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Chef · Seattle · OG

Maya Okafor

West African home cooking, restaurant-refined. Every menu I write starts with something my grandmother made.

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11+ years cookingSeattle, WA · 25 mi radius384 followers here
OGChef Test · Passed

About

I trained in Seattle fine-dining kitchens and cooked for six years in a two-star before I realized the food I actually wanted to make wasn't on any of those menus.

Now I run private jollof-and-suya dinners and pop-ups that sell out through word of mouth. If you've never had properly-made egusi, put in a request. If you have, you already know why I'm here.

Experience

Verified by peer endorsement
2022 – now
Personal chef · West African + PNW
Seattle
2018 – 2022
Sous chef · fine dining
Two-star Seattle restaurant
2015 – 2018
Line cook
Multiple Seattle kitchens

Timeline

Auto-tracked · reverse-chron
Aug 2026
Sold out first pop-up — Capitol Hill
Jul 2026
Crossed 250 followers on the platform
May 2026
Chef Test passed
Apr 2026
Joined as OG

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