Nana Araba Wilmot

Nana Araba Wilmot is the Chef/ Owner of Georgina’s Private Chef and Catering Co. and Curator of Love That I Knead, a West African focused dinner series.

Holding degrees in Culinary Arts and Culinary Management from the Art Institute of Philadelphia, Chef Nana has worked for numerous Culinary Luminaries, including Wolfgang Puck, Iron Chef Jose Garces, Stephen Starr and Chef Daniel Rose at Le CouCou in NYC. Which won a James Beard Best New Restaurant 2017 and a Michelin Star in 2018.

Chef Nana’s Culinary focus is on celebrating foodways across the African Diaspora, using her dishes to explore her identity and help others “find their way back”. Spanning locations in Philadelphia, NYC and Accra Ghana, her work has been featured in numerous publications including Bon Appetit, Forbes, New York Times, Eater and Eater NY.

Most recently Chef Nana has been seen on Food Network’s CHOPPED and featured in the highly anticipated Cookbook “The Contemporary African Kitchen” by Alexander Smalls released in October 2024.