“The waitlist at Dakar is about 40-50 people every single day. We serve all of our guests at once so it can be a challenge.” Bon Appetit spends a day on the line with Sharena Smith, Sous Chef at Dakar NOLA in New Orleans, a Senegalese restaurant that serves a 7-course tasting menu to all its customers at once and winner of the James Beard Best New Restaurant 2024.
Director: Lisa Paradise
Director of Photography: Alejandro Moreno
Editor: Jamie Gordon
Featuring: Sharena Smith
Director of Culinary Production: Kelly Janke
Creative Producer: Lisa Paradise
Line Producer: Jen McGinity
Associate Producer: Oadhan Lynch
Production Manager: Janine Dispensa; Peter Brunette
Production Coordinator: Elizabeth Hymes
Camera Operator: Calvin Blue Jr
Assistant Camera: Valery DaGrain
Audio Engineer: Thomas Walsh
Production Assistant: Shari Wilson; Ashley Bush
Post Production Supervisor: Andrea Farr
Post Production Coordinator: Scout Alter
Supervising Editor: Eduardo Araujo
Additional Editor: JC Scruggs
Assistant Editor: Justin Symonds
Special Thanks: Effie Richardson & Serigne Mbaye
& The Dakar NOLA Family
Filmed on Location at Dakar NOLA
3814 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70115
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I am highly impressed with this restaurant! And I’m sure to come try it out. I love the fact that it’s African cuisine.
She not only is a talented chef, she is a natural in front of the camera and a terrific communicator. Any business would be lucky to have her as their public face.
She so pretty but her Attitude and energy makes her next level.
Beautiful Job Chef Sharena. I would love to try your food but I am allergic to the heat but if I wasn’t I would make a reservation to come and enjoy. Keep doing an excellent job.
Sou Chef, Sherena is absolutely amazing. She has been there for one month! I would have never known. So knowledgeable and well spoken. Very professional; no nonsense. She’s young and I’m sure she will be soaring on her own one day. Chef, bravo to you for choosing such a beautiful, wonderful, smart and attentive young woman. Bravo.