Culinary expert brings multi-cultural vibe to her Brixton home and garden
Given that chef Carine Ottou moved from place to place so much as a teenager, then as a student and then also during her early working years, it’s no surprise that the idea of home has taken on a particular sense of importance for her. She grew up first in Cameroon, but then moved to France at the age of 14, where she finished school and started university. That was followed by time living and working in Ireland. So by the time Ottou and her husband Jacob, whom she met in Dublin, decided to settle in London they were both ready to put down some roots.
“Home is really important to me, not just for my own family but also for my cooking and my work as a chef,” says Ottou, who runs cooking classes and hosts a supper club at her home in Brixton. “Having moved around so much, ‘home’ became something that I really wanted to recreate with a place where we just feel at ease. It’s definitely influenced by my background and combines many different parts of it. But it was also really important that when people come to the house, they would feel welcome.”
