"Wow, you don't look like a chef!" This statement is something Chef Lesego Semenya has heard many a time over the years. His response is always: "So, what does a chef look like?"

With his bulging tattooed upper arms, soft-spoken nature and obvious passion for South African cuisine and giving it his unique twist, Lesego probably doesn’t fit the generic look of a self-made top chef. It is his unconventional personality and approach to food that has kept South Africans coming back for more over the years. Having cooked for billionaires such as Richard Brandson, Bill Gates and Warren Buffet, starring on the judging panel of foodie programme Top Chef South Africa, being the resident chef for various newspapers and radio shows, and then building his successful culinary brand LesDaChef, he finally brings his foodie fans his first cookbook, Dijo - My Food, My Journey.

Every dish that will be featured in Dijo has a story that speaks of passion and nostalgia. Sharing both the recipes and their history will give foodies a way of getting to know Lesego’s food background while growing up in Soweto, as well as the fine-dining techniques he learned at chef school and a few hot chef secrets, too.

Divided into three sections that span his food journey, Dijo is an affirmation of South African cuisine, its heritage and its unique flavours. Readers will go on a journey through the simplest yet most-loved of township dishes, to the more complex fine-dining molecular gastronomy creations he has become known for. It truly is a reflection of his life lived through food.

Lesego is also very active on social media and has used this platform to not only build his brand, LesDaChef, but also to educate, inform and, sometimes, challenge his followers to learn and understand exactly what they're consuming - whether it be food or beverages.

Featuring over 100 recipes, The Gourmet Cookbook celebrates five years of food, and recipes, garnered from the pages of Condé Nast House & Garden Gourmet magazine.

From aspirational yet easy-to-follow dishes by some of South Africa’s top chefs (David Higgs, Peter Tempelhoff, Chris Erasmus) and food icons (Susan Greig, Andrea Burgener, Judy Badenhorst) to the coveted recipes of home cooks as well as the editor’s own specialties, these pages focus on a range of accessible and delicious everyday dishes.

The Gourmet Cookbook is divided into five chapters – Aperitifs & Appetizers, Starters, Mains, Sides & Salads and Dessert. And there are accompanying menu suggestions to tailor-make a stylish dinner party, an al fresco lunch, a festive feast or a laid-back family meal.

Bernadette le Roux is also the author of a number of cookbooks, including the acclaimed Prickly Pears and Pomegranates — co-authored with her mother Marianne Palmer — which won a World Gourmand Award in Paris for Best Local Cookbook (2009). Best known for her uncomplicated 'real' recipes as presented in her second book, Roots, Shoots & Leaves, as well as her engaging voice as author of South African chef Reuben Riffel's Reuben Cooks Local, Bernadette has become known to a wider audience through her editorship of Condé Nast magazine House & Garden: Gourmet. She is also part owner of the family-run Café Roux restaurants in Noordhoek and Cape Town's Shortmarket Street.

Banting has moved on since the Real Meal Revolution, and wow what a success story it is... By watching the detail an estimated millions of KG's have been lost and health has returned to so many.

Rita Venter, (founder), Kim Blom and Natalie Lawson are the darlings of Banting 7 Day Meal Plans Facebook group, spreading love and kindness and in so doing turning lives around.

They are not scientists, doctors, or nutritionists but decided to take back their health and help others do the same. Through extensive research, personal testing and adapting where necessary, they regained their energy, their bodies and their lives.

The group has over 1,6-million followers, it grew by 100 000 members last month. It has 3M interactions per month. It's the largest nutrition group in the world on Facebook.

Live Vegan. Feel Amazing. Change Your Life.

Do you want to go vegan but have no idea where to start? Are you overwhelmed by the amount of information out there and how difficult it seems to stay on track? BOSH!, the pioneers of simple, easy and delicious plant-based cooking, are here to help and make a sustainable and ethical lifestyle accessible to everyone. BOSH! How to Live Vegan will cover all aspects of vegan living, everything from food to toiletries to travel.

Should you be eating avocados? Is it still ok to wear an old leather belt? What do you tell your friends when they offer you a glass of non-vegan wine? Henry and Ian will answer these questions and more in this fully-comprehensive guide to a plant-based lifestyle.

Whether you are a committed vegan, looking to improve your vegan lifestyle or starting out for the first time, this book has all the know-how and inspiration you need.

