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#007 Celebrating African Cuisine - a delicious journey into our continent

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…

6 May 58 min

#006 Patisserie - Exploring the sweet side of the kitchen

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…

22 Mar 2021 38 min

#005 Passion on a Plate - Mastering the Art of Italian Cuisine | Carlo-Maria Ricci

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…

25 Nov 2020 32 min

#004 Chef as a Trade - The impact on culinary South Africa | Elsu Gericke and Debby Laatz

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…

19 Oct 2020 38 min

#003 Plant-based Diets, Health and Planting | Angela Schaefer, Debby Laatz and Werner Spohr

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…

21 Sep 2020 25 min

#002 Covid-19 - The impact on food | Anna Trapido

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…

21 Apr 2020 38 min

#001 Talking food, health and hospitality | Prue Leith CBE

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…

13 Mar 2020 36 min