White star stokvel cook off
Daveyton - The White Star Supermaize Meal Cooking Challenge has reached the final stages of the competition.
The semi-finals took place at Elangeni Power Trade complex in Daveyton, last Saturday.
Three stokvels, Yithi/Rona, Bo Ntja Mme and Ithemba lama Khosikazi competed in the semi-finals.
White Star Maize Meal was the main ingredient for the dishes, and the contestants were well prepared.
Actress Lucia Mthiyane, one of the competition’s three judges, judged on the day.
Mduduzi Mabaso (38) from the popular e.tv series Rhythm City was the MC for the day, making it fun for the stokvel women and all who came to witness the challenge.
The contestants wowed the the crowd with their beautifully presented dishes.
The proof, however, was in the tasting.
After tasting four delicious recipes from the contestants, Mthiyani had a difficult decision to make.
“All these ladies have outdone themselves, this is making my decision way too hard,” says Mthiyane
The community were also able to sample the food.
After much deliberation between the judge and the public, Mthiyani came to a decision.
Ithemba lama Khosikazi stokvel, from Mfulo in Soweto, proved to be the best on the day.
The women of this stokvel pride themselves on their cooking skills.
“I knew our dish was the best,” says Kgaogelo Setuke from the stokvel.
“No one cooks better than us, our community even know us for our cooking.”
The women are planning to up their game for the finals, which will be held in Rustenburg on May 30.
