South African Chef Included in Free International Ocean Cookbook

Photo Credit: David Loftus for the Marine Stewardship Council

Chef and nutritionist, Naledi Toona has been included in The Ocean Cookbook 2023 which the Marine Stewardship Council compiles each year.

South Africa (09 January 2023) – Naledi Toona has been honoured for her love of cooking by being included as one of eighteen people or fisheries to share a delicious seafood recipe in The Ocean Cookbook 2023. The Marine Stewardship Council hopes the cookbook will inspire people to cook with sustainable seafood.

The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), the ocean not-for-profit responsible for the world’s leading sustainable seafood ecolabel, has launched its highly anticipated ‘Ocean Cookbook 2023’. The free digital cookbook brings together chefs and fishers from all over the world to create a collection of healthy, delicious everyday recipes that tell a sustainability story about the seafood we all love.

The ocean is a vital part of human life on our planet. It provides daily protein for over a billion people, it is a reliable source of food for billions more, and 200 million people are employed directly or indirectly by the seafood industry. But our ocean needs help: overfishing, illegal and destructive fishing, and climate change not only negatively impact species and ecosystems, but communities too.

The cookbook highlights how easy it is to rustle up affordable, healthy, easy-to-make and sustainable seafood dishes at home – suitable for the whole family.

Included in the choice of recipes is a simple and delicious Cape hake recipe by South Africa’s much-adored chef and nutritionist, Naledi Toona. Her recipe features a lightly pan-fried hake served with seasonal vegetables and a creamy coconut sauce to enhance the natural flavours of the hake. This is a healthy recipe the whole family will love.

“Cooking has always been an act of love for me and hake is such a versatile, sustainable and quick-to-cook ingredient. It allows me to show love to my family, today, and to those in the future,” she adds.

The cookbook includes stunning photography from internationally renowned food photographer, David Loftus, who has worked with Jamie Oliver throughout his career. David Loftus is a great believer in sustainable fishing.

Other recipes available include Smoked Salmon and Mango Salad, Creamy Nordic Mussels and Crispy Herring Rolls to name a few. You can find all the incredible recipes here.