About Food from the Prue Leith Culinary Institute

In this episode, we not only share and celebrate our favourite traditional African dishes, but also explore the joy and challenges of innovating and elevating traditional flavours to create New African Cuisine for the high-end dining tables of the continent. We highlight the chefs that are already successful in this field and discuss how Prue Leith Culinary Institute are training young chefs throu...

Prue Leith chefs share their love for and challenges of the pastry kitchen. In this episode: Nicola Eksteen - Prue Leith I Executive Chef Marcel Marais - Prue Leith I Patisserie Chef The Prue Leith Culinary Institute has a reputation for patisserie excellence. In this episode we talk to two Prue Leith pastry chefs to find out about the sweet side of the kitchen. We talk passion and where a pastry...

Mastering the Art of Italian Cuisine - Studying culinary arts through the ALMA-Prue Leith partnership Carlo-Maria Ricci (ALMA La Scuola Internazionale di Cucina Italiana | Chef Ambassador) Italian cuisine is deeply immersed in culture and terroir and the best way to master it, is to study it at the origin. Through the partnership with Italy's premier culinary school, ALMA La Scuola Internazionale...

The impact on culinary South Africa - A detailed discussion on the QCTO trade qualification for chefs in SA Elsu Gericke (SACA | Head Professional Body and Skills Development) Debby Laatz (Prue Leith Culinary Institute| Head of Academics) Chef as a career in South Africa was gazetted as a trade in 2012. In this episode, Elsu Gericke (South African Chefs Association, Head of the Professional body a...

Investing in an edible garden could also be an investment in your health Angela Schaefer (Functional Medicine Health Coach) Debby Laatz (Prue Leith | Head of Academics) Werner Spohr (Prue Leith | Head Chef) In the time of Covid-19 the world has been reminded that investing in one's health is crucial. With spring in the air, we look at planting edible gardens, not only to increase fruit and vegetab...

Anna Trapido (PhD in Anthropology, Food Writer and Chef) In this episode we talk Covid-19. The virus that is not only threatened our lives, but also our livelihoods, especially in the hospitality industry. Host Adele Stiehler-van der Westhuizen talks to Prue Leith alumna, Food Anthropologist and food writer Anna Trapido about the impact of the virus on the food system. They also discuss the progno...

In this episode Prue Leith, CBE, the patron of the Prue Leith Culinary Institute in South Africa, talks to Adele Stiehler-van der Westhuizen shortly before her 80th birthday. Prue shares fond memories as she looks back at a lifetime in food, media and hospitality and gives some advice to those who consider a career in food. The conversation starts with Prue's looking back at some of her fondest mo...