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Kwame Onwuachi Booking Agency Profile

Kwame Onwuachi is an American-Nigerian chef based in Washington, D.C. He was recently featured in Food & Wine magazine as one of it’s Best New Chefs and he has been a contestant on the series “Top Chef”. Onwuachi started his career in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where he became the head chef on a boat serving crews that were cleaning up the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. He ended up moved back to New York City and waited tables at Tom Colicchio’s Craft before opening his own business, Onwuachi’s Coterie Catering. He then enrolled at The Culinary Institute of America where he worked an externship at Per Se. After graduating, he worked as a line cook at Eleven Madison Park. Shortly after, he opened his own restaurant, Shaw Bijou, which served a 13-course tasting menu. After a few months, he was hired to open a restaurant which he named Kith and Kin which has since received positive reviews from the Washington Post and the Michelin Guide. Onwuachi has published a memoir, “Notes from a Young Black Chef”, and has been named Rising Star Chef of the Year at the James Beard Awards..

How to hire Kwame Onwuachi for an event

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Frequently Asked Questions about booking Kwame Onwuachi to speak.

Many performers, actors, speakers and other talent like Kwame Onwuachi in certain cases will consider virtual appearances via live streaming. They perhaps may accept lower fees too. If you are seriously interested in booking Kwame Onwuachi or other talent shown on our site, we will research their desire and the specific fee for your live-streaming event or project request.
Kwame Onwuachi's current work schedule and location in relation to your event's type, date, budget, and locality will play a primary factor in the acceptance of booking Kwame Onwuachi for your party. As long as your funding is commensurate with the price range to book Kwame Onwuachi, CTI will propose your event to the official agency representing Kwame Onwuachi. After we consult with them, we will provide a personal and accurate quote that includes: final costs, availability, and actual interest in being hired for your specific event or party.
CTI can give you the accurate Kwame Onwuachi booking price once we submit your event details to their camp. "How much does it cost to book Kwame Onwuachi for an event?" is a frequent question we get. The final Kwame Onwuachi booking price is contingent on many variables and the booking fee we may show is based on a range derived from our past experience with what will Kwame Onwuachi charge for an event. An example fee to book Kwame Onwuachi is in the starting range of $25,000-$39,999. However, any recent popularity change would cause a price fluctuation well beyond this example. Also, their speaking fee might be different than the fee shown for the cost to perform or to just appear. Popularity, career stage, along with current demand will cause fluctuations in their speaking price as well. The final booking price may be more than what is shown, but you should at least have a budget within that range for them to consider an appearance, performance or speaking engagement.
CTI negotiates on behalf of professional event planners and talent buyers for paid appearances! We cannot give out direct contact information of the Kwame Onwuachi agent or help distribute fan mail, personal messages, gifts, requests for free appearances, or donations of time. The Kwame Onwuachi manager and agent will only work with us if we present them with funded offers for their client to work your event.
There is low probability to book Kwame Onwuachi for a party with anything substantially less than the published booking cost price range. We will negotiate with the Kwame Onwuachi agent on your behalf if your funding is in place. By not having funding ready then it will more difficult to book Kwame Onwuachi, because they get many offers to work events that are at or above asking price. It is also important to consider the travel costs when researching the Kwame Onwuachi booking fee, as additional expenses like this, as well as an entourage of staff and equipment, are not necessarily built-in to the booking fee range shown. If your budget does not factor that in, then there is no benefit for them to want to be hired. We do not personally speak for Kwame Onwuachi, but in our experience in booking talent for over 25 years, this is generally the outcome of inadequate funding.
Type
Speaker
Speaking Topic
Chefs
Range
Chefs, Male, Age Group-18-30's, African American, American
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