A brand with a person at its heart.
I’m Gift Nkechi Raphael, and I started Gifechy Mummy’s Meals with a simple intention: I wanted people to feel cared for through food. My Igbo and Ibibio roots are part of my relationship with native meals. They come into the kitchen with me.
I love cooking, but I also love the feeling of making a meal special for someone. A solo lunch deserves attention. A family pot deserves attention. The scale changes; the care should not.
Two kinds of creativity.
I’m also a Theatre Arts student at the University of Uyo. Building Gifechy alongside school means balancing two creative parts of my life. One has a stage. The other has a kitchen. Both let me make something people can experience and remember.
That balance is part of the brand’s story, not a reason to make the food feel less considered. Gifechy is being built with a clear identity: native meals, freshness, warmth, and the feeling of being welcomed to the table.
Why “Mummy’s meals”?
The name points to a feeling rather than a complicated idea. A meal made with attention. A familiar flavour. Something satisfying enough to make you pause. It is the warmth of food that feels personal.
Our menu moves between native soups, rice, pasta and snacks because comfort can take more than one form. Sometimes it is a bowl of Afang. Sometimes it is jollof. Sometimes it is loaded noodles when you have been thinking about them all afternoon.
Growing with intention.
One step on this journey was registering GIFECHY MEALS SERVICES with Nigeria’s Corporate Affairs Commission, under BN 9914066. Another is hearing from people who enjoyed a meal enough to come back. One customer told us the packaging made them reorder for dinner. Another enjoyed our white soup. Those messages matter to me.
I’m still building, still balancing school and the kitchen, and still giving this business the care I want you to taste. Pre-orders, bulk pots and weekly meal plans help us organise that work. Wherever this journey goes, I want the meal in front of you to feel personal. Thank you for being part of it.
Cooking in Uyo? Explore our made-to-order menu, plan your weekly meals, or ask about catering in Uyo.
