Rise of male chefs

• Published date: 17 January 2023
• Publication title: Nigeria - The Nation

Chefs are among the top most sought-after across the world. This follows an explosion in vacancies in hotels and restaurants for them. DANIEL ESSIET reports.

THE love of food drew the Vice-President, Culinary Arts Practitioners Association of Nigeria, Gbolabo Adebakin, to the sector.

A graduate of Zoology, University of Lagos, Adebakin (alias Chef Gbbs) is a nationally acclaimed chef. He feels so happy about it. He is the General Manager, Sabor, a Casual Dining Restaurant, Victoria Island, Lagos.

He has worked as an executive chef and manager who secures work, including catering jobs. He's an inspiration to a lot of people. He is also the Vice President of Feed the Kids Initiative.

He told The Nation that there are international opportunities for male chefs, who are offered salaries ranging from $2000 to $5000 monthly. In addition, the hiring firm provides round-trip airfares.

Most of the jobs are contract based, but renewable. Accommodation included furniture and transportation to the workplace will be borne by the hiring company., which will also pay the cost of first aid.

Apart from this, the airfare to join the job and the airfare to return to the...