Several South African cookbook authors have been honoured with awards by Gourmand and the Cookbook Fair – These are all the locally loved winners:
Global (01 June 2023) – The Gourmand Cookbook Fair took place recently and several South African authors took home prizes for their work. There are several sections where South African authors won so we are listing them all below.
The Gourmand cookbook fair screened over 100,000 books from 230 countries to select the overall global winners. The 2023 awards recently took place in Umea, Sweden and there were many South Africans honoured.
“The scope of this selection reflects the passion of all humanity for cooking, as well as the immense food challenges of the 21st century.”
Let’s meet the Proudly South African Winners…
Mokgadi Itsweng
Mokgardi was awarded a special award for her book “Veggielicious”.
Zola Nene
Zola won the 2023 Gourmand “Food and Media Celebrity – English Speaking” award for her cookbook “Simply 7 Colours”. She also won the World Food Television Award for her Tik Tok.
Mogau Seshoene
Mogua won 4th place for the 2023 Gourmand “Entertaining” award for her cookbook “Hosting with the Lazy Makoti: A Celebration of food”.
Neo Nontso
Neo won 2nd place for the 2023 Gourmand “First Cookbook” award for her cookbook “@dinewithneo – my insta feast”
The Gourmet Guide
The Gourmet Guide won the award for “Best Publishers – Digital”. It is South Africa’s leading restaurant ratings guide.
Harvest Table – A Culinary Journey Through the Wine Regions of France, Italy, Spain, and South Africa
A cookbook from four incredible wine regions, featuring South Africa, won the 2023 Gourmand “Best International Book” award.
Louis Jansen van Vuuren and Isabella Niehaus
Louis and Isabella won 3rd place for the 2023 Gourmand “French” award for their cookbook “There’s a vegan on my verandah”. They also won the award for the “Subject – Vegan”.
Chef Mbombi
Chef Mbombi won 4th place in the 2023 Gourmand “Best African Cookbook” award for his cookbook “An African Bite”.
Cooking from the Heart, DASH Edition
A cookbook initiative between Pharma Dynamics and The Heart and Stroke Foundation South Africa. It won the 2023 Gourmand “Pro Health and Nutrition” award.
Zaki Family
The Zaki Family won 4th place for the 2023 Gourmand “Subjects – Bread” award for their cookbook “Just Teddy”
Leslie van der Merwe
Leslie won the 2023 Gourmand “Subjects – Game Meat” award for his cookbook “Everyday Venison”
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