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is the well-known presenter of SABC3’s
popular food programme, ‘Pampoen tot
Perlemoen’.
Her vivacious and humorous, hands-on
approach to cooking in live
demonstrations is much sought after by
corporate clients, who value her ability
to convey information in an entertaining
way.
Sonia also gives cooking classes and
organises food-and-wine pairing events
on request. She is available for
bookings as private chef to select
clients. |
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“ I love cooking because I love life,
and I love people,” Sonia says. “Making
and sharing delicious food is the best
way I know to celebrate the joy of being
alive. Sharing food unites people and it
helps us discover and honour our common
values.
“South African cooking is an expression
of our culture, I think, a rich and
powerful stream fed by many diverse
tributaries – Dutch, Malay, French,
German, British, Jewish, Greek,
Portuguese, Indian and African. And all
these tastes and flavour-accents can be
clearly discerned in our own local
culinary language, making South African
cuisine a true polyglot with a unique
and distinctive voice.”
“My approach to cooking is simple:
fresh, seasonal and local, organic where
at all possible. Use the best
ingredients you can afford, and do as
little as possible to them. Food should
taste of itself.” |
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Make 2009 your year of celebrating South
Africa’s unique culinary heritage by
featuring Sonia Cabano at your next
event or celebration. |
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| “It was fantastic
to be able to include Sonia Cabano at
the Conscious Cooking Corner. Her food
preparation and presentation was
outstanding – not to mention absolutely
delicious. The visitors to our show were
fascinated with the demonstration and
took away many a good idea.”
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Mandy
Cloete, Exhibition Manager seshowsandevents
NATURAL & ORGANIC SHOW, CAPE TOWN 2008 |
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| Sonia Cabano was the resident chef at
the Pioneer Foods Kitchen during the
2008 Good Food & Wine Show’s in Cape
Town and Johannesburg – creating
culinary magic with our diverse basket
of products and engaging the audience,
in her easy and informal way, to smell,
taste and explore! |
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| Snowy Krüger,
Marketing Manager, Bokomo Foods |
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| Sonia Cabano is a former model
turned chef who lived in London and
Europe for 12 years before returning to
South Africa in 1994. Establishments
where she received her training included
Anthony Worrall-Thompson’s Bistrot 190,
Rowley Leigh’s Kensington Place, Justin
de Blank and Blacks Soho. |
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| She ran a very successful catering
business in Cape Town for 5 years,
during which she cooked for numerous
high-profile media and corporate
clients, including Italian Vogue, Janet
Jackson, Tina Turner and Margaret
Thatcher. |
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| She also worked as
a freelance stylist and journalist for
various South African publications
including Taste, House & Garden, VISI,
Insig and Sarie, covering topics from
food, frontpage interviews and interiors
in English and Afrikaans. |
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| Sonia also did a
stint as chef/presenter during 2005 for
the live KYKnet breakfast show
Ontbytsake. |
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| She is best known for her work as
chef and presenter on Pampoen tot
Perlemoen, a hugely popular television
cookery programme currently aired on
SABC3 at 15h30 . |
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| She is currently in demand as a very
entertaining demonstration chef, with
recent acclaimed appearances at both the
Cape and Gauteng Good Food & Wine Shows
for the Pioneer Food Group, the Natural
and Organic Show, and numerous private
and corporate clients such as Travel
Motives for Momentum Life. |
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Sonia’s first cookbook, ‘KOMBUIS’ was published
by LAPA publishers in November 2007.
Kombuis is divided in three sections ‘Blitskombuis”,
with fast and easy, healthy recipes for the
modern and adventurous cook. “Huiskombuis” is
crammed with glorious nostalgic favourites and “Kuierkombuis”
has every recipe the entertainer needs, from tea
parties to cocktail snacks, a glam dinner for 16
and even new braai recipes! Luscious full-colour
photographs were done by Adriaan Oosthuizen.
Kombuis is ideally suited to the South African
lifestyle, and well-priced at R195.
Available at select bookstores countrywide. |
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