Our mission​

To Bring Communities Together ​For a Stronger Plymouth
​We want people from all backgrounds to visit us on Union Street to make new friends and feel connected to one another.
We aim to do this via the joy of food, celebrations and culture.

MEET OUR T E A M
Maryam Chaanda
​Founding Director
I am the founder Plymouth Jollof Kitchen in Plymouth aim to contribute to the development of Plymouth by bringing the diverse plate of Nigerian delicacies to spark good conversation around food, improve cohesion and unity across race, religion, gender, social status while respecting individual difference and promoting sustainability and environmental friendliness to reduce carbon foot print in the city. My background is teaching Early Child. I moved to Plymouth 13 years ago. I like cooking, traveling, going to Gym and making new friends; though a bit shay when dealing with larger group and admire been transparent and dislikes lies. 
Agyapomaa Dwamena-Akoto Mensah 
Director
​I am an energetic, flexible, hardworking with a creative background due to the different amount creative visuals that I have been involved with. Having a wealth of experience in maintaining a healthy and safe environment and making sure that resources are utilized effectively and according to practice guidelines.
Steve Ehigie Asemota
​Director
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Chris Marrow
​Director
Sir Chris has led a long and extraordinarily varied career. He started as a Merchant Navy deck officer, but came ashore when he married and ran a shipping office in London as director and general manager. Finding this stifling, he moved back to shipping by going to the Orkney Isles and pioneering a completely new type of inter-island service that became firmly established and revolutionized inter-island transport there.

When his company was taken over by the local authority, he refurbished a former military landing craft and sailed it to Mozambique where he used two such craft in the civil war to feed displaced people who had fled the fighting to seek safety in remote islands and locations. This started a period of many years in Africa, which included re-exploring the long-closed river route from Malawi to the Indian Ocean by the Shire River and the Zambezi to see if it could once again be a viable route for Malawi. This lead to many more roles in Africa, including running the fleet of ships on Lake Malawi. He continues to work for Africa and is part of an international group seeking to clean out the plastics from the Congo River.
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In acknowledgement of his work for Africa he has been made a Knight of the Order of the Leopard by Queen Diambi Kabatusuila. He is currently an advisory board member of South West Business Council, as well as being a director of The Elikia Hope Foundation which seeks to further Queen Diambi’s humanitarian work in Africa.