Champion of South African home-cooking, Errieda du Toit set out to write a cookbook about the food we most love to eat and the culture of sharing these recipes in community cookbooks. Intrigued by our strong attachment to these dog-eared, food-stained recipes collections, she pored over 150 titles spanning a century. SHARE is her tribute to this humble culinary source and a celebration of its collaborative spirit. It’s the first to deal specifically with the genre, and the result is a delightful, quirky and thoroughly modern homage that taps into our food memories in a unique way.

SHARE features a wide selection of recipes as generous, gracious and welcoming as the home cooks who shared them: the keepers (recipes known for their longevity), the never-fails (those epic recipes that never let you down), communal food for come-on-overs, retro classics and those defining dishes and bakes treasured as heritage food.

Bringing visual expression to Errieda’s vision, SHARE is beautifully photographed, and wittily styled and designed to further capture the character and off-beat traits of the genre.

Foodies of SA is the largest food publisher in Africa.

This is a collection of 100 of their brand new, most viewed and most shared recipes conveniently packaged into the pages of one awesome cookbook for you to enjoy!

All author profits from this cookbook will be donated to Breadline Africa.

By buying this book, you are not only investing in improving your skills and your creativity in the kitchen, but you are also doing your bit to help feed many hungry tummies.

INCLUDES QR CODES WITH DIRECT LINKS TO ALL RECIPE VIDEOS

Jamie Oliver is back with brilliantly easy, flavour-packed, and accessible veg recipes.

From simple suppers and family favourites, to weekend dishes for sharing with friends, this book is packed full of phenomenal food - pure and simple. Whether it's embracing a meat-free day or two each week, living a vegetarian lifestyle, or just wanting to try some brilliant new flavour combinations, this book ticks all the boxes. Sharing simple tips and tricks that will excite the taste buds, this book will also give people the confidence to up their veg intake and widen their recipe repertoire, safe in the knowledge that it'll taste utterly delicious. It'll also leave them feeling full, satisfied and happy - and not missing meat from their plate.

A book for everyone, this is the perfect moment for Jamie to inspire every kind of cook with his super-tasty, brilliantly simple, but inventive veg dishes.

Queer Eye sensation and passionate cook Antoni Porowski is taking the world by storm. With a disarmingly fresh approach to food, Antoni inspires both newbies and knowledgeable cooks to get back into the kitchen.

Antoni's gorgeous debut cookbook brings together his trademark inclusive and accessible attitude to food with one hundred of his all-time favourite recipes. With chapters including Weeknight Healthyish Meals, Apps and Snacks and Bakes, the book celebrates Antoni's love for fresh, casual and healthy cooking and the occasional indulgent feast.

Antoni gets dinner on the table fast with Chicken Milanese with Baby Tomato Salad, makes visual stunners such as Roasted Carrots with Carrot-Top Pesto, playfully reboots Hi-Lo Poutine from his French-Canadian heritage and dazzles with Salty Lemon Squares for dessert.

Stories behind every recipe give readers a peek inside Antoni's kitchen and life. With delicious recipes, beautiful photos and simple cooking techniques, Antoni in the Kitchen celebrates fast feel-good food, the therapeutic nature of cooking and the joy of sharing food with friends and loved ones.

As the food and wine expert of the 'Fab Five' style gurus on Netflix smash hit Queer Eye, Antoni burst onto our screens in 2018. A self-taught chef, Antoni's degree in psychology helped him hone his underlying philosophy that food should tell a story because the heart and stomach are interconnected. On release, the show had a 100% rating on review website Rotten Tomatoes. In 2018, the show won three Emmy Awards and was nominated for four People's Choice Awards.

Chef Tjaart Walraven may trace his ancestral roots to the North Sea, but his heart is firmly set in Africa – it’s sun, beautiful scenery, warm hospitality and long summers. And it’s precisely those seductive, lazy summers that has prompted him to write a cookbook that celebrates our summer lifestyle.

The chapters include breakfasts, soups and starters, mains, salads, bakes, desserts and basics, with the emphasis on easy entertaining, interesting and tasty twists, as well as ideas for cooking outdoors. Accompanied by Tjaart’s charming background stories, gorgeous colour photography and packed with tips throughout, his recipes prove that enjoying summer on a plate has never been simpler.

