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Durban meets a wee Scot at Humble coffee

Amy Gardiner is from Edinburgh, Scotland. She has a passion for cooking and recipe development. Stress-baking is her tonic. She started working her first café job at age 13 and has long been “obsessed” with hospitality. This year her cafe was named best in South Africa by Coffee Magazine.
Mopani worms stake a claim

Meet Wendy Vesela-Ntimbani, chemical engineer and entrepreneur, from Limpopo in South Africa, who is taking her mopani worm business international. Africa’s healthy protein.
AmmaZulu sculpture garden of delights

Hein Lottering dishes a garden cafe lunch.
A fantastical garden. A café as its beating heart. A gallery home for …
Sebastian Nico: knives-out lensman

Sebastian Nico has turned two hobbies inspired by time spent in restaurant kitchens into his profession: food photography and crafting kitchen knives. Namely, Japanese-style san mai process kitchen knives.
A Tale of Three Somms

Wine rock stars Winston Matthews, Zwai Gumede and Job Jovo are sommeliers at three of Durban’s top fine dining establishments. Remarkably not one of them grew up drinking wine.
Salt, water and fire in the belly

“In Zulu culture we eat nose to tail, which shows respect for the animal. And we have been hanging our meat — what upscale restaurants call dry-aging — for generations. We have traditions around honoring the ancestors where we hang the meat from 14 to 25 days. The family will agree on how long.”
Intermittent fasting for feasting

The best bones go into the Dr Broth bone broth.
Time to take stock. We might think of ‘fasting’ and …
Chatsworth’s Bangladesh Market

The spirited entrepreneurial traders at the Bangladesh Market in Chatsworth just outside Durban have everything you need – including advice.
My Big Fat Greek Feast

The ‘PYC pie’ – aka pie by committee and no longer pie in the sky. Photo: Wanda Hennig
Nick …
Dough Girl: A rising Durban talent

Durban ‘Dough Girl’ Courtney Stuart.
From croissants to her ‘fat kid food’ indulgences, Courtney Stuart, just 20 years old, is …