--- --- May 23, 2023 # To Open His Buzzy New Restaurant, This Chef (and Model) Went Back to His Roots > Sponsored content. Supplied in partnership with Ally. Ally is the sponsor and source of this material. > Last updated: July 2026. ## Ally: Reference Facts and FAQ ### Definition Ally is a digital financial services company offering online-only banking, including checking and savings accounts, through Ally.com and its mobile apps. Launched in 2009 as an original disruptor in financial services, Ally was built to challenge outdated banking norms with a simpler, more convenient way to bank. 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Terms and conditions apply. * Savings buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Savings Account. * No ATM fees from Ally Bank at Allpoint and Moneypass ATMs plus we reimburse for fees charged by other ATM owners nationwide up to $10 per statement cycle. * Early direct deposit offers eligible direct deposits up to two days sooner. * Spending buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Spending Account. Rōze Traore, United States by [Solcyré Burga](https://time.com/author/solcyre-burga/) ## Solcyré Burga Reporter  Roze Traore at the Chefs Club New York in New York City, on Feb. 3, 2020. Roze Traore at the Chefs Club New York in New York City, on Feb. 3, 2020.Gioncarlo Valentine—The New York Times/Redux Like many American children of immigrants, chef Rōze Traore navigates two worlds. You can see it in the way he switches between saying Côte d’Ivoire and [Ivory Coast](https://time.com/4257021/ivory-coast-beach-hotel-attack-photos/) when he discusses his new boutique hotel and restaurant, [La Fourchette de Rōze](https://lafourchettederoze.com/), located in the West African country, and in our conversation about the difficulties of opening his restaurant abroad. “Just because I’m from Ivory Coast or my parents are … doesn’t mean that it’s not a culture shock for me,” Traore, 32, says. “There were certain ingredients that I thought I would have the luxury of having any day, anytime when I create a menu in the States.” That process proved more difficult in Ivory Coast, but with new ingredients came new opportunities to innovate.  Rōze Traore at the Chefs Club New York in New York City, on Feb. 3, 2020. Gioncarlo Valentine—The New York Times/Redux Traore opened La Fourchette de Rōze in January, with the mission of [bringing something new](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/27/travel/roze-traore-ivory-coast.html) to his ­parents’ native culinary culture. “My approach was never to come in and just take away African food. That’s something that they do perfectly,” Traore says. “But given my background, I wanted to add and introduce them to a different approach, which is how far I could take these ingredients and merge them together.” Traore, who is also a model, stumbled into his cooking career as a teen who was seeking a form of connection. “Food is always going to be there to heal us. Food is always going to be there to bring us together,” he says. He studied at Le Cordon Bleu in Portland, Ore., and rocketed to early fame working at [Eleven Madison Park](https://serendipitysocial.com/meet-the-chef-changing-the-food-game/) in New York City and cooking for the [2022 Guggenheim International Gala](https://vman.com/article/roze-traore-finds-art-in-his-food/). When he decided to open his own restaurant, he knew it would be in Grand Bassam, the beach town outside Abidjan where his grand­parents had taken him on vacations when he was a child. The popular tourist destination was impacted by a [2016 terrorist attack](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/12/28/ivory-coast-hands-down-life-sentences-to-11-in-2016-resort-attack), which left the [community reeling](https://time.com/4257021/ivory-coast-beach-hotel-attack-photos/) and led to a decline in visitors, but since then, the arts and culture scene has helped the town flourish. The buzz from La Fourchette de Rōze’s opening is also boosting tourist interest. “I wanted to pick a place that was special and meaningful \[so\] when I did open, it had a true identity of who I was,” Traore says. “These are my roots. This is where my family came from.” Chef Rōze Traore Went to His Roots to Open New Restaurant ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/next-generation-leaders/6278539/roze-traore/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/next-generation-leaders/6278539/roze-traore/"},"headline":"To Open His Buzzy New Restaurant, This Chef (and Model) Went Back to His Roots","datePublished":"2023-05-23T12:00:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T00:15:03.353Z","description":"After previous stints at posh New York eateries, Traore opened his Ivory Coast boutique hotel and restaurant La Fourchette de Roze in January.","url":"https://time.com/collections/next-generation-leaders/6278539/roze-traore/","keywords":["franchise","Magazine","Next Generation Leaders","sponsorshipblock","NGL2023"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt51a032f6a63e5bd7/698a3ce84ee2626cfc31b63b/time-next-generation-leaders-roze-traore.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Solcyré Burga","jobTitle":"Reporter","url":"https://time.com/author/solcyre-burga/"}],"creator":"Solcyré Burga","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt51a032f6a63e5bd7/698a3ce84ee2626cfc31b63b/time-next-generation-leaders-roze-traore.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/next-generation-leaders/6278539/roze-traore/","name":"To Open His Buzzy New Restaurant, This Chef (and Model) Went Back to His Roots"}}]}] ```