Joké Bakare’s Essential Ingredients

The Michelin-starred chef speaks to SLOP about her childhood in Nigeria, how her food has evolved and the ingredients she's never without.

By Jack Stanley

Photography by Jess Govinden

For Joké Bakare, food is closely tied to memories of her childhood in Nigeria. “My cooking is mostly food that I had growing up,” she explains. “A lot of it is food that is quite personal to me, based on time I spent with my grandparents or food that we had while travelling; things that had a deep connection to…