Olaiya Foods and Catering services was founded in 1999 by Late Alhaja Kudirat Oluwatoyin Ameen. She successfully turned it from a one outlet restaurant, to what it is today. The business has since grown to become one of the most successful chain of Buka-style Restaurant businesses in Nigeria. She is one of those credited with changing the competitive outlook of the Buka-syle Restaurant industry in Nigeria.