Ifeyinwa Frederick, UK, Nigeria & Grenada

Ifeyinwa Frederick is the Co-founder of Chuku’s, the Nigerian tapas lounge. With the aim of putting Nigerian cuisine on the UK foodie map, she launched Chuku’s with her older brother Emeka in the summer of 2015.  An avid dancer and lover of the performing arts, her first company was a dance school which she set up when she was just sixteen. She is also the Founder of mental health blog, Grey Matters, a space for those with lived experience of mental illness to share their stories. She is a writer and playwright, with her debut feature The Hoes featuring at the Hampstead Theatre in London.