, restaurateur, and author. He was named a Food & Wine’s Best New Chef, Esquire Magazine’s 2019 Chef of the Year, a 30 Under 30 honoree by both Zagat and Forbes, and he was recently announced on Time’s 100 Most Influential People of 2025.

Raised in New York City, Nigeria, and Louisiana, he creates ground-breaking Afro-Caribbean cuisine inspired by his ancestors and upbringing with intentionality and purpose behind every dish. Onwuachi’s restaurant, Tatiana was named the “#1 Restaurant in New York” by the New York Times two years in a row.

His DC restaurant, Dōgon earned a spot as #2 on Washingtonian’s list of Best Restaurants in D.C., was named on World’s 50 Best North America, and is on Condé Nast Traveler’s Best New Restaurants in the World: 2025 Hot List.

His most recent venture, Patty Palace by Chef Kwame, is in Citi Field and Timeout Market Union Square, with more locations on the horizon. This year Onwuachi expanded his restaurant portfolio to Miami with Las’Lap and is headed to the West Coast with a partnership with SAHARA Las Vegas in early 2026.