Lerato is the award-winning author of cookbook Africana, a chef, and a leading voice in contemporary African cuisine. Lerato also runs supper clubs, cookery classes and cooking holidays, and writes a newsletter called Cook with Lerato (leratofoods.com) where she shares recipes and stories.
I started cooking at a young age, growing up in a home where food was an event. We had a family cook called Papa – originally, he was a chef at a hotel health club my mum visited, she enjoyed the food so much, she convinced him to join our family. That’s my mum, very persuasive! Papa would cook most of our meals during the week and I was such a curious child, always asking questions. We were really spoilt
