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POSTPONED: SAPOC Conference 2020
ANNOUNCEMENT: Due to COVID-19 concerns, our conference set for 20 March 2020 has been postponed. Our priority is the health and safety of our members [...]
Browngirlhealth, a Budding Blogger Making it Easier for People to Cook and Eat Healthily
Nqobile Mtshali shares with us her journey to starting her blog, Browngirlhealth and what she hopes to achieve with it. Browngirlhealth is a blog and [...]
Food, Music and Art Come Together at The Drawing Room Café
Kolade Arogundade shares with us his and his wife Emma’s journey, running The Drawing Room Cafe, a restaurant, gallery, jazz café and more in Observatory, [...]
Lesego Semenya on Social Media and Cookbook Publishing
Lesego Semenya is a celebrity chef and cookbook author of bestseller, Dijo - My Food, My Journey. Many would know him from being a judge [...]
Joseph Dhafana – Eat Out Sommelier of the Year
Celebrating Joseph Dhafana's Triumphant Year in Wine On Monday 27 January 2020, Joseph Dhafana, the Zimbabwean head sommelier from La Colombe Restaurant situated outside [...]
What it Takes: Nikita Singh on Food Styling
Nikita Singh, a food stylist and writer, shares her thoughts about food styling and what it takes to be successful in the industry. How did [...]
San Healer Walks to Raise Funds for Reusable Pads for Indigenous Communities
We spoke with Q7, an agro-economist invested in indigenous food knowledge and healing. Today he starts a long hike to collect and raise funds for [...]
Q & A with Michele Mistry of INDIKAAP
We spoke with Michele Mistry, chef and owner of INDIKAAP, a food business built around the nutrition and teachings of Ayurveda. 1. Tell us about [...]
What’s on Your Table? Christmas Edition
Christmas traditions are different for each family celebrating. Somehow, the popular image of Christmas is that of winter, pine trees and specific foods that are [...]
The Africa Cookbook
We spoke with Portia Mbau and her daughter Lumai, who have recently published The Africa Cookbook (Quivertree Publications, 2019). Inspired by their travels all over [...]
SAPOC Awarded Game Changer at Eat Out
On Sunday, 17 November at the 21st Eat Out restaurant awards, SAPOC was awarded the inaugural "game changer" award. This came as a surprise to [...]
A Tale of Two Chefs
by Yolisa Qunta Cass Abrahams and Andre Hill both cook and reference Cape Malay cuisine, in different ways and the perspective of different times It [...]