Chef Vee: Providing innovative culinary experience in hospitality industry

Chef Vee, an entrepreneur, restaurant consultant and one of Nigeria’s finest culinary experts is passionate about providing innovative solutions in the hospitality industry.

Chef Vee’s goal is to help key stakeholders in the hospitality business build and maintain relevance through reinventing themselves, and ensuring that their customers enjoy a consistent wholesome experience whenever they walk through their doors.

She recently hosted a number of media personalities to an exclusive culinary experience that took them through an exciting and unconventional brunch menu alongside great conversations about the Nigerian hospitality space, with Lagos as a focus.

The meeting was aimed to introduce Chef Vee to the media space and explore collaborations opportunities
Born in the USA and raised between Lagos and London, Chef Vee’s niche is european-asian cuisine with elements of West African.

The meeting had in attendance Tolu Ogundeko, Digital content creator; Jennifer ObiUvwebi, Editor Tomorrow’s Woman; Sunkami, Founder of The Lagos Weekender and Oreva Akpobore, Contributor at Vanguard Allure amongst others.

The guests were treated to a 2-course brunch menu put together by Chef Vee. When asked if she was solely concentrated on the nutritional benefits of a meal, Chef VEE explained that as much as the nutritional value of a meal is important , she also loves to explore flavors so that the meal is enjoyable.

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She does not believe in reducing one aspect of food over the other one focusing so much on a type of meal.

The guest commented on the burst of flavors and how lovely the meal tasted. They also loved that the meals were quite filling.

Guests also shared their unique experiences of the hospitality space in Lagos.

They spoke of both positive and negative impressions that they had, and what could be done to improve customer experience in the hospitality space.

Some of the guests commented that most restaurants are more focused on the aesthetics and ambiance than the actual food and kitchen space.

This is one of the things Chef Vee hopes to help improve upon as a restaurant and food consultant. She is hoping to change the dynamic of how people perceive the Nigerian hospitality space.

Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha

Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha is the Aviation Correspondent at BusinessDay Media Limited, publishers of BusinessDay Newspapers. She is also the Deputy Editor, BusinessDay Weekender Magazine, the Saturday Weekend edition of BusinessDay. She holds a BSC in Mass Communication from the prestigious University of Nigeria, Nsukka and a Masters degree in Marketing at the University of Lagos. As the lead writer on the aviation desk, Ifeoma is responsible and in charge of the three weekly aviation and travel pages in BusinessDay and BDSunday. She also overseas and edits all pages of BusinessDay Saturday Weekender. She has written various investigative, features and news stories in aviation and business related issues and has been severally nominated for award in the category of Aviation Writer of the Year by the Nigeria Media Nite-Out awards; one of the Nigeria’s most prestigious media awards ceremonies. Ifeoma is a one-time winner of the prestigious Nigeria Media Merit Award under the 'Aviation Writer of the Year' Category. She is the 2025 Eloy Award winner under the Print Media Journalist category. She has undergone several journalism trainings by various prestigious organisations. Ifeoma is also a fellow of the Female Reporters Leadership Fellowship of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism.