Features & Press
2024
- What Are You Hungry For, and Will It Nourish You? On Food, Knowledge, and Identity – Cultural Agent in Residence at M.Bassy Hamburg
- On Movement and Storytelling with Gastronomica’s Irina D. Mihalache
- Eating with Buchi Emecheta, The Republic Journal
- A Gastro Obscura Guide to Lagos
- Recent recipe development for Serious Eats
2023
- Nigerian Food 101: Recipes to Get You Started on Serious Eats
- Let’s talk Nigerian Street Food on Flavor Notes with Adun
- Pink Lady Food Photographer Of The Year Shortlist 2023
- On the BBC, West African food and computer viruses
2022
- Nigerian Recipe series on Serious Eats
- Contributor to Serious Eats’ Digital Issue, Bubbles – The Negative Space of Food
- Writing, for Bon Appetit: Bergamot
- Video Essay, Program of African Studies at Northwestern University: Unearthing connectedness; a journey through memory and place-making
2021
- Podcast, Mayowa In Conversation with Ozoz
- Feature, Condé Nast Traveler, These Chefs Are on a Mission to Decolonize West African Food
- Spoken word, to accompany the Diaspora menu at ÌTÀN t.k.
- Writing, For Bon Appetit: Hibiscus, Mozzarella Fritters, Rof
- Interview, Randolph’s Destiny African Market & Variety Store offers rare goods from the African continent. But why do so few in Greater Boston exist? – The Boston [Paywall]
- Interview, A Nigerian feast starts with Jollof rice – Philadelphia Inquirer [Paywall]
- Writing, In Food & Wine, Chapman Is the Nigerian Non-Alcoholic Cocktail You’ll Be Sipping All Summer
- Writing, In Food & Wine, The Wide World of Jollof Rice
- Feature, Vancouver Island University, VIU Symposium Examines Intertwined Histories of Gender, Food and Sovereignty
- Feature, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – Feast Afrique dives into African culinary delights
- Writing, In Digest by Active Cultures – Feast Afrique: On Knowledge and Dilemma
- Writing, In The Recipe Project – Memories of Akara and Acaraje
- Speaker, Discussing the Double Pyramid connecting Food Culture, Health, Climate, April 22
- Feature, ‘Curating as Unearthing’: New Grounds for Curatorial Practices | By Hanou Amendah
- Feature, Digital archives immortalize West African culinary and political history
- Podcast, Superhelpful – What are the essential parts of an apology?
- Podcast, Gravy by Southern Foodways – Horchata: an ancient drink that crossed the globe
- Podcast, Smart Mouth – Episode 179: Tracing the West African Diaspora with Ozoz Sokoh
- Feature, Smithsonian Mag: New Online Portal Chronicles the Culinary Legacy of the African Diaspora
- Feature, Les Univers du Livre Actualitte: Les saveurs de l’Afrique de L’Ouest à découvrir dans une bibliothèque en ligne
- Feature, Mental Floss: Feast Afrique, A Digital Archive Dedicated to West African Cuisine, Is Now Online
- Feature, Gastro Obscura: Now Online: A Free Library Devoted to West Africa’s Food Heritage
- Recipe Development/ Nigerian Chicken Suya for Butcher Box
- Feature, TRT World: Decolonising culinary legacy of West African food, one recipe at a time
- Feature, Brittle Paper: Introducing Feast Afrique, Ozoz Sokoh’s Digital Archive of African Culinary Excellence
- Launched, Feast Afrique‘s Digital Library
- Speaker, CIA’s 2021Global Plant-Forward Culinary Summit: Virtual Edition
2020
- For Basically, by Bon Appetit: lemons and peaches
- Colonial Politics Cannot Stop Me, in Latitude – Rethinking Power Relations
- In #inthekitchenwithuzoandozoz
- Mentee, Forecast 5th Edition
- One of 19 Women of Dekoloniale! Berlin
- Speaker, CIA Worlds of Flavor 2020
- on CBC.ca – Ontario Peaches – From Skin To Pit | Here and Now Toronto with Gill Deacon
- In discussion with Petina Gappah, Eat the Books: Out of Darkness Shining Light
- Nigerian Chefs Work to Revive Indigenous Seasonings on FoodTank
- 24 Black Food Bloggers And Chefs To Follow On Instagram
- Expert, Goethe’s Latitude Digital Festival; Travelling Kitchen with Food
- Interview with SK & Popsy
- Mentee – Fifth Edition of Forecast, 2020
- Featured in Quarantzine_02 – Stories from Quarantine
- Featured in ‘Meet the influencers‘ in Rest of World
- Al Jazeera – Cooking in Quarantine: Travelling by plate during coronavirus
- Quoted in the book, Cool Beans by Joe Yonan: ‘ The first time I made this dish (ewa riro), after scouring the internet and cookbooks for recipes, my version tasted plain compared to what I had eaten in restaurants, so I turned to the wonderful @kitchenbutterfly for help. And oh, what fun Skype conversations we had! Ozoz turned me on to grains of selim, which add a mysterious muskiness and more of the depth some traditional recipes accomplish with smoked turkey or dried crawfish. ‘
- Food performance, Love Letter to Lagos with Agbalumo at the Treehouse
- How Food Connects us to Our Origins, Channels TV
- On Bella Naija, Here are 3 Important Things We Learnt from Ozoz Sokoh in Adaora Mbelu’s ‘The Lumination Show‘
- 14 Women Making Strides in the Nigerian Food Processing Industry, FoodPro
2019
- Discourse, Latitude with the Goethe Institut: ‘Fusion Food – Exchange or Appropriation?‘
- Written piece in the Irin Journal, Issue 01: Lagos, Nigeria
- Co-organiser, Curator Abori Food Design Summit. Curated Abori exhibition of Nigerian food ingredients and culture
- Researcher and Presenter, Agege Bread documentary
- Creator & Host, Eat the Books at Ake Arts & Books Festival and photos
- Creator & Host, Eat the Books at Afrolution Festival Berlin (Summary, Bites)
- World Food Program for World Food Day
- Creator & co-host, World Jollof Rice Day Festival
- Curated an ‘Around the World in Jollof’ installation featuring 6 countries and a world map tracing history and culture of Jollof ingredients
- I spend my days exploring the many dimensions of food
- No Leftovers Literary Dining Performance and Feast at Angels & Muse
- On Lumination Podcast
- On Afroesthetics Podcast
- Speaker, Social Media Week Lagos, Nigeria – Panelist & Judge at Talkoverfood 3.0 – The Future of Food in Africa
- Host Vision boarding party at RT Retreat, Lagos – Nigeria
- Moderator, Book Chat at Ake Arts & Books Festival
- Uniting Africa Through Food
- On Transatlantic Files
2018
- Winner, Saveur Best Food Culture Blog, Readers’ Choice
- Food crossroads co-host with the Goethe Institut
- Creator & Host, Eat the Books at Ake Arts & Books Festival
- Co-creator & co-host, A Table with Alliance Francais
- Researcher and narrator, Swallow – On food security in Nigeria
- Speaker, Social Media Week Lagos: Now That We Have Your Attention: Maximising Local & Global Interest In African Food
- Interview, Nigeria Community on Facebook
- Creator & co-host, World Jollof Rice Day Festival
- Hosted a silent listening experience of 2017 Ode to Jollof at World Jollof Festival
- On Food 52, How Spiced Coconut Milk Pudding Came to Nigeria
- Season 4 Episode 6 Not Your African Cliché Podcast
- Travel by Plate, Akara To Acaraje
- Running in Heels conference, Lagos – Nigeria, Panelist, ‘The Career Jungle Gym- Making the Transition’
- Chef’s Relief Dinner – 1 of 9 chefs who cooked and raised N4.14 m (~$11, 500) for fire victims
- Host, Eat the books – a taste journey through Nigerian literature
- Zamari Conversations with Ozoz Sokoh
- This Nigerian Chef is a Culinary Wizard
- Ask for what you want and don’t be afraid of it, Business Fever
