If aprons could tell stories ?
Do you still remember your granny's apron . The main use of a mother or grandmother apron is to protect the dress underneath. It's also...
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Janine Fourie
Feb 1, 20211 min read
THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE APRONS - MEET NADIA
Nadia was an executive chef on a wine farm and her husband was working in IT. They left the mother city of Cape Town in South Africa in...
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Janine Fourie
Feb 1, 20211 min read
THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE APRONS - MEET BHONG
Chef Bhong is a Chef De Cuisine on a luxury international cruise liner. As we all know all travel came to a standstill worldwide, it...
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Janine Fourie
Feb 1, 20211 min read
THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE APRONS - MEET BRANDON
Wine farms in South Africa was closed for months, due to lock down regulations. This has hit his industry very hard. Brandon is a...
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Janine Fourie
Feb 1, 20211 min read
THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE APRONS - MEET JULIAN
I met Julian 20 years ago, while we worked together in the beautiful seaside village of Wilderness in the Garden route, South Africa. He...
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Janine Fourie
Feb 1, 20211 min read
THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE APRONS - MEET ANDREW
Andrew has worked for many years as an Executive Pastry Chef, internationally and here in South Africa. He was working for an...
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Janine Fourie
Feb 1, 20211 min read
THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE APRONS - MEET SBU
Chef Sbu just opened a new hotel in Umhlanga as Executive Chef in the middle of the pandemic. You may ask any chef and they will...
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Janine Fourie
Feb 1, 20211 min read
MEET THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE APRONS - MEET THOBEKA
MEET THOBEKA From Celestial Bliss "When I graduated, all i was hoping for is a permanent position and a great future in my career. That...
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Janine Fourie
Feb 1, 20211 min read
THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE APRONS - MEET JODI
Jodi was working as an Executive Pastry Chef pre-covid for an international hotel chain. There is nothing like a mother's love, we miss...
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Janine Fourie
Feb 1, 20211 min read
MEET THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE APRONS - MEET JOHAN
The saying goes ....man can live on bread alone.... Johan and his partner started BROOD in the middle of the lockdown. From humble...
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Janine Fourie
Feb 1, 20211 min read
THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE APRONS - MEET GOO
I was retrenched mid 2020. It was a scary and uncertain time, as I'm sure it was for so many. A friend suggested that I offer a thai...
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Janine Fourie
Jan 17, 20211 min read
THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE APRONS - MEET ALTA
Alta is the owner, artist and the creator of Deur die blare floral art and Altarnatief in the Garden Route. "Don’t think 2021 is going to...
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Janine Fourie
Jan 16, 20211 min read
THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE APRONS - MEET THABISO
Thabiso is working at a beautiful game Lodge in the Limpopo area as a Sous chef. I met him 2015 when he started of as a yough trainee in...
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Janine Fourie
Jan 14, 20211 min read
THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE APRONS - MEET MELANIE
"I learned to appreciate what and who we have in our lives and to not ever take anything for granted. If the borders were open I would go...
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Janine Fourie
Jan 8, 20211 min read
THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE APRONS - MEET CHRIS
Chris is an Executive Chef on River Cruises. End of 2019 he suffered a major stroke, that had a huge effect on his health. But that didnt...
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Janine Fourie
Jan 5, 20211 min read
THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE APRONS - MEET NOSIPHO
From Snr Groups and Conference Co- ordinator to Owner of Herbaceous Organica. There are very few people that can say in the middle of...
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Janine Fourie
Jan 1, 20211 min read
Once a chef always a chef.
Once a chef always a chef. I had the opportunity in my life to travel the world and meet amazing chefs. Each one of them wearing an apron...
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