Chef Wandile Mabaso explores food, art, and life in new YouTube show
Award-winning chef, Wandile Mabaso, launches his three-part series on YouTube this week.
The series, in association with Stella Artois, meditates on African art, food and life, all of which are some of chef Wandile’s favourite topics of discussion after kitchen service.
“A ritual for many chefs, ‘after service’, is when we take time to sit down, enjoy a cold beer and discuss the day, right after service. So, in The Ritual I wanted to take a journey into the various aspects of all the things I’m curious about,” says Chef Wandile Mabaso.
Soweto-born Chef Wandile Mabaso is a creative food artist with vast global experience, having worked with internationally renowned chefs in Michelin star restaurants in New York and Paris. He returned to South Africa in 2019 to launch his acclaimed restaurant, Les Creatifs, in Johannesburg, and in 2022 was named Chef of The Year at the annual Luxe Restaurant Awards.
In episode one of The Ritual, Wandile is joined by Chefs Mmabatho Molefe and Chef Besele Moloi in the kitchen, where they explore how culture plays a significant role in their shared love for food and passion for cooking. In episode two, titled ‘Africasso’, Wandile journeys to Cape Town to explore the ritual of creating meaningful art with world-class ceramic artists Zizipho Poswa and Andile Dyalvane, whose Imiso Ceramics creates the beautiful, hand-crafted ceramic plates his meals at Les Creatifs are served on.
Click here to watch episode one: