DRC-born chef Hugues Mbenda has named his Marseille restaurant KIN as an abbreviation of the city of his birth, Kinshasa, the place where he developed his taste for cooking and good food, thanks to his mother, Jeanne, who owned a street food café. Today, Mbenda blends local Marseillan produce with African ingredients and the skills learned at the Lycée Escoffier and in top kitchens in Paris and London. Think onion crème brulée with manioc chips, and cacao crumble with passion fruit and cilantro. In 2021, he opened Libala with co-founder Mathilde Godart, and in February 2023 the pair opened KIN, their offering bistronomique with a six-course menu set to change every two weeks.
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