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Chicken Three Ways with Curry Sauce Recipe Manisha Naidu MasterChef Ep 4 2012

Manisha Naidu curries favour with the MasterChef Judges and catapults into episode five.

Manisha Naidu, the softly spoken Johannesburg MasterChef contender, knocked the judges off their feet with her Chicken Three Ways with Curry Sauce recipe. The challenge for the MasterChef contestants was to produce a dish that emanated from their childhood memories, their “soul on a plate” Pete Goffe-Wood dramatically put it. For Manisha that meant only…

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Aubrey Ngcungama declined spot on MasterChef SA

The star of the BBC series Come Dine South Africa, Aubrey Ngcungama, respectfully declined a position on the first ever MasterChef SA series. Aubrey who auditioned for a place in the finals at the Cape Town auditions in December 2011 was offered a place by the producers of show. Aubrey told Gourmet Guys that he…

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All About MasterChef SA Judge Benny Masekwameng

MasterChef SA Judge Benny Masekwameng grew up in Alexandra where at 8 years old he began fiddling in the kitchen, helping his mother who ran a little catering business. With that wealth of experience behind him he went on to catering school and has since accumulated 14 years of experience in the industry. Seven of…

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Lungile Nhlanhla | MasterChef SA | Video Profile

Lungile Nhlanhla is a  21 year old fashion graduate from Durban One of the youngest competitors in the Top 18, Lungi is a graduate from UKZN who wants to create a link between her two big passions: food and fashion. She has a great acumen for food and says she enjoys the way her food…

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Fortune Kanguuhi | MasterChef SA | Video Profile

Fortune Kanguuhi is from the land with the worlds second largest canyon,  Namibia. She comes in at age 36 and is an ad accounts manager. Fortune is married to an Italian man who introduced her to cooking, so she loves making Italian food (she made an Italian dish in Episode 2’s potato challenge). She has…

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Manisha Naidu | MasterChef SA | Video Profile

Manisha Naidu is 29 years old, lives in Sandton and is a housewife. Manisha Naidu loves cooking so much that she cut her honeymoon short to be part of the show! She is a keen learner and is overjoyed at having made the Top 18. Manisha loves eating and art, and cooking combines both. She…

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Babalwa Baartman | MasterChef SA | Video Profile

MasterChef SA contestant Babalwa Baartman is 27 years old and hails from Langa in Cape Town. She is an assistant buyer for Poetry, a clothing store. The DSTV MasterChef SA bio describes Babalwa Baartman as growing up with ten brothers and sisters all around the country with her two-year old son being the apple of…

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Sue-Ann Allen | MasterChef SA | Video Profile

Sue-Ann Allen is a 30 year old Lighting Designer from Cape Town Sue Ann was a lighting consultant for an interior design company but resigned to follow her food dream and be a part of MasterChef SA. She has a creative approach to food and enjoys experimenting with bold flavours. Sue-Ann’s favourite meal is red…

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Berdina Schurink | MasterChef SA | Video Profile

MasterChef SA contestant Berdina Schurink is 35 years old and hails from Pretoria. She used to be a financial and admin manager but resigned to enter MasterChef. Well done Berdina. In her MasterChef DSTV bio it says that Berdina auditioned in all three cities and her perseverance and culinary flair finally came to the fore…

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Sarel Loots | MasterChef SA | Video Profile

Sarel Loots is a 42 year old adventure camp owner from Sabie Sarel is a family man who is very involved in his community. He runs adventure camps in Sabie, has a craft business, runs a small museum and is a pastor (!), but despite having fingers in so many pies, food is what he…