Chef Mongi Fana

Private Chef in Midrand
Chef Mongi Fana

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I strive for perfection, professionalism and I am passionate about food and cooking.

I am a professional chef with 11 years experience in the hospitality. I have an International Diploma in Culinary obtained from South Africa Chefs Academy in Cape Town.

My career started at Ellerman House Hotel in Camps Bay working for Chef Veronica Cahna-Hibbert as a trainee in 2016, then I went to explore at a new restaurant called Chefs Restaurant where I worked for 2 years. Then I went back to work for Chef Veronica at a different establishment called The Silo Hotel in Waterfront for 2 years. I decided to leave and go work for Chef Christo Pretorius at The Twelve Apostles Hotel in Camps Bay for 3 years where I learned about fine dining. After I left to embark on my own journey as a Private Chef in 2023

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More about me

For me, cooking is...

My happy place. I don't see myself doing anything else than cooking.

I learned to cook at...

At a very young age in my mom's kitchen, then went to work in one of the top 10 best hotels in the world in Cape Town.

A cooking secret...

Treating each and every ingredient with care and love.

My menus

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