EP. 85 - Building A Fine Dining African Restaurant With No Experience ft. Aji Akokomi

Joining us in the booth this week is Aji, founder of Akoko, a Fine Dining West African Restaurant in Central London.

This episode includes:

• The journey to building Akoko
• Why he wouldn’t recommend launching a restaurant
• How much it costs to launch a fine dining restaurant and much more!

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TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - Preview

00:37 - Take Off Intro

01:12 - Intro to Aji

03:25 - Growing up in Nigeria

07:14 - Moving to the UK

13:29 - The birth of Akoko

016:14 - 3 years to find a venue

18:23 - Landlord turned me down!

23:48 - Creating the menu

27:10 - Don’t open a restaurant if…

30:20 - 3 head chefs in 3 years!

34:54 - Tasting menu over la carte

42:13 - Restaurant profitable in 1st year?

47:19 - You need this amount to open a fine dining restaurant!

50:50 - Pressure of high standards

01:00:31 - Habits that led to success

01:02:04 - Advice to open up a fine dining restaurant

01:07:14 - Final words

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