Anyone will be able to expand their cooking repertoire and impress both family and friends alike.

“We’re twins from Pretoria who like cooking for our family and for our friends.”

In With Love from the Twins Tebo and Lebo Ndala share quick and easy meals, while making you laugh. Join them as they go back to their roots with recipes for tripe, chakalaka and chicken feet and learn about their family feast called Seven Colour Sunday. See how they give an African twist to American dishes, like corn bread, corn dogs and corn burgers, tour to Thailand and enjoy coconut and pineapple fried rice with steamed chicken in banana leaves, experience traditional recipes with a twist when you sit down for spinach and agushi curry with baked jollof rice, and try to be kinda sorta healthy by making zucchini bolognaise and glutenfree banana split pancakes. And for those special moments with friends, invite them over for pizza, have a tea or dinner party, or just share your favourite chili chocolate brownies with the ones you love.

All With Love from the Twins.

‘You are what you eat’ seems like such an obvious statement, so why then is it so hard to eat well and satisfy our cravings in a healthy way?

This cookbook is for all those people who are tired of being told to eat more fruit and vegetables and reduce their intake of refined and processed foods, but who are rarely given any recipes or advice on how to put those guidelines into practice in a way that doesn’t compromise on the flavour and enjoyment of our food. It is also for the growing number of people who suffer from intolerances to certain food groups, particularly wheat and dairy.

The Guilt-free Gourmet is not about diet, weight loss or denial; it is simply showing you the various ways you can use alternative ingredients to achieve the same decadent results as the original, but as the strapline indicates, the recipes are without wheat, dairy or cane sugar. Recipes range from simple sharing plates to more exotic dishes such as Thai curry and fiery Korean noodles to Japanese tempura and Moroccan tagines.

kykNET se geliefde sepie SUIDOOSTER vertel die storie van die mense van Suidooster, 'n winkelsentrum in die Kaapse voorstad Ruiterbosch. Derduisende kykers word daagliks meegevoer deur die families se vreugdes en vetes, intriges en onderstrome. Vir hulle is die mense van Suidooster soos ou bekendes van wie hulle alles wil weet, tot wat hulle sepie-familie eet. In Suidooster kombuis wys Mrs J, Mymoena en Stefan wat kook in hul kospotte!

In Celebrate celebrity chef and TV personality Lorna Maseko takes you on a food journey starting in Alexandra.

She shares her memories savouring a burger and chips when she participated in the Prix De Lausanne ballet competition; explains how she fell in love with Asian food when she visited Hong Kong; how she participated in MasterChef South Africa and made one of her mom’s favourite chicken dishes.

Lorna lauds the role Chef Carlos Gayton played in her love for fish and Mexican food; she shows how traditional dishes can be recreated using a bit of imagination; how she learned to prepare the perfect steak in chef’s school; how travelling exposed her to international food cultures..

Make all these wonderful dishes in your own kitchen – and celebrate the big moments in your life with food brought to you by Lorna Maseko.

SAAM is die Suid-Afrikaanse huiskoskampioen Errieda du Toit se uitsonderlike kookboek oor kos wat ons die meeste geniet en die kultuur waarmee resepte in gemeenskapsresepteboekies gedeel word.

Errieda verdiep haar in 150 boekies wat oor 100 jaar uitgegee is en vorm ’n spesiale band met die resepte op die omkrulblaaie vol kosvlekke uit dié versamelings.

In dié eiesoortige resepteboek vier Errieda ons noue verhouding met die nederige gemeenskapsboekies, die invloed daarvan op ons koskultuur en die kenmerkende gees van samewerking. SAAM is ’n genotvolle huldeblyk aan die genre wat in ’n moderne trant en effe tong-in-die-kies inspirasie in ons kosherinneringe vind. Die verskeidenheid resepte is ruimmhartig, gasvry en vol warmte soos die huiskokke wat dit oorspronklik in die boekies gedeel het – die aanhouers (langasem-resepte wat bly oorleef), die flatervryes (epiese staatmakers), kos vir oor-en-weer-kuiers en retrogunstelinge wat ons as erfeniskos koester.

Met net die regte balans tussen nostalgie, modernisering van ou resepte en boeiende vertellinge is SAAM dié boek vir huiskokke, kookboekversamelaars en almal wat nuuskierig en entoesiasties is oor Suid-Afrikaanse kos.

