Toyo Odetunde, food writer and supper club host, shares her journey from law to hospitality, celebrating West African cuisine through creativity and storytelling.
Nominations are open for the 2025 BIH Spotlight Awards. Celebrate diversity and recognise excellence in hospitality, food, and drink.
Introducing the Thrive in Wine Class of 2025! Ten trailblazers awarded scholarships to study WSET wine qualifications.
Celebrating five years of Be Inclusive Hospitality with achievements, community, and insights on diversity, culture, and the future of hospitality.
The winners of the Black Business Fund were announced last week, seeing £250,000 distributed to 25 Black-owned businesses.
A month on from the inaugural BIH Spotlight Awards we wanted to take a moment to refocus why we started them in the first place. The goal was to celebrate and recognise exceptional talent and achievement from Black, Asian, and ethnic minorities working within hospitality, food, and drink. Reading the below, we think that has been achieved!
Find out more about our incredible winners and what they do, as well as their insights on winning a BIH Spotlight Award.
Babatunde Abifarin is founder of Farin Road restaurant in Edinburgh, and has worked in the trade for the better part of a decade. Abi has always been eager to introduce the Scottish community to African food, by adding African ingredients to many of his menus at restaurants where he has worked as head chef.
Last night, Be Inclusive Hospitality (BIH) proudly announced the winners for its BIH Spotlight Awards – the first ever awards to celebrate diverse talent within the hospitality industry in the UK. The glitzy awards ceremony was held in London at Percy’s Kensington and was hosted by TV presenter, author and pastry chef, Ravneet Gill.
Mabina Zinga is the founder of Brazza, a restaurant that has recently moved from Pop Brixton in South London. The restaurant mixes Congolese, West African and European influences to create a unique take on African food.
Aghiles Ourad is the founder of ‘The Other Grape’, importing quality wines from the Arab world to spotlight ‘both the forgotten grapes and their untold stories’.
