Kwame Onwuachi

Notes from a Young Black Chef: A Memoir

Coming-of-age memoir of a Black chef navigating culinary industry racism and poverty

About the author

Kwame Onwuachi

Kwame Onwuachi is a James Beard Award-winning chef who opened and closed a restaurant in Washington D.C. while on Top Chef and wrote Notes from a Young Black Chef, one of the most candid memoirs about race, ambition, and the restaurant business. His writing addresses systemic barriers in the culinary industry.