Three amateur chefs tickle right taste buds

MBABANE – It was cheers and shouts of congratulations all round yesterday as three amateur chefs were selected at the Pick n Pay Luju Cook-Off competition.

The live pre-Cook-Off was held at The Sage Cafe, Pick n Pay Malkerns.

The three selected contestants Justina Bain, Akhona Bhengu popularly known by his rapper name King Terry and Tandzile Nkabindze, will now go through to the social media public voting stage.

This is where it will be up to the public to select which two go through to the final round at the Standard Bank Luju Food & Lifestyle festival, where they will compete against each other for the title of Pick n Pay Luju CookOff Master Chef, in front of a panel of judges, including celebrity food enthusiast Somizi Mhlongo.

OFFICIAL FESTIVAL CHANNELS

Votes can be cast on the polls on the official festival channels: Standard Bank Luju Food & Lifestyle Festival on Facebook and @luju_festival on Instagram, as well as @lujufestival on Twitter, starting tomorrow till Sunday September 25,2022. The top two will be announced on Monday, September 26, 2022

All five pre-cook-off contestants walked away with a hamper of local produce, as well as two tickets to the Standard Baank Luju Food & Lifestyle Festival, scheduled for

September 30 to October 1 at House On Fire.

The PnP Luju Cook-Off competition, supported by Pick n Pay Lojaf, is aimed at developing local culinary entrepreneurs through prizes which facilitate personal and business growth, and over E20 000 worth in prizes will be won, including Guba permaculture courses, and a cash prize of E10 000 for the winner.

LOCAL FOOD PRODUCERS

Standard Bank Luju Food & Lifestyle Festival and Pick n Pay are invested in supporting local food producers, and have partnered with Rhodes Food Group, Lactalis, KWV, Emlembe, Southern Trading, Black Mamba, and Eswatini Retail Solutions (ERS) to ensure that the competition involves 100 per cent local products and enterprises.

For more information and to purchase tickets to the festival, visit lujufestival.com.

Tickets to the festival can be purchased from Standard Bank in Mbabane, at Corporate Place, and Standard Bank branches in Ezulwini (Gables) and Manzini as well as from Dala Spaces at Malandela’s Lifestyle. Luju Festival tickets can also be purchased through the UNAYO banking app, downloadable from app stores, or dial *334#.

Festival and camping tickets are also available online, from lujufestival. com.