Combining Mediterranean simplicity with a dash of nostalgia, West Coast Wander is the definitive guide to sustainable seaside fare and a valuable addition to any South African kitchen.

Exploring this iconic coastline and the people that call it home, West Coast Wander takes readers – travellers and home cooks alike – on a culinary caper from Yzerfontein to Doringbaai, documenting each delicious detour along the way.

From heerboontjies to harders, the book encapsulates recipes both well known and newly discovered. Using a natural and unfussy approach to cooking, author Georgia East highlights the unique ingredients, both cultivated and naturally occurring, along this coastline, transforming them into dishes filled with local flavour.

Seeking out the best place to buy bread in Hopefield, discovering what sets a Sandveld Sauvignon Blanc apart and learning how the plumpest oysters in the country are farmed in Saldanha Bay are just a few of the topics covered.

My Vegetarian Braai is not about trying to convert carnivores but rather to broaden the horizons of every braaier, the ones who enjoy preparing meals for their families and friends and as well as those who will look at the photographs and say ‘I can make that’. With the growing trend of eating plant-based foods, the chances are that at some stage you will need to cater for a vegetarian or vegan.

This book will give you new ideas and delicious recipes to satisfy the taste buds of every guest that sits at your table. Even meat-eaters will be seduced by these tasty vegetarian and vegan recipes, which make brilliant side dishes to accompany any meal.

Create chef-quality food without spending hours in the kitchen.

With unlimited access to recipes, why does anyone need another cookbook? Because not all recipes are born equal. Not all of them have been created by a global superstar chef who has built his reputation on delivering the very best food - whether that's the ultimate fine dining experience at his 3 Michelin-star Restaurant Gordon Ramsay or the perfectly crafted burger from his Las Vegas burger joint.

Over the course of his stellar career, Gordon has learnt every trick in the trade to create dishes that taste fantastic and that can be produced without fail during even the most busy service. Armed with that knowledge, he has written an inspired collection of recipes for the time-pressed home cook who doesn't want to compromise on taste or flavour.

The result is 100 tried and tested recipes that you'll find yourself using time and again. All the recipes take 30 minutes or less and use readily available ingredients that are transformed into something special with Gordon's expertise.

Rebecca and Kate Lund, aka The Delish Sisters, are constantly inspired by the everchanging food industry and love to create beautiful food experiences for clients, friends and family. They enjoy experimenting with new and exotic spices and ingredients, and encouraging people to be a bit adventurous, and in turn see that it’s so simple to do themselves too! Rebecca and Kate’s recipes are fresh, wholesome, colourful, seasonal and ‘mostly healthy’. There are more indulgent dishes and treats, but they keep the eating experience balanced and as inclusive as possible – there are plenty of sugar-free, glutenfree recipes, delicious vegetarian options and tasty vegan food.

Knowing the origins of our food is important and they have developed recipes that make use of ‘whole foods’ and celebrate the least refi ned versions of ingredients. They love what they do, where they live and the power that food has to bring people together.

Delish Sisters – Tasty Food Made With Love is clear evidence of this and is a must for anyone who enjoys delicious, well-balanced meals shared with friends and family.

'n Versameling van Jan se beste vegetariese resepte en nog baie nuwe kinkels, alles op die vuur. As jy iets soek vir vleislose Maandag, jou nuwe vegetariese skoondogter moet onthaal, of die kleinkinders moet kosgee - is daar geen rede waarom jy nie kan braai nie. Met Jan se liplekker braaibroodtjies, potjies, kerrie, brode, burgers tot poedings sal selfs die vleiseters terugkom vir nog 'n skeppie!

In Bibby’s Kitchen – The essence of good food, Di Bibby shares food recipes that seduce and charm. This book celebrates vibrant, flavoursome food with strong Middle Eastern and Mediterranean influences. The recipes support a cook-from-scratch philosophy, guided by the intuitive prompting of seasonality, solid flavourings and visual appeal – from vegan to vegetarian, soulful soups, slow food and simple suppers to pantry staples that make everyday meals easy and effortless. The book aims at a balanced way to cook and eat, rather than exclusions and restrictive classifications.

