Join us on June 16th for our 5th installment of the Chef Series at Rex at the Royal. Chef Angie Brown has partnered with Chef Nana Wilmot to produce a 5-course southern inspired dining event. Dishes will be served on vintage plateware from Chef Angie’s private collection.

Meet Nana Araba!

Nana Araba Wilmot is the Chef/ Owner of Georgina’s Private Chef and Catering Co. and Curator of Love That I Knead, a West African-focused dinner series. Holding degrees in Culinary Arts and Culinary Management from the Art Institute of Philadelphia, Chef Nana has worked for numerous Culinary Luminaries, including Wolfgang Puck, Iron Chef Jose Garces, Stephen Starr and Chef Daniel Rose at Le CouCou in NYC, which won a James Beard Best New Restaurant 2017 and a Michelin Star in 2018.

Chef Nana’s Culinary focuses on celebrating foodways across the African Diaspora, using her dishes to explore her identity and help others “find their way back”. Spanning locations in Philadelphia, NYC, and Accra Ghana, her work has been featured in numerous publications including Bon Appetit, Forbes, New York Times, Eater, and Eater NY.

Most recently, Chef Nana has been seen on Food Network’s CHOPPED and featured in the highly anticipated Cookbook “The Contemporary African Kitchen” by Alexander Smalls, released in October 2024.

Tickets are available now. $95 per person for the five-course menu OR $145 per person for the five-course menu, plus additional craft-cocktail pairings.