Reuben Cooks

“A new look at traditional flavours from South Africa’s most innovative young chef”
Flavours, tastes, smells and textures have the power to transport you back to your childhood, to make you feel the way you did when you first tasted a peach an orange or a carmelised onion and blue cheese tart
“I am an instinctive chef rather than one who follows rules. This comes from growing up around naturally gifted cooks. You have to have an open mind in order to experiment and create. When it comes to combining tastes and flavours, smells and shapes and colours and textures, you never know what new experience might be just around the corner. If that taste has the power to touch people’s emotions and awake their memories, you’ve hit the jackpot.” Reuben Riffel