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Chef Folasade Florence Okubanjo: Bringing Traditional African Cuisine to Greater Manchester

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Emmanuel Eze

Chef Folasade Florence Okubanjo, through her catering company Marvellous Lord Catering, is steadily carving a niche for herself by bringing the beauty of traditional African cuisine to the UK.

Marvellous Lord Catering

Marvellous Lord Catering is a UK-based catering company specializing in authentic Nigerian and West African cuisine led by Director and Chef Folasade Florence Okubanjo.

The company was established on April 17, 2023 is registered as Marvellous Lord Catering Limited. it operates from 223 Stamford Street Central, Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester (postcode OL6 7QB). It was recently in the limelight after it organised a tasting in front of its restaurant.

Sticking to Traditional African Dishes

Marvellous Lord Catering has established itself as one of the foremost locations for African cuisine in the UK.

The restaurant offers traditional African dishes like Jollof rice, fried rice, pounded yam, amala, eba, and semo served with various soups like egusi, efo riro, ogbono, okro, oha, and edikaikong.

There is also Abula with assorted meat, seafood okro, yam porridge, and rice with assorted meat in ayamase sauce in addition to Peppered turkey, garnished goat meat (asun), nkwobi, isi ewu, and catfish pepper soup.

Small chops like Meat pies, puff-puff, egg buns, fish pies, and doughnuts are also part of the restaurant’s offering in addition to extras like Agege bread, moin moin, and various tray options for larger gatherings.

Emmanuel Eze

Emmanuel Eze is an early career journalist with an interest in reporting economic and business related issues

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