CheffingBeyondTheKitchen

AFRICAN VEGAN With a career spanning decades, chef Mokgadi Itsweng is a respected food Entrepreneur, Writer and Editor, Best selling author, Food Activist, Creative Director and head chef for Lotsha Foods as well a member of The Chef’s Manifesto. She has also served as one of the judges for the prestigious Eat Out restaurant awards. She has been Food editor for some of the most renouned SA magazin...

Having lived in various countries aboard for over a decade, Katleho returned home to SA to feed her big appetite for entrepreneurship. This resulted in her founding and managing Bliss, a boutique restaurant in JHB which she ran for 3 years.  Katleho is intrigued by women entrepreneurs and is an advocate for conscious business. She is currently the founder of Hosted, a deeply personal project that...

Today we chat to Paul Maciel, known as The Secret Jozi Chef, he has been in the food industry for over 20 years, having founded the award winning restaurant Pronto, before moving on to create The Cookery, the much loved social cooking based in Joburg. At The Cookery he hosts team buildings and a variety of social cooking experiences in the professional kitchen with a home kitchen feel.  Paul has a...

Bianca Delides is a Johannesburg based Commercial Food Stylist specializing in food and pack styling for still photography and television commercials. You have probably seen her incredible work across billboards, in magazines, best-selling cookbooks, restaurant menus and on tv ads. Her work spans over a decade of working with some of the biggest and most well-known food brands. Through her company...

ALL ABOUT NUTRITION Today I have the pleasure of a sit down with Arthur Ramoroka, Corporate Nutritionist at Tiger Brands, making him one of SA’s leading voices in food, nutrition, and health. He is passionate about evidence-based nutrition and translating the science of nutrition into simple, practical lifestyle messages that inspire people to lead healthier lives. He holds a Bsc in dietetics and...

TALKING IMPACT FARMING AND SUSTAINABILITY WITH SIPAMANDLA Sipamandla is the co founder and commercial director at LOCAL VILLAGE FOODS which is a whole foods company with a range that includes African superfoods, indigenous grains, legumes and raw honey. She works with rural communities to bridge the gaps in community and skills development, the food supply chain and the preservation and promotion...

KING OF FOOD MEDIA  Chief Creative and Executive Officer of That Food Guy Group®, a Proudly South African marketing agency at the intersection of food and beverage.  Dale Herbst boasts 20 years of expertise encompassing broadcast production, logistics management, marketing strategy, and brand management, he has left an indelible mark on some of South Africa's most iconic brands and campaigns....

Tinashe Nyamudoka's journey in the wine industry is a remarkable story of passion, persistence, and hard work. Having worked his way up from waiter to award winning sommelier before founding his own company Kumusha wines that produces work class wines in Cape Town, Tinashe is an exciting voice in wine making. He has had many awards including the coveted Eat out Wine service award and now expor...

Registered dietitian, Aziwe Booi qualified with a Bachelor of science in Human nutrition/dietetics from Stellenbosch, doing community service in the Eastern Cape which gave her insight into supporting health and nutrition goals in an affordable manner and giving context into the needs of majority of South Africans. Passionate about making health and nutrition goals accessible and easily digestable...

Anna Trapido is a trained chef and anthropologist passionate about preserving and documenting culture, tradition and culture using food as a medium. She is a renowned food writer and author and has won numerous World Gourmand Cookbook Awards. Anna created an African Cuisine syllabus for the Prue Leith Culinary Institute and through her work at Harvesting Heritage mobilises research, resources and...

Today, I have the pleasure of sitting down with Marketing Director and expert, Thembi Sehloho. Her formidable career in marketing spans over 18 years and includes many accolades, such as a Silver Loerie for the Fattis and Monis AmaTaliano TVC, Gold and Silver Prism Awards for the Tastic Heritage campaign, SA's most loved TVC for Tastic, and Sunday Times SA's number one brand for KOO. She h...

In this episode I chat to CEO and Creative Director Vicky Crease. International Award winning catering specialist, Principal designer and curator, South Africa’s most sought after luxury caterer, having produced some of the finest and most prestigious corporate and social celebrations the world has ever seen, the go to caterer of the rich and famous. I’m excited to unpack her story and learn about...