Introducing Chef James Olupot, the culinary virtuoso who just so happens to be our Executive chef with a career spanning over 20years in food and beverage production. Chef Jame’s journey into the culinary world began in his early years as a young man born and bred in the district of Pallisa, Eastern Uganda. At an early age he recognised his love and curiosity for cooking and experimenting with food preparation and production. He enjoyed the different methods of cooking thus developing a passion for trying different flavours to enhance different dishes to create delicious tasty and exotic meals.

Chef James embodies a simple yet stylish craft, valuing hospitality, technique and the use of local produce. He describes his culinary approach to combining “A democratic meeting between African and western Cuisine” while using an abundant selection of locally produced Ugandan ingredients to create adventurous, simple yet scrumptious dishes. From your “Nyama Choma, Local Ugandan meals, intercontinental to Michelin star style dishes” Chef James and his team will keep you asking for more. We pride ourselves in the art of “local simplicity…” “local is lekker…” showcasing all of the local ingredients as much as possible”, upholding our philosophy of sourcing local produce and developing strong supplier, producer and farmer relationships. 

Chef James is an enthusiastic, talented, soft spoken yet confident, who has a good heart and a love for God" The kitchen is where he can fully express and share this passion with the world while capturing and enchanting your tastebuds and taking them on a wild ride to extreme heights with each individual meal he and his team prepare. Cooking is a complete artistic process and expression of creating local flavours with a modern twist for the production of exceptional dishes.

We are delighted to have James on board and hope to welcome you too soon so that you can experience his work for yourself and feel free to contact us. Our chefs do house calls for your seamless hosting and event experience…