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Don’t trifle with layers of Xmas tradition

South Africa’s next generation of chefs on heritage, hustle — and the food that still feels like Christmas

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SA Master Chef winner Bridget Mangwandi is looking forward to festive fare this Christmas.
SA Master Chef winner Bridget Mangwandi is looking forward to festive fare this Christmas.Picture: Supplied

Christmas Day is sacred ground in South African kitchens — even for chefs who will spend it working, sweating over grills and stockpots while everyone else just enjoys the food.

From township streets to fine-dining restaurants and private homes, a new generation of South African chefs is quietly reshaping how the country cooks.

Chef Gift Sedibeng, owner of Signa Culinary restaurant in Alexandra, creates a post illustrating his 'mexi-kasi' style of catering.
MEXI KASI MAGIC Chef Gift Sedibeng, owner of Signa Culinary restaurant in Alexandra, creates a post illustrating his 'mexi-kasi' style of catering.Picture: Signa Culinary

Take Gift Sedibeng, 34, head chef and owner of Siga Culinary, an Afro-Mexican restaurant, catering and events business based in Alexandra township, for whom December is peak season.

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