Maria van Zyl grew up on a farm in Jonkershoek, Stellenbosch, where her family owned a few cows and her mother made yoghurt. It was on a Grade 3 camp that she first made butter. Twenty-odd years later, she has made a business out of it.
After completing a degree at the University of Gastronomic Sciences in Italy in 2019, she spent time on a farm in the Alps making butter and cheese. She planned to
