Zola Nene just won a cookbook 'Oscar'. Try some of her amazing recipes

11 July 2019 - 00:00
By staff reporter
Cookbook author Zola Nene, star of Mzansi Magic's 'Celeb Feasts with Zola'.
Image: Struik Lifestyle Cookbook author Zola Nene, star of Mzansi Magic's 'Celeb Feasts with Zola'.

Bubbly chef Zola Nene just bagged a Gourmand World Cookbook Award for her book, Simply Zola.

The annual Gourmand Awards are a prestigious international competition often considered the "Oscars" of the cookbook world. At this year's awards ceremony in China, Simply Zola was named the world's best English cookbook by a TV celebrity chef.

Nene's second cookbook, it includes recipes for unpretentious dishes that are big on flavour, but oh-so-simple to make. Think "Salads With Sass", "One-Pot Wonders" and "Travel-inspired Treats".

Here are a couple of easy recipes that'll give you a taste of this award-winning book: