Anel Potgieter wins Dinner Divas, a new food star is born

Anel Potgeiter won Dinner Divas after five grueling rounds of cooking, three of which were in a battle against second placed Janice Tripepi and Kristy Snell.

It was a tough three rounds of cooking in the finals and Anel did not have it all her own way as she fought a closely contested battle with Janice Tripepi. Only a few points separating the two shining lights of the South African food blog scene when all the points were tallied up.

Janice Tripepi had won the first of the three rounds with her Country Style Chicken and Prawn & Ricotta Ravioli in a Seafood Broth, scoring well against the meatballs served up by Kristy and Anel. In the second round of the finals Anel was the only contestant to present the judges with a perfect Eggs Benedict, her Hollandaise Sauce in particular impressing the judges.

In the final round of the competition the Divas has to make a two course meal for the judges using ingredients from the Dinner Diva’s kitchen and anything that they wanted to bring from home.

This was again a close contest between Anel and Janice as Kristy fell further behind on the score card, not making an impression on the judges with her Almond Crusted Kingklip and Salsa Verde.

Anel who had made it through to the Top 25 of MasterChef SA in 2012 only began blogging after the disappointment of being eliminated in the second round of the competition.

Not being one to lie down and give up she dusted herself off with a few “Zoo Biscuits” before starting up the aptly titled blog “Life is a Zoo Biscuit“.

She very quickly found a home amongst the foodie blogging community and with this accomplishment behind her will no doubt grow in stature.

Watch full episodes of each of the Dinner Diva rounds.