Kwame Onwuachi

Entertainment Sent to Nigeria at ten to “learn respect”, now a star chef: Kwame Onwuachi Kwame Onwuachi, born on Long Island in 1989 to a Nigerian father and raised largely in the Bronx, spent two years living with his grandfather in Nigeria from age ten. He competed on Top Chef in 2015 and was named Rising Star Chef of the Year by the James Beard Foundation in 2019.