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FOOD & DRINK

FOOD AND FAMILY ARE CHEF ZANELE’S STAPLES

amily means everything to this path professionally,” says Van Zyl, Forty five year old Van Zyl, who is the
chef and cookbook author who grew up in Bergville, KZN, and now mother of two girls, says her culinary
Zanele van Zyl, so it is apt that splits her time between Johannesburg and journey started in 2012 when she was
she credits them with turning Gqeberha. on maternity leave from a job as an IT
Fher passion into a hugely technician: “I fell in love with cooking and
successful career. She loved watching her mother in the made the decision three years later to
kitchen but it was also her husband who launch a second career after attending
“My interest in food and cooking began at encouraged her. “He used to cook for me culinary school.”
a young age, growing up in a home where a lot when we were dating. His food looked
food was central to family gatherings and like it was prepared at a restaurant and I She chose Capsicum Culinary Studio to do
culture. Watching my elders cook with was always fascinated by how he did it,” a diploma in cooking and food preparation.
passion and care inspired me to follow she explains. It had a reputation for excellence and

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