Modou Diop shares his story on coming to Glasgow as a refugee to becoming head chef at one of Glasgow’s most popular restaurants

2023-10-19 5,828

Modou Diop is head chef at 111 by Modou in Glasgow’s West End, a role that was given to him by Nico Simone, director of the Six By Nico company.

After seeing something in Modou, who was washing dishes in the kitchen of his first restaurant, Nico trained him how to cook and eventually gave him the venue.