Billionaire heiress, international DJ and Oxford University alumna Florence Otedola, better known as DJ Cuppy, has stunned fans and the global entertainment scene by declaring a dramatic career pivot: she is now officially “the latest chef in town.”
The announcement came in a cinematic 90-second Instagram reel posted at midnight today, November 27, 2025, in which Cuppy trades her signature pink headphones for a custom rose-gold chef’s jacket embroidered with “Chef Cuppy” in Swarovski crystals. The video, shot between London’s Le Cordon Bleu kitchens and her private Lagos residence, has already surpassed 22 million views in under 12 hours.
In the accompanying caption, the 33-year-old star wrote:
“New era loading…
I’ve spent years feeding souls with music.
Now it’s time to feed bodies with flavour.
Reintroducing myself:
I am Chef Cuppy – The Latest Chef in Town.
2026 will taste different.
#ChefCuppyIsComing 🔥🍽️”
Speaking exclusively to Pulse Nigeria moments after the post went live, Cuppy confirmed that she has quietly completed the prestigious Grand Diplôme (both Cuisine and Pâtisserie) at Le Cordon Bleu London, graduating with distinction earlier this month under her legal name, Florence Otedola, to avoid media attention.
“I didn’t want anyone to think this was a hobby or a publicity stunt,” she said. “I woke up at 4 a.m. every day for nine months, peeled thousands of onions, burned my arms with caramel, and cried over collapsed soufflés like every other student. I earned this the hard way – no shortcuts, no billionaire privileges. The only thing my father paid for was my tuition like any parent would.”
Cuppy revealed that her passion for cooking began during the 2020 lockdown when she started hosting “Cuppy Cooks” Instagram Live sessions that attracted up to 400,000 viewers per episode. What began as simple jollof rice tutorials evolved into complex multi-course menus blending Nigerian, British, and French techniques.
Key highlights of the “Chef Cuppy” rollout include:
January 2026: Launch of Chef Cuppy Academy, an online and in-person culinary school targeting African youth, with 50 full scholarships funded personally by Cuppy.
March 2026: Opening of “Cuppy’s Kitchen” – a 40-seat fine-casual restaurant in Lagos’ Victoria Island serving a fusion menu of elevated Nigerian classics (pepper-soup consommé, suya-crusted beef Wellington, pounded-yam gnocchi).
Q3 2026: Release of her debut cookbook, From Decks to Desserts: A Billionaire’s Daughter Learns to Cook, already pre-sold 80,000 copies through a partnership with Bloomsbury Publishing.
Ongoing: A Netflix docu-reality series (working title Pink Knives) chronicling her journey from turntables to tasting menus, produced by the teams behind Chef’s Table and Salt Fat Acid Heat.
Celebrity reactions poured in immediately:
Gordon Ramsay: “Finally someone with real passion and proper training. Welcome to the madhouse, Chef Cuppy!”
Davido: “From DJ to Chef?? Omo Cuppy don turn Cuppy Soup 😂🔥 Proud of you sis!”
Hilda Baci: “The kitchen just got hotter. Let’s cook together soon, Chef!”
Cuppy says her mission extends beyond personal ambition: “I want to prove that African women can dominate any industry we choose – whether it’s a club at 3 a.m. or a Michelin-star kitchen at 3 p.m. And yes, I still DJ on weekends. A girl can have two knives: one for the decks, one for the onions.”
Meet the latest Chef in town 👩🏾🍳 pic.twitter.com/7UC3tE4KBo
— Cuppy (@cuppymusic) November 26, 2025
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