Alex Oke
Alex Oke is a Nigerian chef.[1]
Early life and education[edit]
Alex was born to a Yoruba father and a Russian mother. He was raised in Ibadan and he has two older siblings. He attended the International School Ibadan before furthering his education at Wichita State University in the United States. He also studied in the United Kingdom, Canada and volunteered for refugees in Israel.[1] He transitioned from a six-year marketing and management career after his graduate studies to the culinary arts. He revealed that his love for cooking instilled by his mother at an early age inspired his change of career to the culinary arts. From his early childhood, he learnt to make pizza, cakes, pastries and cook indigenous Nigerian meals like jollof Rice, puff-puff and akara.[2]
Career[edit]
Alex trained in classical and contemporary French cuisine at the Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts (PICA) in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and also worked for a period at Lear Faye in East Vancouver before returning to Nigeria. He makes Nigerian recipes influenced with European and Asian cuisine to create his own style of cooking which he describes as "gentrified Nigerian food". He adopts local Nigerian ingredients to produce traditional European pastries.[3] Alex is the owner of XO Boutique Bakery and also an instructor at the Culinary Academy in Lagos, Nigeria.[4][5][6] [7][8][9]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Alex Oke". Pressreader. ThisDay. August 4, 2015. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
- ^ "Alex Oke". Chefs in Africa. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
- ^ "Master chefs". The Punch. August 15, 2015. Archived from the original on December 16, 2017. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
- ^ "DL Weekender: Alex Oke's XO Bakery, Orchid Bistro, and The Art of Diseye Tantua". Eat Drink Lagos. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
- ^ "BN Cuisine with Chef Alex: Citrus Habanero Chicken". Bella Naija. 29 July 2006. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
- ^ "Nigeria's growing taste for haute cuisine". BBC. November 1, 2017. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
- ^ "Chef Eros, Chef Benedict & Chef Alex to host Le Diner En Blanc Lagos". 6 December 2017. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
- ^ "GTBank hosts Celebrity Chefs & Superstars to the Pre-Launch of GTBank Food & Drink Fair at the Miele Gallery". Retrieved December 16, 2017.
- ^ "Chefs". Gtbank Food and drink. Archived from the original on December 16, 2017. Retrieved December 16, 2017.