Made With Love: Recipes and Memories from Nelson Mandela's Personal Chef

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Xoliswa was Mandela's personal chef for nearly 25 years and is now chef at Sanctuary Mandela. Fifty unique recipes, accompanied by Ndoyiya's personal recollections and anecdotes of the time she spent with Madiba, his family, friends and colleagues, pay homage to Tata Madiba's legacy through food, prepared and cooked with love. The Sanctuary Mandela boutique hotel has opened in Nelson Mandela's old house in Johannesburg and is a high-end hotel.

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Ndoyiya, who is known across the world as former president Nelson Mandela's personal and family chef, grew up in Ezibeleni township in Komani. Hers was a typical black household upbringing. She is the fourth of five children, with three older brothers, and working-class parents. "As the eldest daughter, you end up almost becoming like a Deputy Mother; and at home, we were a bit old school, so some chores were reserved for the girls," she says. Ndoyiya became increasingly comfortable in the kitchen, deriving a great deal of pleasure and satisfaction each time a plate she cooked was returned empty. She gradually improved her cooking skills through, among others, attending a Jewish culinary school sponsored by her then employers. Her first job as a chef was at the Coronation Hotel, in Johannesburg. She was introduced to Mandela by a friend. After a rather puzzling experience where she was unwittingly subjected to an interview-cum-security-check, she met Tat' uMandela. This was to be the beginning of at least two decades of preparing meals for one of the most revered leaders of the 20th century.