{"id":5525,"date":"2023-05-12T21:35:52","date_gmt":"2023-05-12T21:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.southernsmoke.org\/?post_type=chef&#038;p=5525"},"modified":"2025-05-15T00:32:43","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T00:32:43","slug":"ope-amosu","status":"publish","type":"chef","link":"https:\/\/southernsmoke.org\/zh_tw\/chef\/ope-amosu\/","title":{"rendered":"Ope Amosu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Growing up as a child of Nigerian immigrants, Ope Amosu personifies the Afro-American crossroads. His upbringing in Houston, Texas, was similar to many of his peers from immigrant families, with heavy doses of Nigerian culture influenced by forces quintessential to the Bayou City. After earning a MBA from Rice University and a 10-year tenure as a commercial executive in the energy sector, Ope channeled his varied experiences to create his heritage-driven hospitality venture, Ch\u00f2pnBl\u1ecdk\u2014a restaurant concept where West African culinary traditions and local communities intersect. From pop-up to nationally-celebrated restaurant, Ch\u00f2pnBl\u1ecdk opened its first storefront in POST Houston\u2019s food court in July 2021 followed by its first brick-and-mortar location in Houston\u2019s Montrose neighborhood in October 2024. Serving as the architect of the brand\u2019s rapid expansion, Ope is a two-time James Beard Award semifinalist, earning an &#8220;Emerging Chef&#8221; nomination in 2024 followed by a &#8220;Best Chef: Texas&#8221; nomination in 2025. He is also the founder of Chopd &amp; Stewd Festival as well as a rising culinarian with features spanning Bravo TV&#8217;s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u9802\u7d1a\u5eda\u5e2b<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u300a\u7d10\u7d04\u6642\u5831\u300b<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The New Yorker<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,\u00a0 <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u7f8e\u98df\u8207\u7f8e\u9152<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, PBS&#8217; No Passport Required, Hulu&#8217;s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taste The Nation <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Generously supported by Trish &amp; Rick Bartoskewitz<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":8245,"template":"","class_list":["post-5525","chef","type-chef","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southernsmoke.org\/zh_tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chef\/5525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southernsmoke.org\/zh_tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chef"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southernsmoke.org\/zh_tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chef"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southernsmoke.org\/zh_tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southernsmoke.org\/zh_tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}