Few are going to talk poetically about steak, but in 33-year-old chef John Muriithi’s hands (a rising star in Kenya’s culinary scene who has never been to culinary school), this simple pleasure transforms into something splendid to the palate: a savoury, crispy, well-seasoned and golden-brown crust – the result of natural flavours and sugars of the meat caramelizing in a charcoal-powered Josper oven, encapsulating morsels of juicy beef.

In this latest installment of Tastemakers, Susan Wong sits down with Muriithi to learn more about the man behind Sankara Nairobi’s newest offering, Graze, a New York-style steakhouse in Nairobi, Kenya.

About Tastemakers

Passion for craft captured. Tastemakers is an inspiring, quirky, colourful and personality driven video documentary series curated and directed by award-winning lifestyle journalist Susan Wong (@susanluckywong), produced and edited by Francis Mbatha (@francombatha) – dedicated to sharing the amazing personal stories behind good craft.

Tastemakers celebrates the personalities behind the hospitality industry and will bring you to kitchens, onto farmland, into the world of award-winning mixologists and even on to construction sites. Tastemakers is dedicated to sharing the amazing personal stories behind industry-leading people.