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Tiyan Alile is a Hospitality and Culinary Consultant with over 20 years of experience. She is the Past President of The Culinary Arts Practitioners Association in Nigeria, the founder and promoter of Culinary Academy and Director of EasyEats where she is responsible for the culinary direction and strategy. Her objective is to change and improve the standard of Culinary Arts Education and Culinary awareness globally. She left her corporate law practice and founded the Culinary Academy Nigeria in 2012, after studying Advanced Culinary Arts at L’Academie de Cuisine in the United States. At the Culinary Academy she teaches Diploma Students in Culinary and Pastry Arts as well as Front of House Management and from a lifestyle perspective she teaches themed recreational cooking classes; engaging food enthusiasts and epicureans on a tasteful culinary journey. Tiyan has been involved in planning a number of events in the hospitality space and delivering masterclasses to thousands of attendees at several food fairs including the Fiesta of Flavours Food Fairs, Tiyan was the Pioneer curator for Masterclasses at the GTBank Food and Drink Fair, She participated at the Mzansi Culinary Festival (South Africa) and taught a Culinary masterclass at the CentralJohannesburg College, the South Beach Seafood Festival, Miami, Florida. Tiyan Led Nigeria as Chef Mentor in 2015 to participate in the Young Chef Olympiad competition in India Her Restaurant Tarragon received in Belfast and Russia the prestigious World Luxury Restaurant Awards for Fine Dining and Food Styling and Presentation for West Africa and Nigeria (2018) and Tiyan was named Best Head Chef West & Central Africa (2019) by the World Luxury Restaurants Awards. She has been instrumental in the opening and operation of several other successful restaurants in Lagos, Miami, Dubai & Abuja. If you are looking for a consultant, mentor or advisor for your food business, let us talk about it.

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