SA cuisine

Maize is a core ingredient of VhaVenda cooking.

VhaVenda traditional food

VhaVenda traditional food allows you to study the environment, history, climate and culture of your holiday destination on a plate.

Chef Amsale Debela performs coffee ceremony

New African immigrant food flair

From Congolese chic to Ethiopian elegance African immigrant food, cooking and recipes are revolutionising the South African food scene.

Khoisan food revealed

The distinct food genres of the Khoi and San peoples are collectively referred to as Khoisan food. Their flavours reflect the first culinary cultures of our land.

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Cape Malay culinary chic

Cape Malay cooking is an accessible South African fusion food. Its gentle aromatic spicing and elegant hospitality habits are the definition of delicious dining.

Brilliant Boerekos

Afrikaner cuisine has two forms; boerekos and Cape Dutch cooking. Both are fusion food forms fit for a king

Basotho dining deluxe

Basotho cooking allows you to study of the environment, history climate and culture of your holiday destination on a plate.

Afro-Lusitanian cooking chic

Portuguese and Mozambican food genres have fused to form a delicious Afro-Lusitanian cooking style which is seriously hot stuff!

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Young South African Chefs

Linda Govender

Linda Govender is the queen of the innovative east meets west fusion food that is the taste of modern Durban deluxe. Her prawns in caraway seed batter are beyond blissful. Spice Restaurant, Durban, KwaZulu Natal. Tel 031 303 6375.
Chantal Darnel

Chantal Darnel offers opulent epicurean experiences that are not for the faint hearted. Expect haute cuisine’s holy trinity (lobster, caviar and foie gras) to make regular appearances on her plates. Mosaic Restaurant, Orient Hotel, Crocodile River Valley, Gauteng. Tel 012 371 2902.
Elze Roome

Sophisticated French classics with a South African twist are always the order of the day with Elze Roome. Her chocolate fondant with nutmeg ice cream is heaven on a plate. Brasserie de Paris, 381 Aries Street, Waterkloof, Pretoria. Tel 012 460 3583.
Jackie Cameron

Fine dining flair, international chic and witty charm combine on the plates of this super talented, ridiculously young chef. The trout with papaya-champagne sauce and caviar is achingly wonderful. Hartford House, Mooi River, KwaZulu KwaZulu Natal. Tel 033 263 2713.
Talya Botha

Talya Botha worked for the Getty family in St Tropez and it shows in her super stylish cuisine. Her slow-roasted duck salad is a legend in its own lunch time. Umami Restaurant, Salt Rock, KwaZulu Natal. Tel 032 525 4615.
Anne Leusch

The daughter of multi-award winning chefs Daniel and Karine Leusch, Anne has recently returned from Paris and has brought a youthful ebullience to the Belgian chic of her parents’ restaurant. La Madeleine Restaurant; Pretoria, Gauteng. Tel 012 361 3667.
Joseph Dimo

Chef Dimo is a rare culinary creature; a BaSotho chef with a Chinese training working in the Maluti mountains. His pork and mustard root soup is an epic Afro-Asian adventure. JC Chinese, Ladybrand, Free State. Tel 051 924 0555
Lizelle Stolze

The likes of springbok loin with rooibos foam ensure that South African infused, ultra modern gourmet chic is always the order of the day with Chef Stolze. Serendipity Restaurant, Wilderness. Tel 044 877 0433.
David Higgs

Fine dining fabulous is the name of Chef Higgs’ game. South African high quality ingredients meet Asian and European culinary cool in dishes like salmon trout and shitake risotto. Rust en Vrede Wine Estate, Stellenbosch. Tel 021 881 3881.
Vanie Padayachee

Vanie Padayachee blends South Africa, Thailand, Japan, India and France into delicious and utterly unique mouthfuls of pleasure. The jewel like fruit salad with cumin syrup is transportingly delicious. Fu.shi Restaurant, Plettenburg Bay. Tel 044 533 6489.