Free range and fresh in Zaina’s kitchen
Produced, scripted, filmed and edited by Natalie and Mikkel Becker-Aakervik from Thought Leader Global Media in collaboration with Chapter One and Turkish Airlines.
Dreaming about returning to her beloved homeland of Ghana and inspired by the vast bounty of natural ingredients growing abundantly in Ghana’s lush climate and fertile soil, Michelin trained Executive Chef Ruby Paintsil, started this new chapter in her life by opening Chapter One restaurant at Villa Monticello Boutique Hotel in Accra, GHANA.
These sumptuous ingredients that make their way onto the menu at Chapter One, often picked from their very own rooftop garden, create an emotional landscape of culinary ‘conversion pieces.’
Her passion for her staff, whom she calls her VIP’s, is evident and her vision to transform the hospitality industry by empowering young people in the industry is inspiring.
The kitchen at Chapter One is powered by passion, creativity, a Josper grill, ‘the Chef’s Rolls Royce’ and a love for creating unique culinary experiences, ‘something that is very familiar but it’s brilliantly done.
Food is so emotional, literally and I think you need a different way to eat it, a different environment, it makes a conversation piece interesting and that is what at Chapter One, we are all about, something different.
Ruby Paintsil
Executive Chef
Chapter One at Villa Monticello Boutique Hotel
Accra, GHANA
Doing things differently is what Chapter One restaurant is all about, adapting traditional dishes and offering their guests that come in from all over the world, an experience in Ghanaian cuisine in a different format.
Creating global standards in Ghana, Chapter One is creating change and empowering people, and we journey with Chef Ruby through culture, food and future possibilities in the hospitality industry in Ghana.
