Pitanga

About Us

Born of a teenage dream to make Nigerian food as readily available in the United Kingdom as other ethnic cuisines, we opened our doors on the 31st of May 2018. Our carefully curated menu offers something for everyone: fish, meat, vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, spicy, mild, sweet, savory, traditional and not-so-traditional. Executive Mamaput, Nky Iweka, has drawn on her Anglo-Nigerian roots to create ‘Nigerian food with a twist’ as her oldest daughter describes it.

Nky has spent the last 10 years or so redefining Nigerian food, challenging the way in which Nigerian food is cooked and presented

A mother of two, she started off her professional career as a management consultant at Unisys and PricewaterhouseCoopers, where she was lucky enough to eat her way round the world (in addition to working in Finance Transformation for Blue-chip Companies, mostly in the Telecoms Sector).

“Worldwide, chefs are constantly reinventing their national dishes and creating truly beautiful masterpieces, worthy of any artist. I wanted the same for our food”.

Her first book, ‘Quintessentially Efik Recipes’ which showcases the dishes and culture of the Efik people of Southern Nigeria was published in 2014. Other books on Nigerian cuisine are in the pipeline.

Before she opened Pitanga, she offered a wide range of culinary services ranging from culinary training, front-of-house training and menu development to cooking for private clients.