The reader will find here a modern interpretation of cooking with bold ingredients such as za’tar, harissa, chermoula and ancient grains. Delight yourself with Shawarma chicken and spelt pilaf with zhoug yoghurt, Harrisa lentil shakshuka with foaming sesame butter, Curly kale soup with freekeh and parmesan, Cardamom crème anglaise with hibiscus-roasted guavas, and much more. The popular Cake Friday and Dessert chapters feature swoon-worthy bakes and posh puddings to impress.

Bibby’s Kitchen – The essence of good food articulates the reason why we eat. It’s unapologetically colourful and filled with exuberantly delicious food. It’s about fashioning food and flavours, but mostly it is about people. Together, they create a kind of magic.

Today many of us are looking to eat less dairy, meat and fish, as the host of environmental, ethical and health-related reasons for doing so stack up. The concept of not centring every meal around an animal-based protein is well on its way to settling into mainstream society but out there, is a whole middle-ground of home-cooks, somewhere between carnivore and vegan, who are doing their best to reduce meat and fish consumption, but enjoying it on occasion when the urge strikes. For these so-called flexitarians, choices are less about adopting a rigid regime, and more about an organic attempt to eat a mainly plant-based diet.

This timely cookbook is a collection of modern recipes and comfort food classics, all of which feature simple adaptations that can make them suitable for vegans, vegetarians, pescatarians and meat-eaters. No longer will you have to juggle between multiple cookbooks or haphazardly hash together a meaty ending to a recipe depending on your appetite or cravings!

Drawing inspiration from, Soweto, Mama D and her gran's cooking, Chef Nti realised that in order to talk to a new generation she had to reinvent these flavours in a fresh, innovative way.

Chef Nti - My Modern African Kitchen embraces this concept, celebrating food that is proudly South African.

Resepte só maklik, enigeen kan dit maak! Karlien van Jaarsveld het baie talente, maar kook is nie een van hulle nie. Soos baie ander mense wil Karlien die berge invaar wanneer iemand haar vra: “Wat eet ons vanaand?”

Toe kom leefstylsjef Izelle Hoffman met 50 resepte vorendag wat só maklik, lekker en vinnig is dat selfs Karlien dit kan maak!

Die gevolg is ’n heerlike resepteboek propvol wengeregte wat jy met min moeite en eenvoudige bestanddele in ’n japtrap kan maak.

Karlien kan nie kook nie sluit alles in van familiekos en trooskos tot romantiese etes vir twee en lekkernye vir die kroos.

Of jy nou vinnig iets ná werk aan mekaar wil slaan of die Sondag grênd wil onthaal, dié boek gaan elke keer tot jou redding kom. Beïndruk jou gesin en jou gaste met hartlike huiskos wat na baie moeite lyk, maar geen moeite is nie!

Through her own experiences and those of her patients and online audience, Jessica knows that the most reliable path to creating sustainable health habits is to address the emotional component first. She offers a wholesome, balanced way of eating, relaxing and exercising that allows women to reconnect with their body and mind and shut off the noise of fad diets and mixed messages.

In The 12-Step Mind-Body-Food Reset, Jessica shares her 12 key pieces of practical advice for overcoming disordered eating, achieving weight balance and creating good habits for life.

Learn how to:

• Speak to yourself with kindness
• Set up a nourishing morning and evening routine
• Spend an hour prepping for a healthy week
• Manage your stress so it doesn't manage you
• Combat sugar cravings, for life
• Focus on your health, not your weight.

Each chapter contains a single principle that is simple, achievable and self-contained, allowing readers to focus on one issue at a time, one step at a time, one day at a time.

In Boerekos met ’n twist gee Annelien ’n kwyllekker kinkel aan die eenvoudige, voedsame huiskos wat jou ma, ouma en oumagrootjie gemaak het. Dié 140 familieresepte vir soppe, souse, groente-, vleis- en nageregte én gebak en spenstreffers is getoets, bevat g’n vreemde bestanddele nie en sit die “resep-met-’n-les”-konsep voort wat haar gelyknamige blog en Facebookblad so 'n sosialemediasukses maak. Boerekos met 'n twist kan beskryf word as 'n kompakte 21ste-eeuse Kook en Geniet vir besige mense.

Hierdie boek is ook beskikbaar in Engels HIER

Annelien se kookboek-program begin op VIA, DStv kanaal 147 vanaf 9 April 2018 om 18:00.