about
vision
we envision a world where nourishment is intentional, inclusive, and rooted in cultural memory—a world where food is more than just sustenance, but a source of care, connection, creativity, and liberation. through the lens of black diasporic foodways and practices of care, we reclaim nourishment as a spiritual, political, and communal act. our vision is to build spaces—physical and digital—where individuals and communities are empowered to nourish themselves and one another with reverence, joy, and ancestral wisdom.
mission
founded by chef and cultural practitioner safiya robinson (aka sisterwoman vegan), our mission is to cultivate transformative experiences through plant-based catering, workshops, and events that explore wellness, creativity, and connection through the lens of food. we create immersive, participatory spaces that blur the boundaries between dining, dialogue, ritual, and rest. guided by a philosophy of intentional nourishment, we honour food as a portal to healing, resistance, and connection. this mission is extended through the intentional nourishment podcast, a weekly invitation to engage with wellness as a communal, evolving practice rooted in cultural memory and ancestral wisdom. through storytelling, communal meals, and creative gatherings, we celebrate legacy while dreaming new ways of being well, together.
photo credit arhantika rebello 2023
Safiya Robinson, (also known as sisterwoman), is a chef, researcher, interdisciplinary facilitator and culinary artist working with museums, cultural institutions, universities, and community organisations to explore food as a site of memory, culture, wellness, and care.
Through workshops, participatory meals, written commissions, and collaborative projects, she designs embodied experiences grounded in her philosophy of Intentional Nourishment: the practice of using food and shared ritual to cultivate dignity, pleasure, and meaningful connection. These offerings support deeper engagement with self, community, and the social and cultural lineages that shape how we eat and live. She approaches food as an emotional and relational technology — something that holds memory, mediates intimacy, and teaches us how to care for one another.
Inspired by her Black American, Jamaican and British heritage, her culinary focus centres vegan soul food through a distinctly London lens: thoughtful, deeply considered plant-forward cooking that layers bold flavour, cultural memory and contemporary expression. Historically, the culinary has often been relegated to the realm of hospitality — seen as service rather than a site of artistic, political, or conceptual inquiry. Her work actively challenges this division.
She has been recognised by Code Hospitality’s Top 100 Women in Hospitality (2021) and 30 Under 30 (2024), and featured in British Vogue, The Guardian, and Bloomberg, among others. Her year-long debut restaurant residency was named the number one vegan restaurant in London by Time Out.
She also hosts and produces The Intentional Nourishment Podcast, bringing together chefs, artists, therapists, and other thinkers and makers to co-create, explore and expand the philosophy.