Nigerian jollof rice has been declared world’s best inwards outset always Washington DC Jollof Festival.
On July 2, 2017, Ms. Atinuke Ogunsalu of Queensway Restaurant & Catering became the winner of the outset always Jollof Festival inwards the USA organized past times Afropolitan Insights.
Ms. Ogunsalu pose skeptics to shame amongst her win as well as proved to all that Nigerians tin indeed fix Jollof when she secured her solid soil the win at the event.
Her competitors at the number were Cameroon, Ghana, as well as Sierra Leone.
The winner walked away amongst a $1000 US dollar coworking services from number partner I/O Spaces as well as an chance to teach a Chef at Jollof Caviar; an upscale African Fusion Restaurant Opening inwards Washington DC inwards 2019.
Ishmael Osekre, the Ghanaian-born, New York-based founder of Afropolitan Insights, creators of the festival inwards an interview amongst TheAfricanDream.net said he was really touched past times the attendance as well as welcoming spirit received from participants, vendors, as well as the metropolis of Washington DC, adding “thanks to all your efforts nosotros choose laid a groovy musical note for #JollofFestival as well as nosotros exclusively await forrad to edifice on it every bit nosotros popularize the togetherness the repast brings hither inwards the United States.”
This raw video was shot at the number past times Oral Ofori, Founder of #TheAfricanDreamLLC who were media partners for the event.