Egunsi Foods

We had a BLAST at the Summer Fancy Food Show this past week and to be honest, we’re still processing all the insightful and inspiring conversations that were had. We could spend several paragraphs delving into the intricacies of the impact these past 3 days have had on us but we’d only be scratching the surface. From the joy of participating in the first exhibition of brands from Africa in the Africa Fine Foods Pavillion to the conversations with the retail and food service buyers, heart-to-hearts between business owners, distributors, brokers, chefs, etc. of all scales — we couldn’t be more content. A special thank you to Prosper Africa and USAID Africa Trade and Investment Activity (USAID West Africa Trade Hub, USAID) for making this culture-shifting opportunity possible and to the small (but mighty!) Egunsi Foods team for holding it down all three days. We can’t say thank you enough. Dine Diaspora thank you for featuring our Ata Din Din Red Pepper Sauce in the Red Lentil Akara cooking demo by Chef Kiano Moju and for providing a space for ✨everyone✨ at the Fancy Food show to experience the magic that happens when one incorporates African flavors as a pantry staple in the kitchen. To the folks that stopped by Booth #4738A and put a smile on our face as you Experienced African Flavors #EgunsiMyWay — THANK YOU! We create these soups, sauces (and now frozen entrees + single sourced egunsi seeds and cowpeas) in hopes in receiving the reactions and feedback we got this very weekend. We look forward to following up on conversations and getting our products in more stores near you! Africa to the world — one recipe at a time.🌍🥫✨ #FancyFoodShow #AfricaPavillionatSFF #AfricaFineFoods #WeFancy #SFFS2024 #FoodandBeverage #CPGbrands

Our Egunsi Lasagna was an undeniable fan favorite during the Summer Fancy Food Show! 😄

We’re excited to be exhibiting at the Summer Fancy Food show on June 23rd - June 25th— the largest specialty food show in the world! Come see us at Booth #4738A where we’ll be… ❄️ Debuting our new product line of frozen meals. 🫛 Sampling single-origin sourced egusi seeds and a variety of cowpeas, Sokoto and Oloyin Wéwé +more, native to Nigeria and Niger, which account for 66% of world production. 🥫 Sharing complimentary samples of our classic Introductory West African Soup Bundle. This is the first exhibition of brands from Africa under the ✨Africa Fine Foods Pavilion✨ at the #FancyFoodShow sponsored by USAID, Specialty Food Association and Prosper Africa. This is the type of inclusivity 'Yemisi (Eunice) Awosan once only dreamed of when she first attended the Fancy Food Show back in 2018. So it is with much pride that we get to represent Nigeria, offering a taste of the finest that Africa has to offer with the world. 🌍🥫✨ Meet us at Booth #4738A and Experience African Flavors #EgunsiMyWay. Can’t wait to see you there! #AfricaPavillionatSFF #FancyFoodShow #AfricaFineFoods #SFFS2024 #FancyFoodShow2024 #SFFS2024 #FoodAndBeverage

West African flavors have come for my freezer! This Juneteenth, I'd like to celebrate the work of Michael Twitty, whose memoir The Cooking Gene is an illuminating journey through his ancestral culinary history and the role of plantation kitchens and southern cuisine in American history. I'm also rejoicing that the new MOM's Organic Market in Natick, MA, brought contemporary West African food to my neighborhood, including Ayo West African Foods from founders Perteet Spencer and Frederick Spencer, and Egunsi Foods from founder 'Yemisi (Eunice) Awosan. Have you tried these offerings yet? What other brands should be on our radar in this space - comment below!

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We are happy to announce Retailers can now purchase our delicious, versatile West African soups at KeHE Distributors! Thank you Kelly Stockdale and KeHE Distributors for believing in and welcoming us! We are looking forward to meeting the growing global flavor demands that the food-savvy and food-curious customers that KeHE Retailers has cultivated. You can now find Egunsi Foods soups at all MOM’s Organic Market, Park Slope Food Coop in Brooklyn, at Independent retailers in New York City such as Brooklyn Fare Foodcellar & Co Market, City Acres and more. Check out our website for a complete stocklist.

We went back to our roots this week at LinkedIn; When I, 'Yemisi (Eunice) Awosan, launched Egunsi Foods back in 2014, I was curious to see if there was any interest in West African food so I embarked on a two year long market research to understand just that by offering corporate catering to marketing, hedge funds, law firms, etc. offices around NYC while holding down my corporate retail buyer position. Two years later in 2017 I launched Egunsi Foods’ first CPG products, taking best sellers from our catering menu (and what I like to call one of the major backbone of West African Food culture), SOUPS. I’m so grateful for my friend Moniqua (Banks) Dadosky who has been a firm believer of the brand’s mission from the very beginning and for connecting us! Thank you to Lee Weiss, Elaina Durante, Chef Gabriel Quiros and the rest of the Compass Group USA team at LinkedIn for welcoming us in and giving us the kitchen floor to celebrate Black History Month through the exploration of our authentic West African flavors! On the menu we had… 🥣 Gbegiri Brown-Eyed Pea Soup 🥣 Obe Ata West African Tomato Soup 🥣 Groundnut Peanut Soup 🥣 Egunsi Melon Seed Soup with braised collard greens 🥪 Iru-infused Chicken Parmesan Sandwiches 🥪 Akara (Black-Eyed Bean Fritter) Sandwiches with Ata Din Din mayo sauce. Thank you to Chef Bert Ongkeo, you are the BEST! Look at you making delicious West African food for the first time! 😊 Thank you to Nicole Rufus, our Catering Manager, for getting your hands dirty in the kitchen with me and helping to make all this possible! That being said, we are ✨officially✨ back with our corporate catering service after a hiatus due to the pandemic. So if you are looking for catering with a global flare that your entire office can write home about, don’t be a stranger – reach out to us!

🎉 Happy New Year and Happy Days! 🎉 Egunsi Foods is now available at MOM's Organic Market and several independent stores nationwide just in time to celebrate soup season with a West African #EgunsiMyWay flare! 🇳🇬 Pick up a jar or two of our Obe Ata West African Tomato soup or Gbegiri Brown-Eyed Pea soup in the frozen or prepared foods aisle next time you're shopping in-stores. 🥫🛒✨ We are so excited to keep growing and expanding West African food heritage to the world one SKU at a time! 🤩📍 Head to our store locator to start shopping #EgunsiMyWay: https://lnkd.in/eAqsx99d Don’t see a location near you? Fill out this store request form so we can come to a location near you!  https://lnkd.in/e4Ebf_jn

We are excited to partner with Wellness in the Schools' ‘Chefs in the Schools Menu Development and Training Program’ and their initiative to get scratch-cooked, plant-based, and culturally relevant recipes in all NYC public schools. Kudos to Nancy Easton and the Wellness in the Schools team for the many years of advocating for the teaching of healthy eating habits through their Chef’s scratch-cooking training program. This initiative is providing our youngsters and their families with access to delicious and nutritious food that they can write home about! It’s been an honor to be invited to contribute a small part in what is a much larger mission. Congratulations on the official kick off of the training program and the impact you continue to make. Students will be enjoying the Jollof-styled Cauliflower recipe developed by Chef Council member and Egunsi Foods founder, 'Yemisi (Eunice) Awosan, for the NYC public school menu this fall. #wellnesssintheschools #nycpublicschools #feedkidsrealfood #eattherainbow