in the kitchen
Any successful person will tell you the hurdles, failures and roadblocks they have had to manoeuvre to reach the top. Chef Nti is no different. In fact, the celebrity chef believes that she would not enjoy the delectable taste of her culinary success had it not been for the closure of her fashion and facility management businesses in 2013.
“As a serial entrepreneur, I believe failure is a necessary tool that helps you get better. It’s something I embrace as there are lessons you just can’t learn from any textbook, but from experience,” she says.
The chef had to sell everything after her three retail stores - one in Melrose Arch, Johannesburg - folded, including her house and cars, and used some of the money to fund her next passion: food. Although she started cooking
