Abuja Continental Hotel Appoints Wayne Kingsley as New Executive Chef

With excitement, Abuja Continent Hotel has announced the appointment of Wayne Kingsley as its new Executive Chef.

In a statement signed by its Assistant Director of Sales, Nanji Tyem, the hotel described Wayne as a talented culinary artist with about 37 years’ experience working with Michelin star chefs at world class hotels.

He was also said to have a distinguished track record as a consummate hotelier. “He is highly regarded within the industry, having worked on multiple continents, according to him expansive experience as well as the opportunity to further hone his culinary expertise on creating scrumptious, exotic, and flavorful meals.”

According to the Director of Sales and Marketing for Abuja Continental Hotel, Vindi Suleiman, the new executive chef, who hailed from South Africa has immense experience from high standard facilities across the world.

“Our new connoisseur chef hails from South Africa and has gained immense experience raging from serving in five-star hotels such as De Vere Park Hotel High Street, Kensington London, Migration Luxury Tented Camp Serengeti, Blues Restaurant Zanzibar and the Grand Palm Hotel Casino Convention Resort.

“Others are, Sun City Resort and Radisson Blu Waterfront, where he engaged in cooking for various celebrities such as Christopher Lambert, King Zwelithini, Heads of State – Iconic and Legendary Nelson Mandela, Dr. Ian Kama the Prime Minister of France, India, and Germany amongst many others.”

“A three-time nominee for the Master Chef South Africa judge position, Wayne’s other achievements include Judge for the Tsogo Sun International Food and Beverage Culinary Challenge, facilitator of the National Professional Cookery Certificate -Nationally in South Africa and Opening catering of the Women’s Parliament in Cape Town.”

The statement read that Wayne has continued to be in the vanguard of delivering indelible culinary experiences, having been trained by some of the best international chefs such as Martin Kobald and Tony Murphy of Compass Group U.K.

“We are excited to have chef Wayne join our team. His passion for elevated dining, delightful surprises and culinary adventure, creating mind opening and soul lifting cuisine makes him a perfect fit for this position”, Vindi Suleiman said.

“Wayne will play a significant role in the evolution and continuing development of our culinary teams. His cooking mastery is guaranteed to deliver memorable dining experiences for our guests and would add excitingly fresh and innovative new line of menus with primary focus on nutrition and wellness in line with international standards, implementing our chef development playbook as well as identifying areas for quality improvement with a view to achieving the highest standards of excellence at the operations level.

“We are happy to welcome Chef Wayne Kingsley to our Abuja Continental family”, Vindi concluded.

July 28, 2023