- The Importance of Ozoz aka Kitchen Butterfly
2017
- Parts Unknown with Anthony Bourdain, Lagos
- BBC News – Nigeria’s growing taste for haute cuisine
- Creator & co-host, World Jollof Rice Day Festival
- Produced and screen ‘Ode to Jollof’ over World Jollof weekend
- Interview with For Creative Girls – Career Migrants
- Group exhibition,‘Standing Out II/ The Art of the Nigerian Woman’
- Featured, the Art of the Nigerian Woman
- Food 52 Apple Curd Stars in This Orchard Inspired Tart
- Sound bites, on food
- Speaker, Shell Women’s Program, Nigeria Annual International Conference & Exhibition (NAICE), ‘Aspiration, investing in self and achieving on all fronts’
- Colab, Fireside chat with Colab for Women
- Host of The Navigator’s Table Dinner Series at Renaissance Hotel
- TED Global Guest – Interview with Pierre Thiam
- Culture Diaries feature
- Interview with Lishe
- With TINK on The Future of Food in Africa
2016
- Kitchen Crafters on CNN
- Lagos restaurant elevates street food to fine dining on The Daily Mail
- Group art exhibition, What’s Cooking/ Tech meets art
- Behind the scenes, What’s Cooking
- Masterclass teacher, GT Bank Food and Drink Fair
- 42 African Innovators to watch
- Jollof exhibition and installation featuring selected works from food artist and hosted artist and literary talks
- In Celebration of World Chocolate Day
- Ozoz Sokoh is fusing local food and art to celebrate Nigerian cuisine
- Food52, The Nigerian Fruitcake Recipe That Brings Me Home
- Food52, The Saucy Rice Dish So Beloved in West Africa, It Has its Own Holiday
- Indlu with Kitchen Butterfly
- Bukka meets Kitchen Butterfly
- The Kitchen Butterfly Effect on YNaija
- 8 African Food Bloggers and Chefs you should know about, What’s On Africa
- 7 African Chefs Making Waves on Instagram, Demand Africa
2015
- Presentation, New Nigerian Cuisine, 33rd NAPE Conference
- Solo photography exhibition, ‘Postcards from Lagos’
- Food52, The Coconut Cookie That Takes Me Back to Childhood in Nigeria
- On the Spot with Ebony Life
2014
- Speaker, TEDx – Journey by Plate
- Writer & participant, 2014 Farafina Trust Creative Writing Workshop
- Letters to myself: 20s, 30s, 40s
- A collection of presentations on slideshare about Food
2013
- Food 52 Recipe, featured on Jenny’s in the Kitchen: Deep Fried Green Beans
- Women who Cook: 20 Nigerian Food Bloggers We Love
2012
- Food52 Wildcard Winner, Pickled Peas
- Food 52 Recipe, selected as Community Picks
- Barca Tuna Sauce, Your Best Canned Fish Recipe
- January, Kitchen Butterfly is Gourmet’s Food Blog of the week
2011
- Ajabu: Nigerian Pepper Soup (AFJEM53); African Journal of Emergency Medicine
- Featured on Food 52 – recipes selected as Community Picks:
- Nigerian Chapman aka African Sangria, Your Best Punch contest
- Chocolate Granola Bark, Your Best Holiday Confection contest
- Raspberry Bakewell Tart, Your Best Raspberries
- Spiced Simple Mango Slaw, Your Best Picnic Dish
- Akara aka Lentil or Bean Fritters, Your Best Recipe for Beans
- Food52’s Photography column ‘Feast your eyes’:
2010
- October – Recipes featured in the book ‘Foodies of the World’
- September – The Nigerian Connection, an article on The Urbanite
- September – ‘Eat with your eyes’: It’s Suya Good, an article on The Urbanite
- July – Winner of Food52’s Swordfish contest
2009
- Guest post on Chow & Chatter
- Featured, West International #9
Awards & Nominations
- 2018 | Winner, Saveur Best Food Culture Blog, Readers’ Choice
- 2018 | Nominee, ELOY Awards – Chef of the year
- 2017 | Nominee, ELOY Awards – Female Chef or Food Designer
- 2017 | 100 Nigeria’s Most Inspiring Women by Leading Ladies Africa
- 2011| Women in Energy Recognition Award
