• In the lead-up to Father’s Day, we’re looking back on the interviews we did with five of our favourite foodie dads and their little ones (who may not be so little anymore). Keep an eye on our social media channels to see who will be featured next! Being a chef means you never really leave work at work,” says Patrice Kamden, father of three and head chef at Laughing Chefs in Pretoria. “That’s why it’s important to love what you do.” Patrice’s career is a long and colourful story that’s reflected in his diverse culinary skills. Hailing from West Africa,…

    A ragout is generally described as either a stew or a pasta sauce. To make a quick vegetable ragout, sauté 1 finely chopped red onion and 1 crushed garlic clove in a little olive oil over medium heat until the onion softens, about 5 minutes. Add 2 stalks of chopped celery and 2 fresh bay leaves and continue cooking until the celery is soft, about 5 minutes. Add 1 x 410g tin chopped tomatoes and 100ml good-quality vegetable stock and cook on a medium heat for 10 minutes. Season to taste with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Sprinkle with…

    Chef Dieuveil Malonga is a shining star in the international foodie firmament. In 2018, he was ranked 6th by Forbes magazine in their 30 Under 30 – where he was described as “the Congolese chef whose startup is taking African cuisine to the world”. When he is not feeding the gourmet glitterati in his eponymous Paris eatery, Restaurant Malonga, Dieuveil can be found travelling across Africa staging posh pop-ups and compiling a continent-specific spice map. Born in the village of Linzolo in the Republic of Congo (formerly Congo-Brazzaville) and orphaned as a small child, Dieuveil says his earliest food memories…