Lakeith Stanfield will be toplining the film adaptation of American-Nigerian chef Kwame Onwuachi's memoir, "Notes From a Young Black Chef".
According to Variety, the script will be adapted by Randy McKinnon from the book Onwuachi co-wrote with Joshua David Stein.
The story follows Onwuachi's unprecedented journey from childhood in the Bronx with a mostly single mother to opening a fine-dining restaurant in Washington DC at the age of 26.
The film will chronicle the extreme highs and lows of his path to becoming a chef in a mostly white, elitist industry, including financing his first catering business by selling candy on the subway, appearing on "Top Chef", and his first restaurant, Shaw Bijou in DC, closing just 11 weeks after its opening.
Stephen "Dr" Love is attached to produce the project, which hails from studio A24. Stanfield will executive produce alongside Colin Stark.
The makers are yet to announce a director for the film.
