Meet the leading chop bar operator in Ho

LARGEST MODERN CHOP BAR OPENED IN VOLTA REGION

Story: Tim Dzamboe, Ho

At the age of 12, Ms Augusta Adjei a.k.a Agbenorhevi started as a helping hand to the mother in the sale of cooked food in the village of Likpe –Kukurantumi in the Volta Region. She upheld every principle in the traditional culinary methods learnt from her mother diligently, and today she had grown and matured into the leading chop bar operator in Ho and the Volta Region as a whole.
Recently, she inaugurated a multi-million ultra modern chop bar was inaugurated in Ho serving as a grand expansion of the chop bar business she had established since 1974.
The new chop bar complex comprise a dinning hall, executive dinning hall, a kitchen, four changing rooms, a wash room and car park that can accommodate 100 guests at a time. Menu at the restaurant are “fufu,” “banku,” “ampesi” and “omuo tuo” with variety of soups to match.
An elated Agbenorhevi at the ground breaking ceremony said she started on a modest level with “gari” and beans and “ampesi” in 1974 and by 1983 she was able to set up the first chop bar.
Having won the best traditional caterer award in the Volta Region under the auspices of the Ghana Tourists Board tourism awards for four times, Agbenorhevi has resolved further to develop her enterprise as a family business.
To this end, Esi and Enyo have almost gone through the mill in the management of the facilities and accorded customers warm reception at the bars.
“ You see I want to give my customers the best of what they wanted to eat, so that they are satisfied and I am in turn equally satisfied”, she remarked.
To this end more than 100 customers were treated to a free meal and drinks on the opening ceremony.
In her public life, Agbenorhevi had been an inspirer to many women in the society especially the women’s group of her church, the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana at Ho-Bankoe
She had invested in the education of some of her children to the University level with one, Janet presently at the Central University College.
Agbenorhevi had made several meaningful donations towards community and church development at home and other communities and had donated to charity by helping genuine needy persons that approached her for help.
“I have shared my fortunes with many people as well as family problems especially good care for my mother until she died in 2000” she disclosed.
The restaurant was opened at the peak of arrival of visitors to the nation to witness the African Cup of Nations tournament dubbed CAN 2008.
The occasion which was chaired by the former Volta regional head of the Ghana Telecom, Mr Douglas Kirk Wagba and was dedicated to God by Reverend O.K Pida of the Ho-Bankoe Evangelical Presbyterian Church and assisted by the catechist, Mrs E.M Edu-Yao.

CAPTION: Picture by Tim Dzamboe
Picture shows the front view of the new restaurant complex and insert is Augusta Adjei popularly known as “Agbenorhevi”.

Second picture shows manager of the new bar, Enyonam preparing the soup to serve customers.