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KEY LESSONS FROM HER AGAIN
What the women in the room left us with @yo_nella_m @mpumelelozulu @mpho__h @ptsoaledi

#heragain2026

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HER AGAIN 2026

I rediscovered parts of myself on this @mrs_south_africa and it would have been selfish of me to keep that discovery to myself.

The spark that was ignited in me had to go on and touch another woman. That is what inspired HER AGAIN — a gathering created to remind women that the dreams they shelved, the parts of themselves they lost along the way, and the woman they once were can still be found again.

I am deeply grateful to every woman who came into that room ready to come back to herself, but also ready to pay it forward to the women and communities represented by the @4changefoundation

HER AGAIN was never just about GAVAZA. It was about what happens when one woman finds her spark again , and decides to use it to light the way for another.

My beautiful sisters, go on ;Dream. Articulate. Pursue.
📷 @3stepgroup

#HERAGAIN2026 #HerAgain #DreamArticulatePursue #MrsSouthAfrica2026 #4ChangeFoundation

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Heritage Day, with a bang! Today was all about celebrating our indigenous grains, our culture and the history that shaped the way South Africa eats. Sorghum, millet, Bambara groundnuts: these grains carried our ancestors through seasons of plenty and seasons of drought, and today they took their rightful place at the centre of the table.

And then came a moment that filled my heart. A beautiful lady walked in with her copy of *Roots and Recipes*, and asked me to sign it. 📖✍🏾 To know that our stories and recipes are sitting in someone’s home, being cooked from and passed on, is why I do this.

Proud of where we come from. Hungry for where we’re going.

Happy Heritage Day, South Africa! 🤎
#roots&recipes

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MEET OUR MC | YONELA

A powerful room deserves a powerful voice to guide it.

We’re excited to have @yo_nella_m as our MC for HER AGAIN,bringing her experience as an award-winning public speaker, leader and marketing professional to the room.

She’ll be helping us create the space for honest conversations, meaningful connections and moments that remind us of who we are and what is possible.

This is the first of our HER AGAIN spotlights, and I can’t wait for you to meet the incredible women joining us for this special experience.

Dream. Articulate. Pursue.

🎟️ Join us at HER AGAIN — tickets available via the link in bio.

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What if every bin bag revealed your lost profit?

Hosted by @yo_nella_m from Unilever Food Solutions, this Power Hit features @jane.russill_ (Bidfood) and @chef_coo_pillay unpacking how food waste audits reveal hidden operational losses.
Because waste doesn’t only affect sustainability - it affects profitability too.

Watch this 2-minute eye-opening snippet of the full conversation in the Thought Leadership playlist on our YouTube channel.

Visit our YouTube channel now:
https://youtu.be/2lxCZglPtRM?si=pxw3dAKM0dWv7ldw

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Before the potato found its way onto our tables, our elders were already pulling nourishment from the earth. Amadumbe. Sweet potato. Cassava. Wild tubers with no fancy names, just generations of hands that knew where to dig. The root doesn’t ask for attention, it grows quietly underground, patient, storing everything it needs to survive. That’s the lesson in it. That’s the ancestry in it.
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#roots&recipes
#knorr
#sorghum
#welovewhatwedo
#wedowhatwelove

📸 @minazelstudio

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What started as a learning opportunity came full circle.

After experiencing Unilever Food Solutions’ Future Menus as a Guest Chef alongside resident @chef_kiim , I had the privilege of using the Future Menu Diner Design concept, during my Decorex demo to share those same insights with a new audience.

Grateful to keep learning, growing, and passing knowledge forward. 🌿

Peep my cute apron and beautiful homeware from the @homewarestore and @sprung_za !! 🤭

#FutureMenus #UnileverFoodSolutions #Decorex GuestChef FutureMenuDesigner

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So we season with Aromat. We plate like it’s caviar. Because the egg doesn’t care who you are, it only cares who’s cooking. one of the highest-quality protein sources available, all 9 essential amino acids. Aromat doesn’t need a certificate of origin, caviar comes with passport, a lineage and sometime a sommelier
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#aromat
#egg
#caviar
#welovewhatwedo
#wedowhatwelove

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Are you ready to improve your craft, refresh your menu, and push creative boundaries? Then we have the perfect challenge in store for you!!

Unilever Food Solution is running an amazing competition where they want to share with you branded kitchen kits, worth R10 000 with equipment, utensils, uniform items and much much more

Simply:
- Download the Future Menus 4 Report
- Purchase participating products for 3 consecutive months
- Feature Future Menus recipes on your menu for 3 consecutive months
- Submit your dish and proof of purchase via WhatsApp to 064 793 4702
- Tag us on social media, it’s optional but increases your chances of winning

The first 100 valid entries will receive the branded kits.

Promotion valid until 31 December 2026. T&Cs apply.

It’s simple, SHONA KHONA!
https://www.unileverfoodsolutions.co.za/our-promotions/future-menus-recipe-challenge.html

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The forest keeps no calendar. It gives when it is ready, after rain has softened the soil and silence has done its work underground.

Mushrooms do not shout for attention. They rise quietly, humbly, from what has decayed, proof that even in what we call ruin, life is patient, life returns. My hands remember this before my mind does. Cleaning them slowly, the way I was taught not as ingredient, but as offering.

There is no plating this dish without first honouring where it came from. The soil. The rain. The ones who walked this land before menus existed, before flavour needed translation.

Isidlo sokhokho, this plate is a prayer, whispered in butter and smoke
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#mushrooms
#foodfromearth
#AfricanFineDining
#WildMushrooms
#welovewhatwedowedowhatwelove

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Silky edamame puree, sweet roasted butternut purée, and fish kissed by the pan, every element on this plate earned its place. This is what happens when technique meets intention: colour, texture, and flavour working in harmony. Cooking is storytelling without words. What’s the story on your plate today?
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#cheflife
#travellingtheworld
#travelwithflavour
#lovewhatyoudo
#dowhatyoulove

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Our grandmother knew the science before the scientists did.
Chicken feet are one of nature’s richest sources of collagen, the protein that keeps joints moving, skin glowing, and gut walls strong.
While the wellness world sells it in capsules, our kitchens have been simmering it in pots for generations. Read all about it

https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-26-collagen-chicken-feet-caviar-and-ceramics-the-luxury-rebranding-of-ordinary-appetites/

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