The daughter of Ghanaian immigrants, Nana is the owner of Georgina’s Private Chef and Catering Co. and curator of Love That I Knead Supper Club. An alumna of The Art Institute of Philadelphia, Nana went on to work for Wolfgang Puck Catering, Iron Chef Jose Garces. She has also worked at Le CouCou, a Steven Starr restaurant collaboration with Chef Daniel Rose in Soho that garnered a James Beard Award for Best New Restaurant in 2017 and one Michelin Star in 2018. She has been featured in a variety of publications including Bon Appetite, the New York Times and Eater.
I photographed Nana over the course of two days during her residency at Platform by James Beard Foundation.