Florence Teye Narh Maamle

Creator
Founder
Philanthropist
Indigenous Culinary Advocate

Chef Maamle is a Ghanaian chef, founder of Maamle’s Kitchen Catering, creator of the MK Pop-Up Buffet Experience, and founder of the MK Foundation. But more than that, she’s an indigenous culinary advocate. Her mission is simple: keep Ghana’s food heritage alive.

Florence Teye Narh, Chef Maamle, in her chef whites — Florence Teye Narh · Chef MaamleAccra, Ghana

Chef Maamle seasoning a dish, her awards on the shelf behind her

From a side hustle to a multi-award brand.

She never set out to cook for a living. With a degree in accounting, she found her gift cooking for colleagues during national service, and the referrals never stopped. What began as a side hustle is now a multi-award-winning culinary brand.

“That little business hits different when you build it all from scratch.”

In Chef Maamle’s own words

Chef Maamle in her chef whites and kente collar, grinding pepper in an earthenware asanka

This year’s theme

Innovate today.
Nourish tomorrow.

16October 2026
World Food Day

Selected for the UN’s World Food Day

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has selected Chef Maamle as one of its content creators for World Food Day 2026, a global campaign inspiring action for a better food future. FAO was drawn to the way she brings her community together through food.

“So honored and excited to be selected… This means so much to me.”

Chef Maamle

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“Young people may not want to prepare foods that take hours when faster, more commercial options are easier to sell.”
“Through Aprapransa Wednesdays, she has taken a dish deeply connected to Ghanaian heritage and made it accessible… without changing its identity.”

Nomad Africa Magazine

The magazine opens its feature with Chef Maamle: why she would take a traveller to Makola Market at dawn before any restaurant, and why Ghana’s indigenous dishes are heritage worth protecting.

Read the feature on Nomad Africa

Chef Maamle is more than a chef. She’s a cultural ambassador.

She uses gastronomy to promote Ghana’s cultural heritage.
She bridges food with culture, identity, tourism, and impact.
She bridges the elders’ recipes with the next generation’s curiosity.

Chef Maamle grinding fresh pepper in a clay asanka bowl

The mission · MK Sankofa Project

Reviving Ghana’s hidden dishes.

Through the MK Sankofa Project, Chef Maamle works with indigenous communities to bring forgotten dishes from all sixteen regions back to the table, pairing food with culture, tourism, and the next generation’s curiosity. It is the heart of the MK Pop-Up Buffet: forty-plus dishes, sixteen regions, one table.

Explore the Sankofa Food Project

“When we lose our food, we lose a piece of who we are. I cook so that never happens.”
Chef Maamle · Florence Teye Narh

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