Dining With Grace

Dining With Grace specializes on Pan-African food that is both innovative and elegant! We are influenced by African, Caribbean, Brazilian, and Soul cuisines, and we add our own creative spin to them. Make contact with us immediately to discuss your wedding or special occasion! *Special diets are accepted* Modern African-Inspired Cuisine is the specialty of this catering company. We are a Brooklyn-based catering company that specializes in chef-inspired Pan-African catering for those who enjoy various types of food. This restaurant's food is influenced by the African Diaspora, with a focus on West African and Caribbean cuisines, as well as Mediterranean, Creole, and Cuban cuisines. Being the youngest of five children in a close-knit family of five in Brooklyn, NY, Chef Grace may claim that she was influenced by two things: the warm, soulful, and spicy flavors of the cuisine of her parents' native Nigeria and the church that her family attends. Two of the most essential things in her life, as well as the foundation of Dining With Grace, were established via these connections: one with her culture, and the other with her faith. When Chef Grace was younger, she regularly aided her mother in the preparation of traditional cuisine and even introduced her family to new "American" dishes because her family was so busy. The food culture of Nigeria became one of her many access points into establishing a desire for discovering her culture, and it was one of her numerous entry points. In her childhood, Chef Grace volunteered at her family's modest Brownsville, Brooklyn-based church, helping to prepare meals for the homeless, drug addicts, and those in need of refuge in her neighborhood. Despite the fact that the church was tiny and the operation remained modest, many people were fed and looked forward to the event, when they would be offered a variety of meals, including punch and cake, as well as enthusiastic music (and occasionally dancing) to celebrate! It was a cherished recollection of the positive impact that food can have when it is prepared and presented with affection from a young age. An notion of becoming a chef was planted in my mind as a result of this encounter, which was quite quiet at the time.