The Story

The best food in town since 1986

Hailing from Ghana, Felicia Quayson was blessed to find her passion early on in life; that being cooking. As far back as she can remember she has been in the kitchen developing and eventually mastering her craft as a chef. Seeing her mother feed her immediate and extended family started her on her journey into the culinary arts. As she grew, she started to add dishes to her cookbook, preparing them for her own feasts that she began to head. Not only mastering cooking, she also became a dietician and a nutritionist 2002. Felicia moved to America in 2008 to pursue her Master’s in nutrition, so she can learn the proper ways to craft meals giving her further insight on how to advise a person what to eat as well expanding her cookbook. Shortly after, she became a consultant to both new restaurant owners as well as struggling restaurant owners advising them on how to make their business successful. Over the course of her culinary career her most talked about dishes have been her stirred fry vegetables, baked salmon, and fried chicken. In 2018, she was hired to revitalize Soul Kitchen and in 2019 due to her outstanding efforts she became the owner. Soul Kitchen offers an extremely expansive menu for all types of appetites and is in Northeast quadrant of Washington DC. In her 25 years of cooking she has fed over 800 construction workers, made dinners for a church to give to the homeless, fed families, advised businesses, built up business. Her focus is her reality and she is focused on making sure every is fed and satisfied.