Joining us in the booth this week is Aji, founder of Akoko, a Fine Dining West African Restaurant in Central London. This episode includes: The journey to building Akoko Why he wouldn’t recommend launching a restaurant How much it costs to launch a fine dining restaurant and much more! Follow Aji on Instagram here Learn AI, Cybersecurity, Data Science & more with Coursera. Ato has personally used Coursera to obtain an AI certificate. This is an affiliate link so if you purchase a course or sign up to the monthly or annual subscription, we will receive a small commission from Coursera, however there will be no additional charge to you. Learn on Coursera here: https://imp.i384100.net/savvywallet Follow me on: Instagram , Tiktok, Twitter Check out: https://www.youtube.com/savvywallet for the video version TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Preview 00:37 - Take Off Intro 01:12 - Intro to Aji 03:25 - Growing up in Nigeria 07:14 - Moving to the UK 13:29 - The birth of Akoko 016:14 - 3 years to find a venue 18:23 - Landlord turned me down! 23:48 - Creating the menu 27:10 - Don’t open a restaurant if… 30:20 - 3 head chefs in 3 years! 34:54 - Tasting menu over la carte 42:13 - Restaurant profitable in 1st year? 47:19 - You need this amount to open a fine dining restaurant! 50:50 - Pressure of high standards 01:00:31 - Habits that led to success 01:02:04 - Advice to open up a fine dining restaurant 01:07:14 - Final words Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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