ZOLA NENE

In 2016, Nene joined TV judge Tjaart Walraven, comedian Anne Hirsch, and celebrity chef Lentswe Bhengu as one of the co-presenters of the third season of BBC Worldwide Africa's The Great South African Bake Off, which premiered in October 2017 on BBC Lifestyle (DStv channel 174)... Nene successfully published her first cookbook titled Simply Delicious in May 2017, which won Nene the award for TV (English) Celebrity Chef, and was placed second in the category of Best (English) TV Chef Book at the prestigious Gourmand World Cookbook Awards that same year... Following a two-year stint in England, Nene returned to South Africa and immediately enrolled at the Institute of Culinary Arts in Stellenbosch. During her studies, she had the opportunity to work with some top local chefs such as Margot Janse of Le Quartier Français and Chris Erasmus of Foliage Restaurant. In her third year of studies, Nene went on to perfect her trade as a food assistant at a leading food and lifestyle magazine for..