Fatmata Binta: The top chef taking fine dining from the table to the mat

From fleeing Sierra Leone’s civil war to resisting marriage at 16, the first African winner of the €100,000 ($113,839) Basque Culinary World Prize has taken Fulani cuisine and indigenous ingredients global, bringing guests together on mats to eat with their hands and rethink how African food is experienced.

Fatmata Binta: The top chef taking fine dining from the table to the mat

From fleeing Sierra Leone’s civil war to resisting marriage at 16, the first African winner of the €100,000 ($113,839) Basque Culinary World Prize has taken Fulani cuisine and indigenous ingredients global, bringing guests together on mats to eat with their hands and rethink how African food is experienced.