MasterChef South Africa

Tasnim Jadwat (36), Businesswoman and Corporate Director, Boksburg

Signature dishes: Liquorice Sojee – a dish that involves turning a classic Indian sweet dish into a new creation using deactivated charcoal and liquorice for flavouring.

Favourite heritage food: Baked beans bunny chow and Gatsby.

Kind, and with a very touching story and interesting approach to her heritage cooking, Tasnim describes her cooking style as Indian-fusion home cooking. Her strength in the kitchen is her ability to balance spicing and creativity when it comes to creating fusion dishes.

Having lost very close family members to Covid, including her mom, she entered MasterChef SA as a way to honour her mom. As very observant in her Muslim faith, she contributed to the Halaal guidelines for the MasterChef SA pantry. She found comfort in cooking and baking after her eldest daughter was diagnosed with the rare disease, Spinal Muscular Atrophy.