Kwame Onwuachi, author portrait
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Kwame Onwuachi

KWAME ONWUACHI is a James Beard Award–winning chef, restaurateur, and author. He has been named a Food & Wine Best New Chef, an Esquire Chef of the Year, a 30 Under 30 honoree by both Zagat and Forbes, and one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People of 2025. He is the author of the memoir Notes from a Young Black Chef and the cookbook My America, has twice hosted the James Beard Awards, and regularly appears on TV shows such as Top Chef, Chef’s Table, Billions, and Somebody Feed Phil.

Raised in New York City, Nigeria, and Louisiana, Onwuachi’s culinary journey began in his mother’s modest Bronx apartment. He trained at the Culinary Institute of America in New York City and, by the age of thirty had opened five restaurants, including the groundbreaking Afro-Caribbean eatery Kith/Kin in Washington, DC. Today, Onwuachi has restaurants across the country, in New York, DC, Miami, and Las Vegas. His restaurant Tatiana was named the number one restaurant in New York by The New York Times two years in a row, and his DC restaurant, Dōgon, earned a spot as one of North America’s 50 Best Restaurants.
Notes from a Young Black Chef (Adapted for Young Adults)
Notes from a Young Black Chef

Wed Sep 16
Dogon
1330 Maryland Ave SW
Washington, DC 
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Thu Sep 17
Maroon
2535 S Las Vegas Blvd
Las Vegas, NV 
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Sat Sep 19
REPARATIONS CLUB LLC
3054 S VICTORIA AVE
LOS ANGELES, CA 90016-4220
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Sat Sep 19
Cookbook Market & Cafe
310 Larchmont Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 
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Mon Sep 21
Fish Cheeks
55 Bond St
New York, NY 
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Tue Sep 22
All Hours Show
Mitzi Theater @Lincoln Center
New York, NY 
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Thu Sep 24
Tatiana
New York, NY 
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Fri Sep 25
Tatiana
New York, NY 
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Sat Sep 26
Zahav
237 St James Place
Philadelphia, PA 
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Sat Oct 17 | 07:00 PM
Invesco QQQ Festival Campus in the Seaport | The Rooftop at Pier 17
89 South Street
New York, NY 10038
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Books

Notes from a Young Black Chef (Adapted for Young Adults)
Notes from a Young Black Chef

Events

Wed Sep 16
Dogon
1330 Maryland Ave SW
Washington, DC 
Google Map

Thu Sep 17
Maroon
2535 S Las Vegas Blvd
Las Vegas, NV 
Google Map

Sat Sep 19
REPARATIONS CLUB LLC
3054 S VICTORIA AVE
LOS ANGELES, CA 90016-4220
Google Map

Sat Sep 19
Cookbook Market & Cafe
310 Larchmont Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 
Google Map

Mon Sep 21
Fish Cheeks
55 Bond St
New York, NY 
Google Map

Tue Sep 22
All Hours Show
Mitzi Theater @Lincoln Center
New York, NY 
Google Map

Thu Sep 24
Tatiana
New York, NY 
Google Map

Fri Sep 25
Tatiana
New York, NY 
Google Map

Sat Sep 26
Zahav
237 St James Place
Philadelphia, PA 
Google Map

Sat Oct 17 | 07:00 PM
Invesco QQQ Festival Campus in the Seaport | The Rooftop at Pier 17
89 South Street
New York, NY 10038
Google Map

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