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Education | University of KwaZulu-Natal |
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Website | likeharmony |
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.
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]
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]