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When I started my catering business, I knew how to cook — but I did not yet know how to cost my food properly. Like many new food business owners, I was making up prices as I went along. I would estimate what the ingredients cost, choose a figure that seemed reasonable, and hope there was enough left over to make the job worthwhile. There usually wasn’t. It was only when I began completing proper ingredient costings and applying realistic markups that I realised how severely

Yield: 500 ml Serves: Approximately 10 small portions Prep Time: 15 minutes Steeping and Cooling Time: 1–2 hours Freezing Time: 4–6 hours Total Time: Approximately 6–8 hours This rooibos sorbet is light, refreshing, and distinctly South African. The warm, earthy flavour of rooibos is balanced with fresh lemon juice, while honey adds a gentle floral sweetness. It is a beautiful palate cleanser between courses, a refreshing dessert for warm days, or an elegant ending to a South

At 19 years old, I went from living my dream at culinary school to being completely paralysed from the neck down. The day before I was meant to begin my second year, everything changed. Until then, my relationship with food had always felt like a natural part of who I was. My earliest memories are of standing in the kitchen, barely tall enough to see over the countertop, watching my mother and the women in my family cook. The kitchen was a place of warmth, creativity, convers

Prep Time: 30 minutes Resting Time: 30–60 minutes Cooking Time: 15–20 minutes Oven Temperature: 160°C Yield: Approximately 46 shells, or 23 filled macarons Macarons have a reputation for being difficult, but they become far less intimidating once you understand what each stage is meant to achieve. This recipe uses the Italian meringue method, where hot sugar syrup is whisked into egg whites to create a stable, glossy meringue. The result is a macaron shell with a smooth top,

Yield: 1 medium rectangular focaccia Prep Time: 20 minutes Proving Time: 1 hour 35 minutes to 1 hour 45 minutes Cooking Time: 20 minutes Total Time: About 2 hours 15 minutes This tried and true rosemary focaccia is one of those recipes you will come back to again and again. It is simple, reliable, and always a crowd pleaser — soft and airy on the inside, golden on the outside, and finished with olive oil, flaky sea salt, and fresh rosemary. It makes the perfect addition to al

Rich, moist, deeply chocolatey, and beautifully simple — this is the chocolate cake recipe I come back to again and again. It is the cake I use for birthdays, celebration cakes, private orders, and special gatherings because it delivers every single time. The secret to its intense chocolate flavour is boiling hot coffee. It does not make the cake taste like coffee; instead, it deepens the cocoa and brings out that rich, dark chocolate taste that makes this cake so memorable.