While delegation and management are key in Chef Kayla-Ann Osborn’s position, she says she must physically cook. “I love it. I am not a particularly happy person when I’m not cooking.” Her style being “all about flavour” and cooking “what I would like to eat” with “a focus on the natural flavours of the produce…
She is executive chef at KZN’s top restaurant: the fine-dining 120-seater Chefs’ Table in Umhlanga. At age 23, three years ago, through a blend of determination and culinary flair, she landed the job that would have intimidated the shit out of a lesser mortal. But, as she puts it, she “gives a s**t”. Recipe for success? Read the full story What’s cooking with Kayla-Ann Osborn? in The Daily Maverick TGIF Friday food section.
Bicycles, backpacks, a back-up van and a 14-year-old. What to do when you’re the mom and you’ve never ridden a bicycle except into a bush? You bite the bullet. Knowing that for kids, an adventure in an unfamiliar place is an education. It gives a vision of different traditions, cultures and lifestyle. It also teaches obvious lessons in history and geography. Not to mention resilience. Yours as well and theirs.
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