Bakare moved to the United Kingdom in 1999.[5] She worked in various fields including
property management and health & safety, operated a street food van outside her church, and later hosted
supper clubs.[5][6] Her supper clubs highlighted
west African cuisine.[6] She is entirely self-taught.
Career
In 2019, she won the
Brixton Kitchen competition in the amateur category.[7][8] In September 2020, Bakare opened Chishuru, a pop-up restaurant in London which specialised in modern
West African cuisine.[1][2][3][7][9][8] Chishuru would go on to have several other popup locations across London and in September 2023 settled in
Fitzrovia.[1][8] In November 2023 food critic
Charlotte Ivers reviewed Chishuru and gave it 5/5 stars.[10]
On 5 February 2024, Bakare was awarded a Michelin-star as the
Head Chef of Chishuru and became the first Black woman in the
United Kingdom to become a Michelin-starred chef[1][2][3] and the second Black woman in the world to win a Michelin-star for her own restaurant after Chef
Georgiana Viou in France, who won hers in 2023.[11][failed verification]