Kamini Pather

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Kamini Pather
Born (1983-04-20) 20 April 1983 (age 40)
Mobeni Heights, Durban, South Africa
Education University of KwaZulu-Natal
Culinary career
Television show(s)
Website likeharmony.co.za

Kamini Pather (born 20 April 1983) is a South African chef, food blogger, and television and radio personality. She won the second season of MasterChef South Africa in 2013 and hosted the food travel series Girl Eat World.

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Early life and education

A fifth-generation South African of South Indian origin, [1] Pather was born in Mobeni Heights, [2] a suburb of Durban to parents Rajen and Anitha and grew up in Glenwood. She has a younger brother, Neelan. [3] She attended Durban Girls' College and went on to graduate with a Bachelor of Commerce in Marketing and Management from the University of KwaZulu-Natal. [4] She holds a diploma from the Red and Yellow Creative School of Business [5] [6] and has a qualification in yoga. [7]

Career

After writing for Aficionado, Pather started her own food blog, then titled Deelishuss, in 2008. [8] In 2012, she worked for the online food magazine CRUSH and in 2013, worked as a food assistant for Siba Mtongana. [9] Pather's radio gigs have included 2oceansvibe Radio, Good Hope FM, and Heart 104.9 FM. [10]

Pather won the second season of MasterChef South Africa in 2013. [11]

Pather hosted and produced the food travel series Girl Eat World with Lucky Bean Media. Filming for the series took place in 2014 over the course of 9 weeks, taking place in 10 difference cities around the world and involving said cities' local food bloggers. It premiered on SABC 3 in May 2015. [12] It was also broadcast in other countries. [13] The series won a 2016 SAFTA for Best Magazine Show. [14] [15]

She ran the 2016 Cape Town Marathon. [16] She appeared as a guest judge on Top Chef South Africa. [17]

In 2017, Pather released a kitchenware line, Kitchen Kulture. [18] In 2018, she collaborated with South African meal kit service UCOOK and went on to launch Füdy, her own plant-based dark kitchen via UberEats SA. [19] [20]

Pather released Eat Glocal, an e-book on Indian South African cooking, in January 2021. [21]

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