The eKasi+ channel brings you a brand new and exciting cooking show called Kasi-licious. A cooking show like no other, Kasi-licious takes you to the very heart of the food South Africans have historically enjoyed.
Kasi-licious is hosted by Johannesburg-raised Chef Katlego Mlambo, 25, who is currently chef de Partie at Rust en Vrede in Stellenbosch. His deep love for traditional South African food landed him in the second spot in the Sunday Times Chef of the Year competition.
Katlego Mlambo
Mlambo is inspired by his guests to visit informal street food venues, community food hangouts, small independent eateries all of which feature traditional South Africa and African-style cuisine. The team also travels as far as fishing villages to late night city snack joints, exploring regional styles, cultural and ethnic specialties. Most often, the eateries visited buy their ingredients locally and serve them home-style.
While on the road, Mlambo interacts with people and teaches them how to recreate and even make better some of the well-loved dishes for contemporary kitchens. The show does have its own stylish, well-equipped studio kitchen where Katlego takes the viewers through the recipes and teaches them how to make the food they experienced on the road.
About Katlego Mlambo
The young chef first realised his passion for food when he left the country to travel through Europe and South-East Asia, and while working in a hotel in England. The artistry and passion that the chefs put into every dish they created made him “fall in love with cooking forever”.
The 25-year-old believes that life and work should be approached with “a constant respect for the product you are working with and that passion for what you do will ensure that all else automatically falls into place”. His deep love for traditional, South African food, landed him a second place spot in the Sunday Times Chef of the Yearcompetition. His favourite meal is pap, meat and gravy, which he believes is best made by his grandmother.
The talented chef describes himself as caring, driven, most happy when making others smile and (occasionally) needing to be the centre of attention. He is thrilled to have been selected as host chef for Kasi-licious.
FEATURED EPISODES
On Monday, 28 October the show features Simcelile Kalimashe’s skop. The filmmaker from Khayelitsha, Cape Town was introduced to film making in 2008 when the World Film Collective (WFC delivered a Sports and News Journalism workshop to 35 young people to coincide with the 2010 FIFA World Cup. We visit Sim’s favourite place, J section in Khayelitsha to eat skop.
On Monday, 4 November the show visits Pro Kid’s Shisa-nyama – Chaf Pozi in Soweto: Soweto based rapper Linda Mkhize aka Pro Kid has been made famous by his special brand of rap music that remains strictly and proudly kasi, spanning many successful albums under various record labels.
Don’t miss Kasi-licious, Mondays at 6pm on eKasi+, channel 105 on OpenView HD.
